The entrance to Middlesex Corporate Centre from N.C. 231 is shown here on July 20. In the background is UNC Internal Medicine & Pediatrics at Middlesex. Photo by William F. West
FUTURE outlook By William F. West Nash County’s chief business and industrial
And of the Research Triangle Region, Hagy
recruiter sees part of his county’s future as
said, “They’ve got a tradition. They’ve got a
tapping into the brainpower and promotional
reputation. They’ve got credibility — and it’s
resources of the Research Triangle Region.
known worldwide.
Internal Medicine & Pediatrics at Middlesex, which offers primary care services. The
site
includes
an
available
62,500-square-foot shell building that is expandable to 100,000 square feet.
Andy Hagy, who reported for work at the
“And so just to be incorporated and a
start of this year, said Nash County is the 12th
member of that marketing structure and
Hagy also cited the presence of the
one to become part of the Research Triangle
campaign and initiative is going to, I think,
Highway 97 Industrial Site, which is just off
Regional Partnership.
raise Nash County’s profile drastically in the
Interstate 95 and also in the southern part of
eyes of new business and also the site location
the county.
Hagy said the county joined the partnership at the start of July and he said this was his idea.
consultants,” Hagy said.
The location is 118 miles from Richmond,
Hagy is particularly quick to cite the more
Va., 163 miles from the Port of Wilmington,
economic
than 320-acre Middlesex Corporate Centre,
130 miles away from the Port of Morehead
development organization designed to serve
which is just off the expressway-like U.S.
City and 150 miles away from the port in
as a connector between businesses looking to
264 in the southern part of the county and
Virginia’s Hampton Roads area.
expand or relocate, as well as the economic
approximately 25 minutes from the Interstate
And just off the Interstate 95-N.C. 4
development offices, government agencies
87/U.S. 64 interchange with the Raleigh
interchange in northern Nash County, there
and business organizations supporting private
Beltline.
is the always-busy Whitaker Business and
“I thought it was just a good fit,” Hagy said. The
partnership
sector growth.
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is
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The site already is the home of UNC
Industry Center.
