Stanly County, North Carolina

because every company is different. There may be land needs; there may be highway needs; there may be workforce development programs that are needed to train or upskill their existing workforce. So, we really dig in with the company fairly early on to assess their needs and see if there are local or state programs that can help meet some of those needs.” In order to meet some of those growing needs, Lucas notes that several major infrastructure projects are in the works. “We are in the process of renovating our existing wastewater treatment plant in the western part of the County, where we’re experiencing the highest growth,” he reports. “That plant was initially rated at 900,000 gallons a day, but right now, we’re only able to provide treatment to about 650,000 gallons a day. We bought it a couple of years ago from another entity, a local government, and due to it falling into disrepair, we’ve been working to have engineers give us the scope of the project.