Haywood County Economic Development Commission Annual Report

Haywood County NORTH CAROLINA

Haywood County boasts 554 scenic square miles, including beautiful mountains, fertile valleys and rolling foothills.

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park lies just to the northwest, while such major southeastern cities as Charlotte, Greenville, Knoxville and Atlanta are easily accessed by way of an efficient interstate highway system.

Immediately east of Haywood County lies Asheville, one of North Carolina's most visited locales.

Driving Distances from Haywood County Haywood County, NC

Asheville, NC . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Miles Knoxville, TN . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Miles Atlanta, GA. . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Miles Charlotte, NC . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Miles Greenville, SC . . . . . . . . . . 90 Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Miles

40

AH PISGAH ES L FOREST NATIONAL

Population & Distribution

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JULY ‘09

JULY ‘10

JULY ‘11

JULY ‘12

Canton . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,129. . . . . 4,227. . . . . 4,214. . . . . 4,247 Clyde . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,399. . . . . 1,223. . . . . 1,219 . . . . . 1,227 Maggie Valley. . . . . . 1,329. . . . . 1,050. . . . . 1,146. . . . . 1,167 Waynesville. . . . . . . . 10,120 . . . . 9,869. . . . . 9,841. . . . . 9,919 Lake Junaluska . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,734. . . . . 2,730. . . . . 2,749

209

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK

209 209

276

Maggie Valley

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COUNTY . . . . . . . . . . . 58,043 . . . . 59,036. . . . 59,684 . . . . 60,152

40

Lake Junaluska 19

40 74

19

Waynesville

AGE

MALE

FEMALE

TOTAL

PERCENT

0-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,861. . . . . 5,577. . . . . 11,438 . . . . 19.16 18-44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,765. . . . . 8,670. . . . . 17,435 . . . . 29.21 45-64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,539. . . . . 9,336. . . . . 17,875 . . . . 29.95 65+. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,663. . . . . 7,273 . . . . . 12,936 . . . . 21.68

19 23

Clyde

BUS 23

74

Canton 215 215 110

276 74

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215

PISGAH NATIONAL FOREST 276

TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,828 . . . . 30,856. . . . 59,684 . . . . 100.0 *SOURCE: NC Data Center, U.S. Census and July 2012 projections

The mission of the Haywood County Economic Development Commission is to foster a healthy and prosperous economy and quality of life for our community through the development of capital investment, job creation and entrepreneurial opportunities while supporting existing business and industry.

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Transportation & Utilities HIGHWAYS: I-40, US 23-74, US 19, & US 276

RAIL: Norfolk and Southern Railway Corporation.

TRUCK: The county is served by several common carriers and contract truck lines on either the interstate or intrastate system.

AIR: Haywood County is served by Asheville Regional Airport, a 30-minute drive away.

Service can also be obtained from Greenville, South Carolina and Knoxville, Tennessee.

ELECTRICITY: Progress Energy, Haywood Electric Membership Corporation, and Town of Waynesville.

GAS: Public Service Company of North Carolina provides natural gas service to Haywood County.

Propane is also available from local distributors.

WATER: Municipal systems in Haywood County each have their own water source and waste treatment facility.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Service provided by AT&T and numerous long distance carriers.

HEALTHCARE: Medwest Haywood: 189-bed facility with approximately 125 physicians.

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Labor Force Haywood County

Labor Force 2011 Annual Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,846 Employment 2011 Annual Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,004

Unemployment Rate 2007 Annual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.0% 2008 Annual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.6% 2009 Annual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.7% 2010 Annual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0% 2011 Annual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.9% 2012 YTD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.0% ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

*SOURCE: Employment Security Commission statistics.

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Haywood County Labor Potential High School Graduates, 2011: 482 Graduates Attending 4 Year College Graduates Attending 2 Year College Graduates Entering Labor Market Graduates to the Military

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Taxes & Income COUNTY TAX RATE

Haywood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.5413 Canton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.5413 Clyde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.5413 Maggie Valley . . . . . . . . . . $0.5413 Waynesville . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.5413

TOWN TAX RATES

TOTAL OF ALL TAX RATES

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ————— . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.5413 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.58 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.1213 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.9713 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.9313 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.4082 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.9495

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*SOURCE: Haywood County Government website.

