Haywood CountyN O R T H C A R O L I N A

Haywood County boasts 554 scenic square miles, including beautiful mountains, fertile valleys and rolling foothills.The Great Smoky Mountains National Park lies just to the northwest, while such major southeastern cities

as Charlotte, Greenville, Knoxville and Atlanta are easily accessed by way of an efficient interstate highway system.Immediately east of Haywood County lies Asheville, one of North Carolina's most visited locales.

The mission of the Haywood County Economic Development Commission is to foster a healthy and prosperous economy and quality of life for our community through the development of capital investment, job creation and entrepreneurial opportunities

while supporting existing business and industry.

www.HaywoodE DC.org

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Driving Distances fromHaywood CountyAsheville, NC . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 MilesKnoxville, TN . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 MilesAtlanta, GA. . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 MilesCharlotte, NC . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 MilesGreenville, SC . . . . . . . . . . 90 Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Miles

Population & Distribution*

JULY ‘09 JULY ‘10 JULY ‘11 JULY ‘12

Canton . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,129. . . . . 4,227. . . . . 4,214. . . . . 4,247Clyde . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,399. . . . . 1,223. . . . . 1,219 . . . . . 1,227Maggie Valley . . . . . . 1,329. . . . . 1,050. . . . . 1,146. . . . . 1,167Waynesville. . . . . . . . 10,120 . . . . 9,869. . . . . 9,841. . . . . 9,919Lake Junaluska . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,734. . . . . 2,730. . . . . 2,749————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

COUNTY . . . . . . . . . . . 58,043 . . . . 59,036 . . . . 59,684 . . . . 60,152

AGE MALE FEMALE TOTAL PERCENT

0-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,861. . . . . 5,577 . . . . . 11,438 . . . . 19.1618-44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,765. . . . . 8,670 . . . . . 17,435 . . . . 29.2145-64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,539. . . . . 9,336. . . . . 17,875 . . . . 29.9565+. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,663. . . . . 7,273 . . . . . 12,936 . . . . 21.68————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,828 . . . . 30,856. . . . 59,684 . . . . 100.0

*SOURCE: NC Data Center, U.S. Census and July 2012 projections

Haywood County, NC

Transportation& Utilities

HIGHWAYS:I-40, US 23-74,

US 19, & US 276

RAIL:Norfolk and SouthernRailway Corporation.

TRUCK:The county is served byseveral common carriersand contract truck lineson either the interstateor intrastate system.

AIR:Haywood County isserved by AshevilleRegional Airport, a

30-minute drive away.Service can also be

obtained fromGreenville, South

Carolina and Knoxville,Tennessee.

ELECTRICITY:Progress Energy,Haywood Electric

MembershipCorporation, and Town

of Waynesville.

GAS:Public Service

Company of NorthCarolina provides

natural gas service toHaywood County.

Propane is also availablefrom local distributors.

WATER:Municipal systems in

Haywood County eachhave their own water

source and wastetreatment facility.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS:Service provided by

AT&T and numerouslong distance carriers.

HEALTHCARE:Medwest Haywood:189-bed facility withapproximately 125

physicians.

Taxes & Income*

COUNTY TAX RATE TOWN TAX RATES TOTAL OF ALLTAX RATES

Haywood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.5413 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ————— . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.5413Canton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.5413 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.58 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.1213Clyde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.5413 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.9713Maggie Valley . . . . . . . . . . $0.5413 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.9313Waynesville . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.5413 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.4082 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0.9495

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*SOURCE: Haywood County Government website.Tax rates are per $100 assessed valuation and were revalued in 2011.———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Median Household Income*

2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $42,3592009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $42,3612010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,9872011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35,076

Per Capita Income*

2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $23,1592009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $22,6622010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30,9802011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,828

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*SOURCE: North Carolina Department of Commerce———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Labor Force*

Haywood County

Labor Force 2011 Annual Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,846Employment 2011 Annual Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,004

Unemployment Rate2007 Annual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.0%2008 Annual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.6%2009 Annual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.7%2010 Annual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.0%2011 Annual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.9%2012 YTD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.0%

