Education and Training
Harmony, helpfulness and heritage are the hallmarks
of Robeson County
and it’s people. Committed to fostering
old-fashioned values and a "small-town" intimacy,
Robeson embodies a traditional lifestyle.
Interstate 95, the primary highway on the
East Coast, bisects Robeson County. This makes an
ideal location for new industry even better. This
large county can support numerous businesses. Also
U.S. 74 has been designated an Interstate
highway and upgrading is under way.
Boasting a diverse industrial base, companies
produce everything from canned soup and tennis shoes
to the pulp that is imprinted for legal tender.
Working to further diversify
industry and provide a more stable economy, county
leaders seek new, nonpolluting industries to occupy
some 13,000 acres available for business expansion
and relocation. Robeson’s workforce is another
element that ensures economic success in the county.
A labor force of over 200,000 people drawn from a
thirty-mile radius promises that demands for
skilled, plentiful labor can be satisfied here. Any
task necessary can be fulfilled via current
workforce availability or training through
Robeson Community College
which is located on I-95 in
Lumberton, the County Seat.
 One
of the most important keys to success is
communication. From one on one in family and
teaching situations, to the group formats of the
many non-profits, schools, churches, civic clubs -
to the newest electronic systems. WNCP-TV emanating
from the
University of North Carolina
at Pembroke,
teleconferencing and programming at Robeson
Community College, North Carolina Information
Highway in six high schools, and telemedicine at
Southeastern Regional Medical
Center are all
major players in this rapidly growing field of
technology.
North Carolina’s Community College system ranks with
the best in the country. The immediate need for new
and expanding industry is the ability of the system
to respond quickly to the training (or retraining)
needs of the industry they support. Robeson
Community College is a leader in the system for job
training.
CoreVantage Technologies,
LLC
(CoreVantage), is focused on leveraging the Internet
and emerging technologies to help clients solve
their business challenges and information-related
business problems by providing high quality,
cost-effective IT solutions.
The Carolina Commerce and
Technology Center, Inc.
(COMtech.) is responsible for
developing an initial 600-acre, expandable site in
central Robeson County, North Carolina. The COMtech.
site will be the home of technology-focused
business, industry, education, training and business
incubation facilities. The focus of COMtech. is
capacity building and development of a premier
capability to support meaningful, long-term
workforce development. COMtech. directly impacts the
growth of our economy and improvement in the quality
of life for the people in our region.
Robeson County Economic Development Commission
200 Airport Boulevard ~ Lumberton, NC 28358
Tel: (910) 739-7584 ~ Fax: (910) 739-6258
Email:
robesonedc@co.robeson.nc.us |