Tax rates are per $100 assessed valuation and were revalued in 2011.

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Median Household Income*

Per Capita Income*

2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $42,359 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $42,361 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,987 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,076

2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $23,159 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $22,662 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30,980 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,828

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*SOURCE: North Carolina Department of Commerce ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Education

Business Size Total businesses: 4,500 SOURCE: youreconomy.org

PUBLIC SCHOOLS:

Edu/Govt/Non-profit Headquarters out of state Self-employed 2-9 Employees 10-99 Employees 100-499 Employees 500+

2011 Enrollment: 7,677 Students Number: 9 Elementary, 3 Middle, 4 High School (including 1 Alternative, 1 Early College) Annual Investment/Pupil: $8,253.00

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Employment Distribution EMPLOYMENT SECTOR

AVERAGE EMPLOYMENT

PERCENT

AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE

Agricultural Services . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $326.08 Construction Services . . . . . . . . . . . 805 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $596.34 Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2235. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1020.22 Wholesale Trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $803.09 Retail Trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2773 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $455.62 Finance, Insurance, Real Estate . . . . . 576. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $691.63 Trans/Comm/Pub. Utilities . . . . . . . . 374. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $854.78 Service/Unclassified. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2844. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $634.48 Educational Services . . . . . . . . . . . . 1705 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $573.15 Health Care/Social Services . . . . . . . 2651. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $768.76 Leisure & Hospitality . . . . . . . . . . . . 2271. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $334.71 ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

TOTAL EMPLOYMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . 16,540. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100% ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

*SOURCE: North Carolina Employment Security Commission, 4th Quarter, 2011 ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Selected Employers EMPLOYER

DESCRIPTION

FULL TIME PART TIME

TOTAL

EST.

Evergreen, Inc. (Canton & Waynesville). . Paper Products . . . . . . . . . . 1200. . . . . 0 . . . . 1200 . . . . 1906 Haywood County Schools . . . . . . . . . . . Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1025 . . . . 326 . . . 1351 . . . . 1965 Medwest-Haywood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Health Care . . . . . . . . . . . . 773 . . . . 287 . . . 1060 . . . . 1927 Haywood County Government . . . . . . . . County Services. . . . . . . . . . 490. . . . . 95 . . . . 585 . . . . 1808 Consolidated Metco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Truck Parts, Molding . . . . . . . 335. . . . . 25 . . . . 360 . . . . 2004 Haywood Vocational Opportunities . . . . . Disposable Med. Supplies . . . . 321. . . . . 22 . . . . 343 . . . . 1967 Haywood Community College . . . . . . . . Higher Education . . . . . . . . . 186 . . . . 219 . . . 405 . . . . 1965 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Discount Retail . . . . . . . . . . 172. . . . . 167. . . . 339 . . . . 1991 Town of Waynesville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Town Administration . . . . . . . 166. . . . . 62 . . . . 228 . . . . 1871 Sonoco Plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plastic Food Trays. . . . . . . . . 132. . . . . 30 . . . . 162 . . . . 1996 Ingles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grocery Stores . . . . . . . . . . 127 . . . . 329 . . . 456 . . . . 1963 Silver Bluff Nursing Home . . . . . . . . . . Health Care, Assisted Living . . . 118 . . . . . 77 . . . . 195 . . . . 1984 Lowe’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Building Materials . . . . . . . . . 118 . . . . . 55 . . . . 173. . . . . 1965 Autumn Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Health Care/Asstd Living. . . . . 100. . . . . 25 . . . . 125 . . . . 1985 Mountain Projects, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . Community Action Agency . . . . 95 . . . . . 33 . . . . 128 . . . . 1965 Ken Wilson Ford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auto, Truck Dealer . . . . . . . . . 94 . . . . . 3. . . . . 97 . . . . . 1980 PLUS Linen & Uniforms . . . . . . . . . . . . Commercial Laundry . . . . . . . 75 . . . . . 0. . . . . 75 . . . . . 1922 Lake Junaluska Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . Conference Center. . . . . . . . . 70. . . . . 213 . . . 283 . . . . 1913 Town of Canton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Town Administration. . . . . . . . 69 . . . . . 59 . . . . 128 . . . . 1893 General Dynamics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defense Contractor . . . . . . . . 67 . . . . . 1. . . . . 68 . . . . . 1949 Haywood EMC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electric Service . . . . . . . . . . 66 . . . . . 1. . . . . 67 . . . . . 1939 Giles Chemical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Epsom Salt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 . . . . . 37 . . . . 100 . . . . 1950 Powell Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wood Products. . . . . . . . . . . 61 . . . . . 3. . . . . 64 . . . . . 1971 SOURCE: Haywood County EDC 2012

