Skip to content

Family Friendly Work Policies Help Businesses

Family-Friendly Work Policies Help Businesses A new report by the International Economic Development Council about how economic development professionals can reduce barriers to work and bring people back to the workforce features Family Forward NC and increasing access to family-friendly workplace benefits as a key strategy. North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation’s Lisa Finaldi and Family…

Read More

Child Care Crisis by the Number

Child Care Crisis by the Numbers Workforce partners throughout Johnston County continue to partner to ensure that businesses in the county have a robust pipeline of available candidates to fill open positions. While our partners at Johnston County Public Schools and Johnston Community College are doing much to shape our future employees Johnston County, like other…

Read More

Make a Big Impact and Shop on Small Business Saturday

Make a Big Impact by Shopping Small on November 26 Small Business Saturday is November 26. The event was started in 2010 by American Express to encourage people to patronize small businesses for their holiday shopping needs.  After the success of the first Small Business Saturday, the movement gained momentum and officials across the country…

Read More

Copy of Legislative Updates from the Chamber

How Can High School Internships Help Your Business? As it becomes more challenging to find employees, many companies have discovered the long term benefits of hosting high school interns. College internships have become a regular part of corporate America, as they provide companies with a pipeline for new hires, provide the company with a fresh…

Read More

Legislative Updates from the Chamber

Legislative Updates from the Chamber The North Carolina Legislative session will begin on Wednesday May 18, 2022. Our colleagues at the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce have advised us that it will be two and a half weeks after session starts before bill drafting will begin. We will be monitoring the legislative session and will…

Read More

Latest Updates from the Triangle East Chamber

Latest News From the Triangle East Chamber It was a busy, productive, and exciting week at the Triangle East Chamber. On Tuesday we celebrated the creativity and innovation of the educators working in the Johnston County Public Schools at our Flame for Learning celebration. Through a rigorous process we were able to narrow down the…

Read More

Phase Two of Business Recovery Grants Set to Launch

Each Friday the team at the Triangle East Chamber participates in a government affairs call with the North Carolina Chamber Federation. This week’s call included an update from the North Carolina Department of Revenue. The North Carolina Department of Revenue will launch Phase 2 of the Business Recovery Grant Program on Monday May 2, 2022.…

Read More

Weekly Wellness Update

Weekly Wellness Update Good morning, friends and members. We are sharing weekly updates with you from Tom Williams, the President & CEO of Johnston UNC Health. Please find the information from 10.28.21 below. Thank you! Covid Updates Dashboard: October 28 Dashboard Our Covid census over the past week has dipped some but honestly not as much…

Read More

Weekly Wellness Update (Week of 10.20.21)

Weekly Wellness Update (Week of 10.20.21) Good morning, friends and members. We are sharing weekly updates with you from Tom Williams, the President & CEO of Johnston UNC Health. Please find the information from 10.20.21 below. Thank you! Good morning. Covid Updates: Oct 20 Dashboard attached: Our covid inpatient admissions have been slowly decreasing and…

Read More

Weekly Wellness Update (10.13.21)

Weekly Wellness Update (10.13.21) Good morning, friends and members. We are sharing weekly updates with you from Tom Williams, the President & CEO of Johnston UNC Health. Please find the information from 10.13.21 below. Thank you! Good afternoon, I have attached our Covid Update summaries for this week: Dashboard: Click here. 34 total Covid patients with 7…

Read More
Scroll To Top