WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA

An Area Full of Tangible Assets

Business/Services

• Buckhorn Reservoir with plenty of water for the future at affordable rates - enough water for a cannery or brewery
• 2 airports - Wilson Industrial Air Center Airport and Rocky Mount-Wilson Regional Airport
• Numerous sites with reclaimed water, sewer, natural gas in place, ready for industrial site construction - business friendly and production ready
• Modern, productive industrial buildings available - a variety of sizes, shapes, and capabilities
• 2 rails lines - Norfolk-Southern and CSX
• Abundance of truck lines - to receive and transport your components and products
• Temporarily laid-off productive workers, with good work ethic anxious to work - top potential employees, available for you
• New fiber optics connections - In a plan being implemented by the City of Wilson, a major fiber optics network is currently being installed in the city so that every business, residence, and educational facility will have the availability of being connected to it.

Geography/Location

• 6-lane Knightdale bypass to Raleigh - fast convenient access to and from Raleigh
• New 264 bypass around Wilson - fast convenient access to Greenville and the coast
• Newly opened I-117 to I-40 - fast convenient access south and east
• 1-hour to Raleigh-Durham Internation Airport and Kinston Jet Port - to receive and transport your goods
• Geographic location on I-95 in the mid-Atlantic region near the ports of Norfolk, Morehead, Wilmington, Charleston, and Savannah - easy access to business and recreation
• Very little traffic congestion - for commutes, shipping and shopping
• 45 miles east of Research Triangle Park (one of the most desirable business climates in the US and in the world) - we're 1 hour away AND with no congestion

Recreation/Activities

• 4 golf courses - 1 private, 2 semi-private and 1 public
• Whirligigs like Alexander Calder's mobiles - a fascinating study
• 2 hours to the beach - lighthouses, swimming, water sports, ocean fishing
• 4 hours to the mountains - camping, hiking, skiing
• Imagination Station Science Museum - a great place for the kids
• Fleming Stadium - Home of the North Carolina Baseball Museum
• Boykin Center for the performing arts - for big city culture with small town convenience
• An extremely active recreation program for the citizens - huge soccer complex, bicycle clubs, running groups

Shopping/Schools

• Barton College - award-winning and highly-rated private university
• Wilson Community College - comprehensive community college - business and industry training center
• School accreditation by Southern Association - State Superintendent of the year recipient
• Numerous Christian and Private schools - to suit your family's needs
• Target (with Starbucks Coffee within) and other upscale retail stores, including Marshalls and Belk, at a mall now completed and still growing - and numerous other existing shopping malls and venues
• Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf - for special needs
• World-famous pork barbeque and chicken restaurants - plus tons of restaurants to satisfy any taste
• Affordable housing - and in many varieties

We have all of this and much much more.
For even more information click on these Wilson-based web sites:
Wilson Chamber of Commerce
Wilson Economic Development Council
Wilson County Government
Wilson City Government
Wilson Downtown Development Corp.
Barton College
Wilson Community College
Imagination Station
Air Care - Rocky Mount-Wilson Regional Airport
Wilson Industrial Air Center Airport