Avg. SAT Score: 1540 Staff: 650 certified and 375 support All elementary schools provide after-school care

HIGHER EDUCATION: Haywood Commmunity College is regarded as one of the finest twoyear institutions in the country. With an enrollment of 5,122 students (6,952 continuing education) and 186 full-time and 219 part-time staff, the school offers over 55 programs of study, including such specialized areas as Forestry Management, Production Crafts, Cosmetology, Nursing, Early Childhood, Manufacturing Engineering and a manufacturing certification program.

Augmenting the college is the Regional High Technology Center, a $4.0 million facility geared to provide training in machining and aeronautics technologies.

Additionally, Western Carolina University at Cullowhee and the University of North Carolina at Asheville, both a part of the state university system, are a mere 30-minute drive.

Lifestyle Haywood County enjoys a healthy climate and an abundance of pure, cold spring water. The summer days are pleasant and rarely excessively hot. The nights are invariably cool.

Climate Annual Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57º F Monthly Average, January. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.5º F Monthly Average, June . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.7º F Annual Rainfall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52” Annual Snowfall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14”

Recreation Haywood County includes portions of the Pisgah National Forest, Shining Rock Wilderness Area and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The county offers a variety of activities including fishing, hiking, hunting and seven challenging and scenic golf courses. Cataloochee Ski Area, North Carolina's oldest ski resort, is located atop Fie Top Mountain. The scenic Blue Ridge Parkway stretches 24 miles throughout the county.

Financial Assistance

Incentives Industrial Property Haywood County owns the Beaverdam Industrial Park, which is adjacent to Interstate 40, close to the Newfound Road interchange in East Haywood County. This site has electricity, city water, city sewer, and natural gas. Ten shovel-ready acres and 35 undeveloped acres are available for occupancy at the Beaverdam site, which also has all infrastructure in place. This park has easy access to Interstate 40 and is only 30 minutes from the Asheville Regional Airport. Haywood Community College's High Technology Center is located in the Waynesville Industrial Park. The $4.0 million facility provides industrial training in skills related to machining and aeronautics technology. Additionally, North Carolina's first Small Business and Industry Center is housed in the industrial park. This 17,000-square-foot business incubator facility provides industrial business space and support for potential new start-up industry.

North Carolina offers an array of financial assistance programs for new and expanding industry. Many of the financing programs provide flexible, incentive financing in the form of loans to businesses which create jobs and tax base in a community. Contact the Haywood County Economic Development Commission for more details.

Employee Training Through its 58 community colleges throughout the state, North Carolina offers the most comprehensive and advanced industrial training program in the nation. Funded solely by the state, the industrial training service is virtually unlimited and can accommodate any type of production job for new and expanding industry. Program design is flexible and tailored to meet the needs of the company. These programs will assist in recruiting personnel and will screen applicants for the skills and aptitudes that the company specifies.

Contact Haywood County Economic Development Commission 144 Industrial Park Drive • Waynesville, NC 28786 828.456.3737 • FAX: 828.452.1352 • EMAIL: mclasby@haywoodnc.net Executive Director: Mark B. Clasby • Administrative Assistant: Cheryl Meyers • August 2012

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