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existing businesses and the recruitment of
new businesses.
Wilkes EDC assists potential investors
and job creators with local, state, and federal
incentives and grants. When companies add
new jobs, consider new construction, uplift a
facility, or invest in machinery and equipment,
Wilkes EDC helps determine eligibility and
facilitates the grant process. Wilkes EDC
annually offers its own entrepreneurship
grants for new and existing businesses in the Red’s Home & Garden
county. The Wilkes EDC is also completing a
new business center facility that will provide
new or existing businesses a chance to use Key Labor Statistics
existing resources to build their operations in Population .......................................................65,806
Wilkes County. Age 18+ ................................................................80%
North Carolina currently provides Median Age ......................................................... 45.3
discretionary and tax incentives to qualifying Regional Workforce ........................................242,155
businesses in Wilkes County based on the Average Commute Time (minutes) .......................... 24.5
county’s Tier 1 designation. Wilkes EDC aids Unemployment Rate ............................................3.2%
area businesses in securing these incentives.
(Dec. 2022)
Wilkes Economic Average Annual Salary ...................................$42,215
Development Corporation
213 Ninth St., North Wilkesboro, NC 28659 ($20.29/hour)
(336) 838-1501 | wilkesedc.com Sources: U.S. Census Bureau; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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