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....HOME |
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT |
Demographics | Government | Agriculture | Transportation |
Economic
Development Council |
Alexander County offers residents a chance to work in high growth industrial and commercial areas while living in crime-free and traffic-free communities.
Business Services
Alexander County is home to a wide variety of business services – from large national retail chains and corporate banking headquarters to the small mom-and-pops operations. Our history shows that many local businesses have been owned and operated by the same family for generations. No matter what you’re looking for, you’ll find a healthy business climate and a friendly staff eager to meet your requests.
Industry
Taylorsville and Alexander County are part of the Unifour Area that also includes Burke, Caldwell, and Catawba Counties. This area has the third highest percentage of manufacturing workers of any area in the southeastern United States with Alexander having over 5,600 manufacturing workers. Furniture production in Alexander ranks seventh in the state. Other plants in the county manufacture textiles, apparel, tape, metal machining, and lumber products.Financial
Eight commercial banks and one credit union serve Alexander County with four branch banks in the Hiddenite and Bethlehem communities. Financial facilities serving Alexander County are: BB&T, Carolina Farm Credit, First Citizens, First Community, Northwestern, Peoples, Taylorsville Savings, and Wachovia banks and The State Employees Credit Union. Some of the services offered by these financial institutions are: loans for land, homes, recreational properties, vehicles, and equipment.Premier Home Mortgage and United Carolina Group also offer loan and mortgage planning for prospective home owners. The Carolina Farm Credit, as a cooperative, shares with their member-borrowers in the profits in the form of a Patronage Refund. Over the last 18 years the association has returned over $200 million to customers across our half of North Carolina.
With a new emphasis on economic development, Alexander County’s pro business leadership has the county ready and poised for growth.
Located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Alexander’s major transportation corridors, US Hwy. 64, NC 90, and NC 127 put most areas of the county within 15-20 minutes of Interstates 40 and 77.
The John Locke Foundation report “By the Numbers 2005” lists the county as having the lowest combined property tax burden in the state, and, according to the NC Association of County Commissioners, the county had the 14th lowest 2005-06 property tax rate.
Low taxes, affordable land and buildings, and ready and willing workforce make Alexander County an attractive location for new industry and business.
The public school system consists of 10 facilities all of which have seen new construction in recent years. More than $25 million has been spent recently on school construction. At a total cost of $1.6 million, Alexander County has the only satellite site for Catawba Valley Community College.
Manufacturing employs 47 percent of the workforce with companies providing stable, quality employment. Agribusiness is also important in the county economy with farm income estimated at $97 million.
