Tag: Walkertown NC
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John Deere Adds a $70M Excavator Plant in Kernersville
John Deere is building a $70 million excavator factory in Kernersville and hiring more than 150 people to run it. The 380,000-square-foot plant expands a Forsyth County campus that has built excavators since 1988 and already employs roughly 600. The facility opens in 2027, and the jobs land inside a Triad commuter shed that reaches…
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What $421M and 500 Siemens Energy Jobs Mean for NC Housing Demand
Siemens Energy committed $421 million and 500 jobs to North Carolina in February 2026, split across Charlotte, Rural Hall, and Raleigh. The company has since reaffirmed the buildout, and is expanding manufacturing capacity through the end of the decade. The jobs land in three unlike places, which means three separate sets of towns absorb the…