Updates On Recently Announced Projects

Over the past 18 months, AnsonEDP has announced nine new projects in the county, creating 114 new jobs and more than $33 million in new capital investment. As we approach the end of the year, let's take a look at the current status of some of those projects:

The Pee Dee Electric Cooperative HQ at Atlantic Gateway is finished and open for business. All employees from the former Wadesboro and Rockingham facilities are now in place.

The new Dunkin/T-Mobile/PNC at Anson Station was originally targeting a November opening, but delays in equipment and signage have pushed that back until early 2022. The building is finished and the PNC drive-up is operating. Both Dunkin and T-Mobile are currently hiring.

This is Big Toys Direct's busy season, so all hands are on deck at their California facility and progress has slowed somewhat on renovations at the new Wadesboro facility. There are still contractors there every day and the company expects to begin hiring in early 2022, with logistics operations from Wadesboro in late spring.

The new Dollar General at the intersection of US 52N and US 74 went "vertical" this week with the first structural steel rising from the concrete pad. The company has not indicated when it will begin hiring for the store or what their target opening date is, but based on similar projects, we would expect hiring sometime in 1Q 2022 and an opening in February or March.

Bank Shots Bar & Grill in Uptown Wadesboro is shooting for an opening sometime after the first of the year. The sign is up (we love the shark logo!) and the interior will be painted next week.

They are moving dirt for the new A&J Winery on Capel Dairy Road. This facility, which will also include a gem mine and petting zoo, is expected to open in time for the summer tourism season. No official word yet on hiring, but most likely will begin in April.

Willow & Vine celebrated their first anniversary at their shop on US 74, and is already considering a move to a larger space Uptown.

Studio 256 opened in September in Uptown Wadesboro. It's a fiber arts store. No, it's a martial arts dojo. It's BOTH a fiber arts store and a martial arts dojo.

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