by SurryEDP Staff | Aug 28, 2020 | News
When the potential impact of Covid-19 on his company became evident this past spring, Renfro President and CEO Stan Jewell faced the prospect of furloughing employees and idling machinery in Alabama, Tennessee and in the Triad. The world’s largest sock maker of some...
by SurryEDP Staff | Aug 26, 2020 | News
As the community of Dobson struggled with the impact of COVID-19 on local schools, a local Wayne Farms employee saw an opportunity to intervene with a $10,000-plus fundraising effort focused on remote learning and digital home education. The fundraising effort began...
by SurryEDP Staff | Aug 24, 2020 | News
Surry Communications was recognized as part of North Carolina’s Rural Broadband Week, an honor put into place via a declaration from Gov. Roy Cooper in early August. Broadband, the high-bandwidth transmission that enables access to high-speed internet, has been...
by SurryEDP Staff | Aug 20, 2020 | News
Four Triad community colleges have earned a share of more than $900,000 in grants from Duke Energy to support apprenticeship programs at eight schools across the state. The grants fulfill the company’s 2017 commitment to fund $5 million in apprenticeship programs at...
by SurryEDP Staff | Jul 6, 2020 | News, Uncategorized
One of the most exciting events in a young person’s life is getting that first job offer. Recently, several area youth experienced that thrill when the Next Generation Career Academy hosted its third job signing event. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, interns, employers,...
