Retailer Lowe's Picks Mooresville, N.C., for Corporate Staff Office.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  April 12, 2001 ;     608 words ......Tribune Business News Apr. 12--Lowe's Cos. Inc., the world's second-large...Mooresville. The expansion allows Lowe's to tap a larger pool of workers...headquarters in North Wilkesboro. Lowe's has options to purchase about...headquarters relocation. But Lowe's says it will maintain a major presence ...

Lowe's Foundation Donates $400,000 to N.C. Organizations; Grants to...

PR Newswire;  April 21, 2005 ;     418 words ......the communities it serves, Lowe's Charitable and Educational...North Carolina organizations. Wilkes County Schools, Wilkes Community College, Iredell...giving back to the communities Lowe's calls home, said Larry Stone...Charity is a golf event hosted by Lowe's and supported by its ...

Lowe's Iredell, N.C., Site Could Employ Up to 8,000.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  November 15, 2001 ;     515 words ......Tribune Business News Nov. 15--Lowe's Companies Inc. disclosed Wednesday...its 55-year home base in rural Wilkes County. But on Wednesday, officials...from Highway 115. Bob Tillman, Lowe's chairman, president and CEO...additional corporate facility. Lowe's was attracted to the 157-acre...

WILKES COUNTY IS STATE'S NEWEST DESIGNATED 'ENTREPRENEUR FRIENDLY'...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 27, 2007 ;     601 words ......following news release: East Georgia's Wilkes County is one of the state's newest "Entrepreneur...entrepreneurs. Ninety-three percent of Wilkes County's 404 companies are small businesses...communities and the state as a whole." Wilkes County is the 58th community in the state...

Wilkes County Schools Teams With Sprint for a Communications Solution; New...

PR Newswire;  June 21, 2004 ;     700+ words ......partnering with North Carolina-based Wilkes County Schools to provide a total communications...each of the 22 schools within the Wilkes County district will be upgraded to Sprint...director of Information Technology for Wilkes County Schools. Wilkes County Schools has...

Wilkes County, N.C., hitches future to resort homes in horse country.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  June 30, 2004 ;     700+ words ......an equestrian center are one more sign that Wilkes County is trying to tap into the resort home market...set in the low, rolling mountains of northern Wilkes County on land that is heavily timbered and crisscrossed...county government. Locals eager to showcase Wilkes County's ...

Wilkes County School District Selects Ardent Communications as its Primary...

PR Newswire;  September 24, 2001 ;     700+ words ......services, today announced that the Wilkes County, North Carolina school system has selected...school locations throughout the county. Wilkes County is currently using the connections...Cartner, assistant superintendent, Wilkes County schools. Ardent worked with us to determine...

Lowe's Announces Location for New Data Center.

PR Newswire;  January 14, 2005 ;     255 words ...Lowe's Companies, Inc. announced today...LOWLOGO ) Our existing data center in Wilkes County has served Lowe's well for 20 years, but as the...needed, explained Steve Stone, Lowe's senior vice president of information...year 2003 sales of $30.8 billion, Lowe's Companies, Inc. is a ...

Lowe's Launches 'Lowe's University' At Annual All-Store Meeting

PR Newswire;  February 20, 1997 ;     553 words ...Senior Executives Announce Lowe's New 21st Century Education Goals Companies...training. The announcement took place at Lowe's Annual All-Store Management meeting...employees met at Opryland Hotel. Through Lowe's University, corporate officials continue...

New Glove-Making Start-Up Gives Officials Hope in Wilkes County, N.C.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  March 7, 2002 ;     541 words ......of the economic news coming out of Wilkes County has been negative -- about 1,250 jobs...said Charles Sink, the chairman of the Wilkes County Board of Commissioners during a public...so many skilled textile workers in Wilkes County was one of the main reasons he chose...

NEW WILKES COUNTY FLOOD INSURANCE RATE MAPS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 2, 2008 ;     442 words ......residents and business community of Wilkes County will have the opportunity to review...Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) for the county. Wilkes County is completely contained within the...material will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Wilkes County Commissioners' Room, Room 100 of the...

Lowe denies lack of confidence syndrome.(The Providence Journal)

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  July 29, 2001 ;     700+ words ...BOSTON _ Generally speaking, Derek Lowe is one of the more engaging, carefree...Red Sox' clubhouse. So you would think Lowe would have been in a joyful mood after...Boston's 4-3 victory at Fenway Park. Wrong. Lowe was cranky, stung by the negative press...

MERLEFEST BRINGS WORLD TO WILKES COUNTY.(CITY LIFE)

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  April 8, 1999 ;     402 words ......festival brings nearly $4 million to Wilkes County and raises money for local charities...Kaukonen. MerleFest nearly doubles Wilkes County's population for four days. A textile...manufacturing hub two hours west of Greensboro, Wilkes County has 66,000 residents. MerleFest brings...

Improving home improvement choices; Lowe's entry into state sets up battle...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 24, 2005 ;     679 words ...Lowe's will make its Wisconsin debut Tuesday with the opening...Home Depot, the nation's largest home improvement chain; Lowe's, ranked No. 2; and Eau Claire-based Menards, ranked sixth...to this part of the country. With the Milwaukee opening, Lowe's will be in 48 states. Only Vermont and New Hampshire ...

LOWE'S TO TAKE ON HOME DEPOT IN N.E. 25 STORES PLANNED IN BOSTON AREA...

The Boston Globe;  February 6, 2001 ;     640 words ...DANVERS - Lowe's Cos., the world's second-largest home...elsewhere in the Northeast, it said yesterday. A Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse is about to...perfect, but what Target is to Wal-Mart, Lowe's may be to Home Depot Inc., the Atlanta-bas...