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GREENVILLE, N.C. — While the weather was dismal in Greenville Thursday night, the future was bright for economic development in the Greenville-Pitt County area after the Greenville City Council approved four grants during its regular meeting.
During its regular meeting, the Council unanimously voted to provide two job creation grants, supply a local match for a State-funded Building Reuse Grant, and serve as the pass-through for another State-funded grant. The actions will help bring new manufacturers to the area and expand existing ones with beneficiaries including Attindas Healthcare Products, UNX-Christeyns, Nipro Medical Corporation, and Greenville Utilities Commission.
Nipro is an active manufacturing corporation expanding its operations with a new facility in Greenville. The Council approved a Job Creation Grant for Nipro for up to $500,000 over five years. Qualified jobs will be based on jobs created beginning September 1, 2026. A second job creation grant was provided to Attindas, a local manufacturer of absorbent hygiene products. The $50,000 grant over two years will be based on jobs created on or after September 1, 2024.
In June, the State of North Carolina awarded UNX-Christeyns a Building Reuse Grant of $80,000. UNX-Christeyns is a local manufacturer of commercial-quality cleaning chemicals and dispensing equipment. The grant includes a 5 percent local match of $4,000 to be provided by the City.
The State also awarded a $2 million grant from the Industrial Development Fund to the City of Greenville to serve as the pass-through and pay the Greenville Utilities Commission for a new electric substation to support the expansion of Boviet Solar Technology. The grant requires a 5 percent local match to be funded by the City. Boviet Solar is a solar manufacturing facility that will bring more than 900 jobs to Pitt County.
Below is a list of all actions taken at the August 8 City Council regular meeting:
Appointments
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Item 2: Appointments to Boards and Commissions (Reappointed Ryan Purtle to the Board of Adjustment and appointed Carlos White and Brad Carter to the Planning and Zoning Commission, Joey X. Austin to the Multimodal Transportation Commission, Lataisha Shelby and Valerie Torres to the Housing Authority, McKenzie Byrnes to the Board of Adjustment, and Brenda Fairfax and Chamika White to the Pitt-Greenville Convention & Visitors Authority)
New Business
Public Hearings
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Item 3: Ordinance to annex Dennis R. Davis and Vickie W. Davis property involving 1.20 acres located 445+/- feet west of Frog Level Road and 410+/- feet south of Dickinson Avenue Extension (Unanimously approved)
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Item 4: Ordinance requested by B. Marshall Whitehurst to rezone 13.86 acres located south of the Norfolk Southern Railroad and 465+/- feet east of Portertown Road from RA20 (Residential-Agricultural) to R6A (Residential [Medium Density Multi-Family]) (Approved 5-1 with Marion Blackburn dissenting)
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Item 5: Ordinance requested by Greenville Church of Christ, Inc. to rezone 13.33 acres located along the northern right-of-way of East 10th Street and at the current terminus of Liberty Drive from RA20 (Residential-Agricultural) to R6S (Residential-Single-Family) (Approved 5-1 with Marion Blackburn dissenting)
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Item 6: Ordinance requested by Happy Trail Farms, LLC to rezone 0.488 acres located along the eastern right-of-way of Dickinson Avenue Extension and 420+/- feet southwest of West Arlington Boulevard from RA20 (Residential-Agricultural) to CG (General Commercial) (Unanimously approved)
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Item 7: Resolution for a Job Creation Economic Development Incentive and Grant Agreement for Nipro Medical Corporation/Project Bluefin (Unanimously approved)
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Item 8: Resolution for a Building Reuse Economic Development Incentive and Pass-Through Grant Agreement for UNX-Christeyns, LLC/Project Spotless (Unanimously approved)
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Item 9: Resolution for a Job Creation Economic Development Incentive and Grant Agreement for Attends Healthcare Products, Inc./Project Block (Unanimously approved)
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Item 10: Resolution for an Economic Development Incentive and Pass-Through Grant for Boviet Solar Technology (North Carolina) LLC/Project Gen (Unanimously approved)
*Supporting documentation and additional information regarding the agenda items listed above can be found here.
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