HENDERSON — The creation of the Henderson-Vance Industrial Park, a public-private partnership between the city and county that began in the 1970s, has grown exponentially over the last 50 years.
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $761,040 grant to the county of Vance, North Carolina, to make critical infrastructure improvements needed to support business growth in the Henderson-Vance Industrial Park.
HENDERSON â Local officials have begun trying to figure out whether and how they might add a ready-to-use âshell buildingâ to the third phase of the Henderson-Vance Industrial Park to make it more enticing to companies looking to expand or relocate.
Economic Development Commission Christian Lockamy gave a presentation on the idea to the Vance County Commissioners this week, and is scheduled to follow suit for the Henderson City Council next week.
In talking to the commissioners, he stressed that Henderson and Vance County are competing for economic development with communities in North Carolina and Virginia that have already taken the risk of putting up empty buildings that a recruited company can fill.