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"Syngenta will redevelop its North American Crop Protection headquarters at its current campus on Swing Road in Greensboro, N.C. The company intends to construct a more than 100,000 square-foot office building to connect with its existing laboratory facility on the north side of the 70-acre campus. Plans also include a complete renovation of the lab facilities. The new workspaces will support about 650 employees and 100 contract workers.
The redeveloped headquarters will include contemporary work and conference spaces, health, wellness and fitness centers, a cafeteria, auditorium, coffee areas, and other amenities, including a Customer Experience Center.
Construction is expected to begin on the new building later in 2021; the entire project will take about three years to complete.
The North Carolina Department of Commerce, Guilford County and the city of Greensboro have offered Syngenta incentives to reduce future tax liability and offset costs if commitments, including investment and employment, are met. Syngenta’s investment will be more than $68 million in real property improvements, furniture, fixtures and equipment."
Although no new jobs are being created, losing this facility and its 750 jobs would have been a huge blow to the area.
Very good news, that would’ve been a massive blow to this area.
Greensboro has definitely been on the up&up
This is nice... but really only prevents what would have been a HUGE blow.
Greensboro really could use a new infusion of high paying jobs. Publix is nice, but is a large number of fairly low paying jobs. It's time for some $50k+ jobs.
This is nice... but really only prevents what would have been a HUGE blow.
Greensboro really could use a new infusion of high paying jobs. Publix is nice, but is a large number of fairly low paying jobs. It's time for some $50k+ jobs.
It's fierce competition among cities for jobs and it's kill or be killed. Especially for jobs that pay well. And they don't just fall from the sky. First and foremost, employers covet an educated and skilled work force to fill their ranks. Unfortunately, Greensboro simply isn't well equipped for the competition. Its residents educational attainment levels are considerably below that of Raleigh, Charlotte and even Durham. On its best day, it's a blue collar city and 1000 jobs paying an average of 45 grand a year is a major score. Kudos to every level of government involved in the process. These are the jobs in the wheelhouse for Guilford County. If Greensboro wants to get into the ring for high paying STEM jobs, it's gonna have to up its demographic. And this is where the inability to attract outside talent comes back to bite us. And like it or not, a high crime rate is a major deterrent to the best and brightest looking to find a new home. Safer than Memphis isn't good enough.
It's fierce competition among cities for jobs and it's kill or be killed. Especially for jobs that pay well. And they don't just fall from the sky. First and foremost, employers covet an educated and skilled work force to fill their ranks. Unfortunately, Greensboro simply isn't well equipped for the competition. It's residents educational attainment levels are considerably below that of Raleigh, Charlotte and even Durham. On its best day, it's a blue collar city and 1000 jobs paying an average of 45 grand a year is a major score. Kudos to every level of government involved in the process. These are the jobs in the wheelhouse for Guilford County. If Greensboro wants to get into the ring for high paying STEM jobs, it's gonna have to up its demographic. And this is where the inability to attract outside talent comes back to bite us. And like it or not, a high crime rate is a major deterrent to the best and brightest looking to find a new home. Safer than Memphis isn't good enough.
You actually make a lot of sense. Thanks for taking your time to post.
It's fierce competition among cities for jobs and it's kill or be killed. Especially for jobs that pay well. And they don't just fall from the sky. First and foremost, employers covet an educated and skilled work force to fill their ranks. Unfortunately, Greensboro simply isn't well equipped for the competition. Its residents educational attainment levels are considerably below that of Raleigh, Charlotte and even Durham. On its best day, it's a blue collar city and 1000 jobs paying an average of 45 grand a year is a major score. Kudos to every level of government involved in the process. These are the jobs in the wheelhouse for Guilford County. If Greensboro wants to get into the ring for high paying STEM jobs, it's gonna have to up its demographic. And this is where the inability to attract outside talent comes back to bite us. And like it or not, a high crime rate is a major deterrent to the best and brightest looking to find a new home. Safer than Memphis isn't good enough.
This is a much more reasonable post compared to the extreme hyperbole from the previous post.
Nobody is suggesting that high paying jobs fall out of the sky though. And yes, the crime rate needs to improve. The same goes for schools.
This is a much more reasonable post compared to the extreme hyperbole from the previous post.
Nobody is suggesting that high paying jobs fall out of the sky though. And yes, the crime rate needs to improve. The same goes for schools.
The question is...what practical steps are GSO taking to put itself in a position to land some of these high paying jobs, and hence improve the demographics? And don't say building a GPAC, a baseball stadium with a 10+ story tower attached to it, or having a civil rights museum. Those things are positives for the city, but on face value won't cut it. Build it and they will come has been proven to be a false assumption.
The question is...what practical steps are GSO taking to put itself in a position to land some of these high paying jobs, and hence improve the demographics? And don't say building a GPAC, a baseball stadium with a 10+ story tower attached to it, or having a civil rights museum. Those things are positives for the city, but on face value won't cut it. Build it and they will come has been proven to be a false assumption.
There's a problem. And it's not a small one. Without jobs, Greensboro can't attract outside talent and without outside talent, employers won't bring the kinds of jobs you want to have. It's an extremely intractable catch-22. So in the respect of growth and prosperity on the level of Charlotte or the Triangle? Yes, it's hopeless. These mega-cities will continue to suck the life out of the Triad. It's simply the fate of the inferior and it's not unique to North Carolina. Realistically, the most we can hope for is slow and steady growth. Plumbers can't live like doctors, but I don't think Greensboro has been a very good plumber.
And I think at least on the economic front, city and county leaders deserve more credit than you give them.The Publix distribution center is a home run and the Greensboro-Randolph Mega Site has the potential to be another. And with Greensboro's location being it's greatest strength, completing the Urban Loop makes us far more attractive for logistics. This stuff isn't glamorous but it's exactly what they get paid to do. These are serious steps in the right direction. They, perhaps more than yourself, understand the types of jobs that Greensboro can realistically compete for.
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