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*SOURCE: Employment Security Commission statistics.———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Haywood CountyLabor PotentialHigh School Graduates, 2011: 482

Graduates Attending 4 Year College Graduates Attending 2 Year College Graduates Entering Labor Market Graduates to the Military

Education

PUBLIC SCHOOLS:2011 Enrollment: 7,677 Students

Number:9 Elementary, 3 Middle,

4 High School(including 1 Alternative,

1 Early College)

Annual Investment/Pupil:

$8,253.00

Avg. SAT Score:1540

Staff:650 certified

and 375 support

All elementary schools provide after-school care

HIGHER EDUCATION:Haywood CommmunityCollege is regarded asone of the finest two-year institutions in the

country. With an enrollment of 5,122

students (6,952 continuing education)and 186 full-time and

219 part-time staff, theschool offers over 55programs of study,

including such specialized areas as

Forestry Management,Production Crafts,

Cosmetology, Nursing,Early Childhood, Manufacturing

Engineering and amanufacturing

certification program. Augmenting the college

is the Regional HighTechnology Center, a$4.0 million facility

geared to provide training in machining

and aeronautics technologies.

Additionally, WesternCarolina University at

Cullowhee andthe University of NorthCarolina at Asheville,

both a part of thestate university system,are a mere 30-minute

drive.

Employment Distribution*

EMPLOYMENT SECTOR AVERAGE EMPLOYMENT PERCENT AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGEAgricultural Services . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $326.08Construction Services . . . . . . . . . . . 805 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $596.34Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2235. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1020.22Wholesale Trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $803.09Retail Trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2773 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $455.62Finance, Insurance, Real Estate . . . . . 576. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $691.63Trans/Comm/Pub. Utilities . . . . . . . . 374. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $854.78Service/Unclassified. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2844. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $634.48Educational Services . . . . . . . . . . . . 1705 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $573.15Health Care/Social Services . . . . . . . 2651. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $768.76Leisure & Hospitality . . . . . . . . . . . . 2271 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $334.71———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

TOTAL EMPLOYMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,540. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100%———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

*SOURCE: North Carolina Employment Security Commission, 4th Quarter, 2011———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

BusinessSizeTotal businesses: 4,500

Edu/Govt/Non-profit Headquarters out of state Self-employed 2-9 Employees 10-99 Employees 100-499 Employees 500+

SOURCE: youreconomy.org

Selected EmployersEMPLOYER DESCRIPTION FULL TIME PART TIME TOTAL EST.Evergreen, Inc. (Canton & Waynesville). . Paper Products . . . . . . . . . . 1200. . . . . 0 . . . . 1200 . . . . 1906Haywood County Schools . . . . . . . . . . . Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1025 . . . . 326 . . . 1351 . . . . 1965Medwest-Haywood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Health Care . . . . . . . . . . . . 773 . . . . 287 . . . 1060 . . . . 1927 Haywood County Government . . . . . . . . County Services. . . . . . . . . . 490. . . . . 95 . . . . 585 . . . . 1808Consolidated Metco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Truck Parts, Molding . . . . . . . 335. . . . . 25 . . . . 360 . . . . 2004Haywood Vocational Opportunities . . . . . Disposable Med. Supplies . . . . 321. . . . . 22 . . . . 343 . . . . 1967Haywood Community College . . . . . . . . Higher Education . . . . . . . . . 186 . . . . 219 . . . 405 . . . . 1965Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Discount Retail . . . . . . . . . . 172. . . . . 167. . . . 339 . . . . 1991Town of Waynesville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Town Administration . . . . . . . 166 . . . . . 62 . . . . 228 . . . . 1871Sonoco Plastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plastic Food Trays. . . . . . . . . 132. . . . . 30 . . . . 162 . . . . 1996Ingles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grocery Stores . . . . . . . . . . 127 . . . . 329 . . . 456 . . . . 1963Silver Bluff Nursing Home . . . . . . . . . . Health Care, Assisted Living . . . 118 . . . . . 77 . . . . 195 . . . . 1984Lowe’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Building Materials . . . . . . . . . 118 . . . . . 55 . . . . 173. . . . . 1965Autumn Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Health Care/Asstd Living . . . . . 100 . . . . . 25 . . . . 125 . . . . 1985Mountain Projects, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . Community Action Agency . . . . 95 . . . . . 33 . . . . 128 . . . . 1965Ken Wilson Ford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auto, Truck Dealer . . . . . . . . . 94 . . . . . 3. . . . . 97 . . . . . 1980PLUS Linen & Uniforms . . . . . . . . . . . . Commercial Laundry . . . . . . . 75 . . . . . 0. . . . . 75 . . . . . 1922Lake Junaluska Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . Conference Center. . . . . . . . . 70. . . . . 213 . . . 283 . . . . 1913Town of Canton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Town Administration. . . . . . . . 69 . . . . . 59 . . . . 128 . . . . 1893General Dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defense Contractor . . . . . . . . 67 . . . . . 1. . . . . 68 . . . . . 1949Haywood EMC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electric Service . . . . . . . . . . 66 . . . . . 1. . . . . 67 . . . . . 1939Giles Chemical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Epsom Salt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 . . . . . 37 . . . . 100 . . . . 1950Powell Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wood Products. . . . . . . . . . . 61 . . . . . 3. . . . . 64 . . . . . 1971

