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The Carolinas Gateway Partnership is a public-private organization dedicated to the creation of community wealth through the retention, creation, and expansion of business opportunities in Edgecombe County, the City of Rocky Mount and the Town of Tarboro. The Carolinas Gateway Partnership is the economic development umbrella for this region of Eastern North Carolina.

Promote economic development

Provide jobs

Retention & growth of existing business

Attract new business & industry
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North Carolina Is Business Facilities’ 2020 State Of The Year
January 5, 2021 "North Carolina has been named Business Facilities’ 2020 State of the Year, the first time NC has earned BF’s top honor, which has been bestowed annually by the magazine since 2007. “North Carolina has been a rising star on our radar for several...
Edgecombe projects move forward despite pandemic
By John H. Walker Staff Writer Dec. 30, 2020 "The coronavirus pandemic hit just as economic indicators were beginning to improve for Edgecombe County. And while those indicators dropped all the way to the bottom of the scale, there was slippage in a number of areas as...
Twin Counties to benefit from $980K in business, industry grants
BY WILLIAM F. WEST Staff Writer "At least 30 state grants totaling nearly $13 million have been approved for local governments so business and industry locations can be prepared or can be expanded and create numerous jobs. And a significant part of that money,...
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Rocky Mount MSA
Population: 147,335

Edgecombe County
Population: 53,332

Nash County
Population: 94,003