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Gov. Pat McCrory speaks at Jimbo’s Jumbos peanut processing facility, Monday. See more pboto»-oMto* governor’s visit online at DallyAdvance.com.
Governor: Jimbo s Jumbos adding 78 new jobs
STAFF PHOTO
BY REGGIE PONDER
Paul Britton, the
vice president
of operations at
Jimbo’s Jumbos,
speaks with Gov.
Pat McCrory during
the governor’s
tour of the plant,
where McCrory
announced 78
new jobs were
being added to the
peanut processing
facility, Monday
morning.
Partnership donates land for
Jimbo's Jumbos expansion
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
Gov. Pat McCrory in his
address at Jimbo’s Jumbos
Monday said the creation
of 78 jobs in an expansion
at the peanut process
ing plant is the result of a
strong team of economic
development leaders at
the state and local level.
A key piece of that team,
working mostly behind the
scenes, has been the Eden
ton Chowan Partnership.
As part of the process
that has enabled the expan
sion, the Edenton Chowan
Partnership is donating
to Jimbos Jumbos an 8.8
acre tract on Peanut Drive
next to the company’s cur
rent site.
See EXPANSION, 4A
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
Gov. Pat McCrory an
nounced Monday morning
at the Jimbo’s Jumbos pea
nut processing facility that
the company is creating 78
new jobs in Edenton.
McCrory said the expan
sion is driven by worldwide
demand for Virginia-type
peanuts, which he said he
prefers to call “North Caroli
na peanuts” since many are
grown here in northeastern
North Carolina
The governor also cel
See 78 NEW JOBS, 3A
McCrory: Senate must
act soon on incentives
BY REGGIE PONDER
Editor
Gov. Pat McCrory said dur
ing his visit in Edenton Mon
day that he needs the state
Senate to get on board with
his request for economic de
velopment incentive funding.
The governor said he is very
satisfied with House Bill 117,
the economic development
incentives measure passed
by the state House last week,
and needs the Senate to adopt
it without significant revisions
within the next two weeks.
“I’m proud of the House,”
McCrory said during a press
conference following a tour
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nounce an expansion at the
peanut plant that will create
78 jobs. McCrary noted that
the expansion is being helped
by a griuit tlirougli tlie One
Nortli Carolina Fund — the
state’s main economic devel
opment program.
House Bill 117 seeks to
lure more employers to the
state by allowing the state’s
Job Development Investment
Grant Program to hand out
an additional $22.5 million in
incentive grants. The grants
See INCENTIVES, 4A
McCrary, Kluttz rally behind historic tax credits
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Gov. Pat McCrory and state Cultural Resources Secretary Susan Kluttz ride the
trolley the governor's tour of downtown Edenton, Monday.
BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
Gov. Pat McCrory and
Cultural Resources Secre
tary Susan Kluttz received
a warm welcome Monday
afternoon as they spoke in
favor of restoring the state’s
historic preservation tax
cretlits.
The tax credits, prior to
expiring at the end of 2014,
benefited many restoration
projects in the community
including the Edenton Pea
nut Mill where McCroiy and
Kluttz were greeted by town
and county officials and
other local residents. They
w ere accompanied by Rep.
Bob Steinburg, R-Chowan,
who has become a strong
proponent of restoring the
tax credits.
“We’re talking to the choir
here,” McCrory said. “Now
See TAX CREDITS, 4A

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