SOURCE: Haywood County EDC 2012

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LifestyleHaywood County enjoys a healthy climate and anabundance of pure, cold spring water. The summer days arepleasant and rarely excessively hot. The nights are invariably cool.

ClimateAnnual Average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57º FMonthly Average, January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.5º FMonthly Average, June . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.7º FAnnual Rainfall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52”Annual Snowfall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14”

RecreationHaywood County includes portions of the Pisgah National Forest, Shining Rock Wilderness Area and the GreatSmoky Mountains National Park. The county offers a variety of activities including fishing, hiking, hunting and seven challenging and scenicgolf courses. Cataloochee Ski Area, North Carolina's oldest ski resort, is located atop Fie Top Mountain. The scenic Blue Ridge Parkway stretches 24miles throughout the county.

ContactHaywood County Economic Development Commission

144 Industrial Park Drive • Waynesville, NC 28786828.456.3737 • FAX: 828.452.1352 • EMAIL: mclasby@haywoodnc.net

Executive Director: Mark B. Clasby • Administrative Assistant: Cheryl Meyers • August 2012

IncentivesIndustrial PropertyHaywood County owns the Beaverdam Industrial Park, which is adjacentto Interstate 40, close to the Newfound Road interchange in East Hay-wood County. This site has electricity, city water, city sewer, and naturalgas. Ten shovel-ready acres and 35 undeveloped acres are available foroccupancy at the Beaverdam site, which also has all infrastructure inplace. This park has easy access to Interstate 40 and is only 30 minutesfrom the Asheville Regional Airport. Haywood Community College's HighTechnology Center is located in the Waynesville Industrial Park. The $4.0million facility provides industrial training in skills related to machiningand aeronautics technology. Additionally, North Carolina's first SmallBusiness and Industry Center is housed in the industrial park. This17,000-square-foot business incubator facility provides industrial businessspace and support for potential new start-up industry.

Financial AssistanceNorth Carolina offers an array of financial assistance programs for newand expanding industry. Many of the financing programs provide flexible,incentive financing in the form of loans to businesses which create jobsand tax base in a community. Contact the Haywood County EconomicDevelopment Commission for more details.

Employee TrainingThrough its 58 community colleges throughout the state, North Carolinaoffers the most comprehensive and advanced industrial training programin the nation. Funded solely by the state, the industrial training service isvirtually unlimited and can accommodate any type of production job fornew and expanding industry. Program design is flexible and tailored tomeet the needs of the company. These programs will assist in recruitingpersonnel and will screen applicants for the skills and aptitudes that thecompany specifies.