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10/20/1997
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Board of Commissioners
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exception of a small remnant concentration <br />in old Midland, there is not any tree <br />concentration of industrial uses nor a great <br />concentration of any particular category of <br />uses. However, with Coming building a <br />large fiber optics manufacturing facility to <br />be complete in 2000, some related <br />businesses will likely locate near them. A <br />concentration of industrial uses will likely <br />develop in this area, along US 601 and <br />Wallace Road. This area also contains the <br />most industrially zoned land in the planning <br />area. <br /> <br />Very few of the area's industrial uses may be <br />classified as traditional industries and <br />partially as a result, do not rely heavily on <br />local labor. One of the newer facilities is the <br />Pepsi-Cola distribution center. Most of the <br />approximately 65 employees who work at <br />this center live in Stanly County. Two other <br />uses, which are not traditional industries, are <br />related to auto racing. These are Rahmoc <br />Enterprises and the Concord Motorsports <br />Park. Neither of these are major employers <br />in the area, although especially in the case of <br />the speedway, they attract a large number of <br />people to Cabarrus County. <br /> <br />There are more traditional industries in the <br />area as well, such as Whitley Manufacturing <br />and Presnell Insulation, a textile business in <br />old Midland, and H.R. Mullis Machine. <br />Each of these industries is large enough that <br />at full employment they draw from a <br />regional base of employees. To staff its <br />fiber optic manufacturing facility, Coming, <br />Inc. plans to hire over 600 people, with over <br />400 of these coming from the local/regional <br />employment base. <br /> <br />There is a large amount of vacant land that is <br />industrially zoned. Unlike the lack of <br /> <br />commercial zoning prior to 1993, which <br />may have affected commercial growth, the <br />areas of industrial property clearly show that <br />growth is not limited by availability of land. <br />The main factors affecting growth seem to <br />be the previous lack of water and sewer and <br />relative isolation from the interstate road <br />network. The improvement of NC 24/27, <br />the completion of the eastern part of the <br />Charlotte outerbelt and extension of utility <br />services should dramatically affect both <br />commercial and industrial growth rates. <br /> <br />PUBLIC FACILITIES <br /> <br />The only public facilities in the plan area are <br />the Bethel Elementary School and the Reed <br />Gold Mine State Historic Site. The <br />Cabarrus County Board of Education has <br />completed a facility study and each year <br />reviews and revises their plans. Planning <br />throughout the county will adhere to their <br />recommendations. The Board of Education <br />plans to acquire property and build a new <br />elementary school in the plan area between <br />years 2000 and 2005. There are no current <br />plans to build a middle or high school in the <br />area. As the p, opulation grows in this and <br />other areas of the county, new school <br />locations will continue to be evaluated. <br /> <br />The Parks and Recreation Department is <br />also updating its Master Plan and its <br />recommendations will address the whole the <br />County. This section, therefore, will <br />concentrate on one of the County's major <br />public facilities -- the Reed Gold Mine. <br /> <br />The Reed Gold Mine is an important <br />cultural and historical facility for this area, <br />the region, and the state. The site of the first <br />major gold discovery in the United States, it <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br /> <br />
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