Downtown Greenway Increases Private Funds

Lincoln Financial Foundation pledged $500,000
Lorillard Tobacco Co. pledged $250,000
VF Corp. pledged $250,000
Action Greensboro, the nonprofit economic development group managing the project.

Three companies pledge $1 million to Downtown Greenway : News-Record.com : Greensboro

SPi Healthcare Expansion Announced

SPi Healthcare, plans to create 75 new jobs in the Greensboro area by the end of 2013 to provide a local footprint for future growth in the Southeast. SPi Healthcare will offer Revenue Cycle Management services including full Business Process Outsourcing from the Greensboro facility. This will help healthcare organizations in the Southeast region effectively manage tightening margins and reverse declining reimbursements to ultimately improve their overall financial health.

The company plans to invest $350,000 during the next three years, with salaries that will vary by job function, but the average annual wage for the new jobs will be $28,060, plus benefits. The project was made possible in part by a $75,000 grant from the One North Carolina Fund.

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Greenway at Fisher Park Apartments Proposed

Bellemeade Development / Lomax Properties has plans for 5 three-story apartment buildings, a leasing office and a pool on the former North State Chevrolet dealership. The 4.2-acre site is near downtown, the new baseball stadium NewBridge Bank Park, and the historic Fisher Park neighborhood. The $15-million apartment project is expected to have 200-units adjacent to the proposed Downtown Greenway, a 4-mile paved trail around the center city.

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Norfolk Southern Begins New Rail Service

A new double-stack rail service collaboration with the Virginia Port Authority upgrades the capability of the city of Greensboro as a load center. This means that an exporter can put cargo on the train Monday and it can arrive at the port Wednesday and possibly ship that evening.

Advantages of this service include:

HondaJet Has Been Delayed Again

The delay, caused by engine problems, will push production back about a year. That means the first jets won’t roll off the assembly line until mid-2013.

The maintenance and repair operation (MRO building) will be a $20 million, 80,000-sqft facility on 20-acres at Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTI). Design of the building will be finished in 2012-Q1, with construction beginning in 2012-Q2, and occupy 2013-Q2, about the same time jet production begins.

A parts manufacturing and distribution warehouse has also been pushed back.

Honda expanding at PTI : News-Record.com : Greensboro