Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Merck wants to expand its vaccine production capacity, and this spring it started looking for a location. Durham, NC emerged as the favorite site, but the deal hinges on the package of incentives that the State can offer.
The legislature is going into special session this week to consider the $24 million package, along with a couple of smaller deals. Learn more. Article 1, article 2 and article 3.
Today in our history of innovation...
In 1993, the crew of the space shuttle Endeavour deployed the repaired Hubble Space Telescope into Earth orbit. View Hubble's amazing color pictures of stars, planets, and galaxies from this site.
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The purpose of this weblog is to help economic development professionals -- EDPros -- keep up with the changes sweeping our profession. Strap on your goggles. It's a whole new game. There are no experts any more. The only place to learn about economic development is from other EDPros who are doing it.
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NC legislature considers incentives for Merck
