{"id":2225,"date":"2013-06-13T01:24:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T01:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2013\/06\/13\/industry-leading-firearms-manufacturing\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:22:14","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:22:14","slug":"industry-leading-firearms-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=2225","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Industry Leading Firearms Manufacturing Company&#8221; Is Considering Rockingham County, NC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:13368,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.newsadvance.com\\\/rockingham_now\\\/news\\\/western_rockingham\\\/article_2d90250e-d2b7-11e2-a93c-001a4bcf6878.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/newsadvance.com\\\/rockingham_now\\\/news\\\/western_rockingham\\\/article_2d90250e-d2b7-11e2-a93c-001a4bcf6878.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13369,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\\\/2013\\\/05\\\/rugers-expansion.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13370,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.ncnorthstar.com\\\/economy\\\/Building%20Search.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.hugedomains.com\\\/domain_profile.cfm?d=ncnorthstar.com&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13371,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.news-record.com\\\/news\\\/local_news\\\/article_f4695472-d29c-11e2-8ffa-0019bb30f31a.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/greensboro.com\\\/news\\\/local_news\\\/article_f4695472-d29c-11e2-8ffa-0019bb30f31a.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13372,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/myfox8.com\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/11\\\/firearms-maker-considers-rockingham-county-for-substantial-expansion&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/myfox8.com\\\/2013\\\/06\\\/11\\\/firearms-maker-considers-rockingham-county-for-substantial-expansion&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13373,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.ncesc1.com\\\/pmi\\\/rates\\\/PressReleases\\\/County\\\/NR_Apr2013CountyRates_M.pdf&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nThe Town of Mayodan and the Rockingham County <span class=\"paragraph-0\">Partnership for Economic and Tourism Development have announced that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsadvance.com\/rockingham_now\/news\/western_rockingham\/article_2d90250e-d2b7-11e2-a93c-001a4bcf6878.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;<\/a><\/span><span class=\"paragraph-0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsadvance.com\/rockingham_now\/news\/western_rockingham\/article_2d90250e-d2b7-11e2-a93c-001a4bcf6878.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an industry-leading firearms company&#8221; is considered locating a major facility in Mayodan<\/a>. The unnamed company will be hosting an open house on June 18th for potential employees. They are trying to find out if there are enough qualified employees to staff the plant.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/061213-DoYouHaveWhatTakesFlyer.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/061213-DoYouHaveWhatTakesFlyer.jpg\" width=\"492\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"paragraph-0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com\/2013\/05\/rugers-expansion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As I posted in mid-May<\/a>, Ruger had announced at their Annual Meeting that they had narrowed their search for their third manufacturing plant down to North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas. One of their major requirements was an existing manufacturing facility of approximately 250,000 square feet. Rockingham County has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncnorthstar.com\/economy\/Building%20Search.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">approximately six available facilities that would meet this qualification according to a list<\/a> from <\/span><br \/>\nRockingham County <span class=\"paragraph-0\">Partnership for Economic and Tourism Development. Mayodan has two facilities on this list that were former Unifi Textile plants.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"paragraph-0\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"paragraph-0\">Rockingham County is also home to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news-record.com\/news\/local_news\/article_f4695472-d29c-11e2-8ffa-0019bb30f31a.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">headquarters of Remington Arms\/Freedom Group which has about 200 employees in Madison<\/a>. However, as <a href=\"http:\/\/myfox8.com\/2013\/06\/11\/firearms-maker-considers-rockingham-county-for-substantial-expansion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WGHP MyFox8 reports<\/a>, the company considering Mayodan is not Remington.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>Officials have not disclosed what the company is, but Graham Pervier, president of the RCPETD, said it is not Remington Arms.<\/p>\n<p>Pervier could not say how many jobs would be created as a result of the possible expansion, but he said it is \u201ca substantial number.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company is now working to decide whether the region has enough qualified candidates to support the expansion, Pervier said.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsadvance.com\/rockingham_now\/news\/western_rockingham\/article_2d90250e-d2b7-11e2-a93c-001a4bcf6878.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Town officials in Mayodan are quite excited<\/a> about this possible new company and are strongly urging potential candidates to send their resumes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>\u201cWe\u2019re pretty excited about what this could mean for our community,\u201d Mayodan Town Manager Michael Brandt said. \u201cThis offers the potential to reuse one of our existing buildings and provide hundreds of much needed jobs for the area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brandt said the amount of support demonstrated in this early candidate screening process would be a major determining factor in the company\u2019s decision on location.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we really need people with the right skills and experience to apply as soon as possible,\u201d Brandt said. \u201cThere\u2019s a short timeframe here and we want to show the workforce is here and ready.\u201d<\/i> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncesc1.com\/pmi\/rates\/PressReleases\/County\/NR_Apr2013CountyRates_M.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The latest unemployment reports<\/a> show that Rockingham County has a 10% unemployment rate. Mayodan, which is located in western Rockingham County, is located equidistant (or about 30 miles) from both Greensboro and Winston-Salem.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Town of Mayodan and the Rockingham County Partnership for Economic and Tourism Development have announced that &#8220;an industry-leading&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1590,2680,1623,2903,680],"class_list":["post-2225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-industrial-development","tag-mayodan","tag-remington","tag-rockingham-county-nc","tag-ruger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2225"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9221,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2225\/revisions\/9221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}