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ON THE STREET: Drug store gets a makeover
Despite an still struggling local economy, there are signs of life all around Sanford if you look hard enough. One such place is the renovation effort under way in the old buggy factory building o...
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CHAMBER CHAT: Static Control’s success is no accident
The biggest business story this week was Static Control CEO Ed Swartz’s speech to the Chamber’s annual banquet held this past Thursday at the Civic Center. Swartz, well-known across the United ...
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ASHLEY GARNER/The Sanford Herald Leon Tongret, the former Small Business Director for Central Carolina Community College who started the N.C. Arts Incubator project in Siler City in 2003, stands in the Buggy Factory building on Carthage Street Tuesday. Sanford man wants to house ‘fine arts’ in historic buggy factory
SANFORD — Once referred to as one of three “anchors” important to the revitalization of downtown Sanford, a long-unoccupied historic building is set to realize its potential.
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ASHLEY GARNER/The Sanford Herald Ed Swartz, President and CEO of Static Control Components, speaks during the annual Chamber of Commerce State of Industry meeting on Thursday at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. Static may add 500 jobs
SANFORD — Static Control Components Inc. hopes to create up to 500 jobs in the next two years, CEO and president Ed Swartz announced Thursday.
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Chamber Chat: Analysts say stimulus is working
In a recent Washington Post article, writer Ezra Klein reviewed the news reports and political discussion surrounding the federal government’s effort to stimulate our economy.
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