Workshop: Farmland Preservation Workshops to be held across state

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, OCT. 15, 2014 CONTACT: Dewitt  Hardee, director NCDA&CS  Farmland Preservation Programs 919-707-3069 Farmland  Preservation workshops to be held across the state RALEIGH – The N.C. Agricultural  Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund will hold six workshops across  the state for those interested in protecting local agricultural lands. The ADFP  Trust Fund…

Ag official criticizes Project Haystack

Ag official criticizes Project Haystack Posted: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 11:25 pm By Joe Killian/News & Record joe.killian@news-record.com GREENSBORO — When Steve Troxler came to Guilford County on Wednesday morning, he wasn’t just here to speak as North Carolina’s agriculture secretary. He said he had another reason for calling a press conference at the Guilford County Prison…

Ag commissioner Troxler has ‘concerns’ about Project Haystack

Ag commissioner Troxler has ‘concerns’ about Project Haystack Monday, May 12, 2014, 5:55pm EDT Catherine Carlock Triad Business Journal A feasibility study for Project Haystack predicts that a 2,000-acre multijurisdictional industrial park, incorporating Guilford County’s prison farm site and another 1,200 acres that would be acquired, would generate an estimated $6.5 billion in private investment over…

Press Conference with Steve Troxler, N.C. Agriculture Commissioner at the Guilford County Prison Farm! May 14, 2014

Ag Commissioner Troxler to hold news conference Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at Guilford Prison Farm WHO/WHAT:        State Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler will hold a news conference to talk about the importance of working farms and the future of the Guilford County Prison Farm. He will be joined by farmer George Teague, Guilford County Commissioner Alan Branson and Sheriff…

NC Ag Commissioner Wants To MOW DOWN PROJECT HAYSTACK

NC Ag Commissioner Wants To MOW DOWN PROJECT HAYSTACK By SCOTT D. YOST May 8, 2014  In a move likely to ruffle the feathers of some economic development officials in local and state government, North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler plans to hold a press conference at the Guilford County Prison Farm near Gibsonville on…

Does it Pay to Play?

Pay to Play? By Chris Lavender/ Times-News Published: Sunday, April 27, 2014 at 14:32 PM.   Cambro Manufacturing is the most recent company to enter into an incentive agreement with Alamance County and Mebane. But it’s hardly the first. The use of incentives to lure companies to the region isn’t new, the practice actually dates…

Rural threat? Officials hear concerns about development

Rural threat? Officials hear concerns about development Article from High Point Enterprise regarding Guilford County Commissioners Meeting on 4.17.14 Apr. 17, 2014 @ 08:16 PM Paul B. Johnson GUILFORD COUNTY — The ongoing concerns from people who live in the incrementally receding areas of rural Guilford County were back in the earshot of elected officials…