Monday, September 19, 2005
North Carolina is continuing its efforts to diversify its economy. The latest example comes out of Charlotte. There, the Charlotte regional partnership has announced a major new research campus at an old textile mill. The privately-held research campus will cover 350 acres in downtown Kannapolis. The development plan calls for a five year build out.
The project, ambitious and scope, hopes to create a new set of anchors or a knowledge-based cluster of businesses in health and nutrition. The campus will be anchored by a Dole-N.C. State Institute for Advanced Fruit and Vegetable Science, a Dole analytical lab and a UNC-Chapel Hill Nutrition Institute. here and here.
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Privately-held research campus in Charlotte
