Facebook data center marks Forest City opening
4/20/2012 - Facebook Forest City opens - read all about it through various news articles...click for more.

NC Projects Earn 2012 CiCi Awards
03/14/2012 - Horsehead Corporation is making a capital investment of more than $350 million near Forest City, North Carolina (Rutherford County,) to build a state-of-the-art zinc production facility....click for more.

Ameridial to Add 195 Jobs in Rutherford County
03/09/12 - Ameridial, Inc, plans to expand in Spindale and create 195 jobs and invest $2.1 million during the next three years. The project was made possible in part by a $100,000 grant from the One North Carolina Fund. The announcement was made today by Governor Bev Perdue....click for more.

Retail Trade Zone

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PTA (Primary Trade Area) = Rutherfordton, Spindale, Forest City, Bostic, Ellenboro & Lake Lure

STA (Seconary Trade Area) = Union Mills, Mill Springs, Mooresboro, Columbus & Tryon

PTA Store Sales = $549.4 million
PTA Consumers spent $876.7 million
Rutherford County Primary Trade Area is LEAKING $327.3 million annually
STA Sales $141.1 million
STA Consumers spent $453.6 million
Secondary Trade Area is LEAKING $312.6 million annually

Both trade areas combined = $639.9 million leakage annually

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"While we could be a bigger shop in a bigger town, we stay in Rutherford County because of the quality of life." - Eric Wells, Associated Printing ... click for more.

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