In Guilford County, nearly 24,500 didn't have jobs
...both Guilford and the state ended 2011 with more people unemployed than was the case the previous December."
Since December 2007 ...to December 2011, the local metro area has lost 28,700 jobs
Over the last five years the greatest job losses have come from the Manufacturing industry sector, down 7,352 jobs or 19 percent.
Over the last five years the greatest job losses have come from the Production occupational group, down 5,326 jobs or 18 percent.
In 2009, the inflation adjusted real GDP for Greensboro-High Point was $28.6 billion...
...6.5 percent below 2008...
Since 2001 per capita GDP in Greensboro-High Point has fallen below the nation, declining by 7.5 percent.
"From a confidential study done by Garner Economics LLC to produce the Greensboro Partnership's 2012 Strategic Plan accidentally and very temporarily put online at the Partnership's website that J. Patrick Danahy, President and CEO of The Greensboro Partnership refuses to release or comment on." Source.
If a Greensboro PAC is to be built then it should be built in the little green circle and not downtown. Otherwise East Greensboro will be left with 1000 acres of nothing.
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