My interim between session continues to be filled with committee meetings, conventions, and meetings with constituents.
On March 2, I had breakfast with the Nashville Town Council to listen to their concerns about potential legislation that could impact the town. After, Senator Buck Newton and I traveled to Middlesex to meet with Mayor Lu Harvey Lewis and John Gessaman of the Gateway Partnership. Together, we discussed how to attract industrial tenants to the park. Last session, I authored and pushed through legislation enabling Nash County to partner with Century Link to expand broadband services to this area, making the park more attractive to potential business tenants. It’s vital that the state is as attractive as possible to business tenants that could provide economic stimulation and job opportunities.
Economic Development through our state ports was also on my agenda last week at an Economic Development Oversight Committee meeting. As the waterfront gateway to our state, our state ports need improvement to funnel business activity throughout North Carolina.
This week I will be attending GOP conventions in Halifax and Washington counties. I never tire of applauding the yeoman work our GOP-led General Assembly did last year to balance the state’s budget and to begin to turn the tide toward making North Carolina a more friendly state in which to conduct business.
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