
Valley Academy earns recognition as Leader in STEM Education
Below is a link to press release from the office of State Superintendent Mark Johnson recognizing Valley Academy as one of three STEM schools of Distinction in North Carolina this year. This is an amazing accomplishment, particularly considering the short time that Valley has been in existence.

Local business donates new teachers’ lounge
With the first day of school fast approaching, the teachers and staff at Lexington Middle School received a gift to help support them throughout the year. MasterBrand Cabinets and several other local vendors donated materials and equipment to create a new teachers’ lounge at the school.

EDPNC and EGGER Wood Products
“EDPNC and EGGER Wood Products address participants at the 3rd Annual Global Carolina Connections Business Conference on FDI in the Carolinas”

North Carolina Again Tops List of Most Competitive States in Economic Development Activity
North Carolina once again ranks as the most competitive state in economic development activity, according to a closely watched annual business ranking by Site Selection magazine.

North Carolina Takes Home the Gold for Economic Development Success
North Carolina has received Area Development magazine’s 2018 Gold Shovel Award, recognizing the state’s top-tier success in winning high-impact economic development projects in 2017. North Carolina, which in 2017 had one of its best years for job recruitment in over a decade, is one of only five states to receive a 2018 Gold Shovel Award. The magazine, which covers site selection and facility planning, considers a state’s top 10 job-creation and investment projects in granting the award.

2018 Digital Counties Award Press release
Davidson County has been named by the Center for Digital Government as one of the Top 10 Digital Counties Survey Awards winners, among counties across the nation with a population between 150,000 and 249,999 people.

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center today broke ground to signal the official start of construction of a new 26,500 square foot surgical facility at Wake Forest Baptist Health-Lexington Medical Center.

HAECO Cabin Solutions to supply seats for Airbus, lands first customer
HAECO Cabin Solutions announced today its partnership with Airbus as a supplier of passenger seat.

EGGER and Davidson County Community College partner to help fill 400 jobs.
Wood materials supplier EGGER Wood Products and Davidson County Community College are launching an apprenticeship program as efforts gear up to build a $700 million North American headquarters and production facility.