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Manufacturing facility to bring 69 new jobs to Edgecombe County
Daily Reflector - Headquartered in Largo, Fla., Blue Hawaiian manufactures one-piece fiberglass swimming pools and spas with 200 distributors nationwide and in Canada. While wages will vary by job function, the expected average weekly wage of the new jobs is $530, not

Factory boost on way to town
Bradenton Herald - While each project involves manufacturing, the products run the gamut from pharmaceuticals to robotics to durable goods such as fiberglass swimming pools. And other industries are in the crosshairs. Today, news of another economic development coup is

Edgecombe County Lands New Plant, 69 Jobs
WRAL - It manufactures one-piece fiberglass swimming pools and spas. The North Carolina plant is the company s first expansion outside of Florida. The average wage of the new jobs is expected to be $530 plus benefits. The plant will be built in Rocky Mount

Crime tumbles in neighborhoods along border
Austin American-Statesman - I saw a couple of guys take an above-ground fiberglass pool from a neighbor’s house and float it across to Mexico.” Some owners have abandoned their homes as a lost cause. Most homes show signs of the assault repaired doors and windows

Initiatives put some order back at border
KVUE - I saw a couple of guys take an above-ground fiberglass pool from a neighbor’s house and float it across to Mexico.” Some owners have abandoned their homes as a lost cause. Most homes show signs of the assault repaired doors and

Why industries are snubbing Florida
Herald Tribune - In addition to Chris-Craft and Indian, garage door manufacturer Amarr Co., Blue Hawaiian Fiberglass Pools and Paperpak Products Inc. will soon expand or move. Some of the jobs are exactly the high-tech, skilled type Florida officials covet. Earlier

Pool maker to create 69 jobs
Triangle Business Journal - Blue Hawaiian Fiberglass Pools will receive $45,000 in state incentives to open a manufacturing facility in Edgecombe County. Blue Hawaiian plans to invest $3 million in the facility and create 69 jobs over the next three years, according to a

Fiberglass pools can be installed quickly, maintained for less
Southern Illinoisan - Splashing around in a backyard pool might be a fantasy today, but it can become a reality in one month. Or so say the sellers of in-ground fiberglass pools. In fact, the “easy as one, two, three” installation is a big selling point for many pool

Edgecombe County Lands New Plant, 69 Jobs
WRAL - It manufactures one-piece fiberglass swimming pools and spas. The North Carolina plant is the company s first expansion outside of Florida. The average wage of the new jobs is expected to be $530 plus benefits. The plant will be built in Rocky Mount

Manufacturing facility to bring 69 new jobs to Edgecombe County
Daily Reflector - Headquartered in Largo, Fla., Blue Hawaiian manufactures one-piece fiberglass swimming pools and spas with 200 distributors nationwide and in Canada. While wages will vary by job function, the expected average weekly wage of the new jobs is $530, not

Eastern Region defends tall ships cruise
New Bern Sun Journal, NC - 1 hour ago… Only days after the cruise, he said, Florida-based Blue Hawaiian Fiberglass Pools announced it will open a plant in Edgecombe County. …

Crime tumbles in Texas neighborhood along border
Contra Costa Times, CA - 19 hours ago… $20,000. “I saw a couple of guys take an above-ground fiberglass pool from a neighbor’s house and float it across to Mexico.”. Some …

Flood damage estimate in Montgomery County: $100M
Albany Business Journal - Along with larger employers, there are a number of “mom and pop” businesses employing 20 to 30 people that are shut down due to flood damage, Rose said. Glimmerglass Pools , a Fort Plain maker of fiberglass pools with about 30 employees, is currently

Lower maintenance is the new trend
Farmington Observer - They like having a pool in the back yard and use it every day versus going up north to a vacation spot, where the first thing you have to do when you get up there is cut the lawn,” said Jerry Jason, sales manager of Midwest Fiberglass Pools in Grand

Edgecombe County Lands New Plant, 69 Jobs
WRAL - RALEIGH, N.C. — Blue Hawaiian Fiberglass Pools has decided to open a new manufacturing facility in Edgecombe County. The plant will have 69 jobs and represents a near $3 million investment over three years, according to Governor Mike Easley s

Flood damage estimate in Montgomery County: $100M
Albany Business Review, NY - 19 hours ago… Glimmerglass Pools, a Fort Plain maker of fiberglass pools with about 30 employees, is currently out of production, and the county is still finding out about …

Yew Street garden is always in transition
Bellingham Herald - Years ago, the whole family built a big fiberglass swimming pool, but when the kids left, we built a deck over it. We’ve still got two swings the neighbor kids and the grandkids use; I love to swing too. This yard was a mini-farm and a playground for

Yew Street garden is always in transition
Bellingham Herald - Years ago, the whole family built a big fiberglass swimming pool, but when the kids left, we built a deck over it. We’ve still got two swings the neighbor kids and the grandkids use; I love to swing too. This yard was a mini-farm and a playground for