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Twenty-plus-year Blair-HSM employee Joe Hall shaves millimeter-wide pieces of metal off an aluminum drag brake, used in military planes. (Port City Daily photo/Johanna F. Still)
SOUTHEASTERN N.C. –– A group representing nearly 30 manufacturing companies, including a handful of the largest employers in the region, has banded together to form an official alliance.
The Cape Fear Manufacturing Sector Partnership is the first of its kind in the region and possibly the second in N.C.
Its novelty is in an industry-driven structure, as opposed to a public-private partnership or public-led organization with business participation, according to Erin Easton. Manufacturers credit Easton with spearheading the concept into reality.
Customers order from a menu at Wrightsville Beach’s South Beach Grill in May after Governor Cooper reopened restaurants at 50% capacity, over three months after he shut down all dine-in options at restaurants and bars across the state due to the Covid-19 pandemic. (Port City Daily/Mark Darrough)
SOUTHEASTERN N.C. Counties, cities, and towns of the Cape Fear region are expected to receive just over $153 million in federal funds from the recently signed American Rescue Plan. New Hanover County and the City of Wilmington are earmarked for $45.5 million and $25.9 million, respectively.
The information came to light a day before President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 million stimulus bill Thursday afternoon, after a prolonged period of debate in the Senate earlier this month.