rural county like we are, private investment is a little bit slower here than it is in some of the surrounding areas that are more developed industrial-wise,” he adds. “It’ll be a 20,000 square foot building. We currently have nobody on the hook as far as going into it, but it’ll be there to market so that we’re prepared for that next business that wants to come to this area,” Bender explains.“With that, we’re going to make sure it turns into a program. We don’t want to just throw up a building and then we wait another several years before we have something else.We’re going to try to With these strategic investments, Jones County’s downtowns are reclaiming their roles as vibrant community hubs. ECONOMIC GROWTH AND INFRASTRUCTURE Jones County is taking proactive steps to stimulate economic growth through strategic infrastructure investments and business development initiatives. At the forefront is a new industrial project in Trenton. “We’re about to put a shell building in our industrial park,” says Economic Development Director John Bender.“We’re putting up a building to help increase some profit investment into the area. With us being a 165 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 05 JONES COUNTY, NC
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