Pepsi Bottling Ventures will be expanding operations and constructing a new facility in Cabarrus County.  The new facility will be located off Highway 49 in Harrisburg and will offer 200,000 square feet of sales and distribution space. Pepsi Bottling Ventures plans to retain more than 200 current jobs with the consolidation of the Charlotte and Midland locations and plans to invest over $12.5 million at the new location.

The Cabarrus Regional Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Corporation launched an all new Industrial Council last week. The purpose of the Industrial Council is to address issues and needs for manufacturing and industrial sectors and to encourage collaboration among existing businesses. 

Pepsi Bottling Ventures will invest over $12.5 million in constructing a new 200,000 square-foot sales and distribution facility located on 32 acres off highway 49 in the Town of Harrisburg. 

Concord energy startup Alevo is about to step up hiring at its battery production facility at the former Philip-Morris plant.

Alevo has gotten more than 8,000 applications for jobs at its utility battery plant in Concord and will hire the first 50 workers for the production floor by mid-May.

The construction industry continued its boom in Cabarrus County with 281 building permits issued in March worth an estimated $47.8 million, according reports in the Cabarrus County Construction Standards office.

The latest census data confirm what Cabarrus residents already knew: The county is in the middle of a population boom.

The winner of the 2015 Creative Give Back is Cabarrus Regional Chamber and EDC. Their proposal to attract more females into non-traditional jobs addresses a workforce challenge and has the potential to be replicated. Excerpts from the Cabarrus proposal explains the challenge their community is facing.