A Bright Day for Kannapolis: North Carolina Research Campus
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A Bright Day For Kannapolis, featured special event coverage of Dole Food Company and Castle & Cooke, Inc. owner David H. Murdock’s live announcement of the project, along with comments from regional, state and University leaders, of the details for the new North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, NC.

From One Lake Circle Drive in Kannapolis, the site of the former Pillowtex textile plant, Murdock announced comprehensive plans for the economic revitalization of the Kannapolis region. Murdock and University of North Carolina President Molly Corbett Broad also outlined plans for the development in Kannapolis of the North Carolina Research Campus, a cluster of world-class research centers focused on health and nutrition, as well as related initiatives to foster economic growth and transformation in the state.

UNC-TV’s hour-long special highlighting the plans for this all-new research center touches on the implications of this type of growth and development for Kannapolis, its surrounding communities and the state of North Carolina as a whole.

Live coverage of the Kannapolis press conference with David Murdock and regional, state and University leaders was also featured on UNC-NC, UNC-TV’s digital channel dedicated to North Carolina programming.

The Kannapolis Project: Press Conference
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