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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

Leaders say ferry cruise was all business
Rocky Mount Telegram - One of the businesses hosted on the cruise Blue Hawaiian Fiberglass Pools committed days later to investing $3 million by building a plant in Edgecombe County and creating up to 69 jobs over three years. Edgecombe County also hosted two other

Eastern Region defends tall ships cruise
Sun Journal - Only days after the cruise, he said, Florida-based Blue Hawaiian Fiberglass Pools announced it will open a plant in Edgecombe County. The company plans to make a $3 million investment and create 150 jobs over three years. The cruise was very

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

Troubled Pool Installations Lead Woman To Five On Your Side
WRAL - So, about two years ago, to make her dream come true, Fisher hired Lou Tufillaro and his company, Dreambuilders, and paid $38,450 up front for a fiberglass pool. It took four months and four installations, because after two of the tries, water got

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

Pool Problem Plagues Lillington Woman
WTVD - It was an ugly yellow pool, and they came out and try and make it white, but they couldn’t.” Besides being the wrong color, Williams says her brand-new fiberglass pool was falling apart. “It started flaking off like potato chips in layers, and it

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

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

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

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