Aldi opening new store in Greensboro
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/triad/news/post-aldi*100.jpg?v=1'>Greensboro is getting yet another grocery store. Aldi, a Batavia, Ill.-based subsidiary of Germany's Aldi Group, plans to open a new store at 1507 New Garden Road sometime in 2013, according to a spokesman for the company. Aldi bills itself as a super-discount chain with a no-frills approach and a limited selection of 1,400 items. The company already has 10 stores in the Triad located in Asheboro, Burlington, Greensboro, High Point, Kernersville, Lexington, Thomasville and Winston-Salem. The new Aldi store comes at a time when the landscape among grocers in the Triad is becoming increasingly competitive...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_triad?a=WzSKZ4vuCM0:2KscND_hJRg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_triad?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_triad?a=WzSKZ4vuCM0:2KscND_hJRg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_triad?i=WzSKZ4vuCM0:2KscND_hJRg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_triad?a=WzSKZ4vuCM0:2KscND_hJRg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_triad?i=WzSKZ4vuCM0:2KscND_hJRg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_triad?a=WzSKZ4vuCM0:2KscND_hJRg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_triad?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Lorillard donates $100,000 to Greensboro arts group
Lorillard Tobacco Co. has donated $100,000 to the United Arts Council of Greater Greensboro?s annual Arts Fund campaign, which kicks off on Feb. 21, Lorillard Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Murray S. Kessler said in a statement that the company hopes "the increased support will encourage other businesses to recognize the incredible value the arts provide this community -- both for the quality of life our employees enjoy and for the vitality and economic impact the arts bring to our city...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_triad?a=oW1cK0qO0H0:Oo-0MnUfzNA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_triad?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_triad?a=oW1cK0qO0H0:Oo-0MnUfzNA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_triad?i=oW1cK0qO0H0:Oo-0MnUfzNA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_triad?a=oW1cK0qO0H0:Oo-0MnUfzNA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_triad?i=oW1cK0qO0H0:Oo-0MnUfzNA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_triad?a=oW1cK0qO0H0:Oo-0MnUfzNA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_triad?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
N.C. DOT awards $53 million in contracts for U.S. 29 Business, Wendover Ave. work
The N.C. Department of Transportation has awarded nearly $53 million in contracts to widen U.S. 29 Business in Rockingham County and resurface bridges on Wendover Avenue in Guilford County. A $50.7 million contract was awarded to W.C. English Inc. of Lynchburg, Va., to widen U.S. 29 Business/Freeway Drive from South Scales Street to N.C. 14 on the western side of Reidsville in Rockingham County. The work can begin Feb. 27, with final completion set for Nov. 1. A separate $2.2 million contract was awarded to Lanford Brothers Company Inc...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_triad?a=DvAsn6M9xHg:Km8MueTSmIM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_triad?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_triad?a=DvAsn6M9xHg:Km8MueTSmIM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_triad?i=DvAsn6M9xHg:Km8MueTSmIM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_triad?a=DvAsn6M9xHg:Km8MueTSmIM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_triad?i=DvAsn6M9xHg:Km8MueTSmIM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_triad?a=DvAsn6M9xHg:Km8MueTSmIM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_triad?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Construction begins on downtown Greensboro restaurant, parking lot
Momentum Development Partners of Raleigh has begun construction on its long-planned South Elm Street redevelopment project in Greensboro. Ed Wolverton, president of Downtown Greensboro Inc, said the company has begun renovating a building that will become home to a new restaurant called The WORX and will soon begin work on a new parking lot at 120 Barnhardt St. The lot is expected to provide between 150 to 200 spaces. ?They have always planned to develop that land for parking,? Wolverton said...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_triad?a=zQHvIkSGwN4:QVXmKyktfm4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_triad?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_triad?a=zQHvIkSGwN4:QVXmKyktfm4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_triad?i=zQHvIkSGwN4:QVXmKyktfm4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_triad?a=zQHvIkSGwN4:QVXmKyktfm4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_triad?i=zQHvIkSGwN4:QVXmKyktfm4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_triad?a=zQHvIkSGwN4:QVXmKyktfm4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_triad?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>
Greensboro-High Point region ranks 63rd in job growth
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/triad/post-jobapplication*100.jpg?v=1'>Private-sector employment in the Greensboro-High Point region grew less than percent in 2011, according to a new review of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data by On Numbers. Of the nation's 100 largest metro areas, the Greensboro-High Point region ranked No. 63 in percentage growth for jobs. The Winston-Salem region was not included in that list. The Greensboro metro area added 2,500 jobs during the year, increasing private-sector employment to 296,000 in 2011 from 293,500 in 2010. While the Greensboro-High Point region saw 0...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_triad?a=Z7Q-DYJ__8o:MO0Bit9AeFc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_triad?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_triad?a=Z7Q-DYJ__8o:MO0Bit9AeFc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_triad?i=Z7Q-DYJ__8o:MO0Bit9AeFc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_triad?a=Z7Q-DYJ__8o:MO0Bit9AeFc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_triad?i=Z7Q-DYJ__8o:MO0Bit9AeFc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~ff/bizj_triad?a=Z7Q-DYJ__8o:MO0Bit9AeFc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/bizj_triad?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div>


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