Lowe's Cos. Inc.

• Position: To build distribution center near Garysburg - Brief Article

Lowe's Cos. Inc. will build a $90 million, 1.3-million-square-foot distribution center near Garysburg in Northampton County that could employ as many as 600 when it opens in 2003. It will supply mare than 90 of the North Wilkesboro-based hardware chain's stores on the East Coast. To lure the center to Northampton, one of North Carolina's poorest counties, incentives included mare than $16...