Anson County, North Carolina

ANSON COUNTY , NORTH CAROL INA travel restrictions. But I’ve been in contact with them and they’re planning to return to the United States as soon as it’s feasible.” “We’ve actually had a lot of success over the last couple of years with international businesses,” Marek adds. “I mentioned Borgstena. Another one of our big wins was a company called Lova- Wakol, a German company that moved their North American headquarters to Wadesboro and that’s been a tremendous boon to the local economy. We also had a smaller company, Veit, which is a poultry transportation company; that’s a Czech company that located their facility in Peachland.” Another development project in the county concerned making some needed infrastructure improvements at its Wadesboro Industrial Park. “In order to expand that park, we needed to increase the size of the gas line and run some additional water and sewer lines. So, we got a $1.7 million grant from the State of North Carolina to assist us with that,” says Marek. “Then,