Beaufort County Has Triple Ribbon Cutting

Beaufort County's "Committee of 100" sponsored a triple ribbon cutting ceremony for 3 new manufacturing businesses setting up in Washington, NC. With all of the focus on manufacturing companies shutting down and moving overseas, this is impressive news for North Carolina, and especially Washington.

With the water orientation of this town on the western edge of the Inner Banks, that two of them are new boat companies is good news for the region. These owners see boating as a growth industry for our Inner Banks area.

The three companies opening their new business sites are Brooks Boatworks, X.S. Smith and Egret Boats.

X.S. Smith is a manufacturer of Greenhouses, another growth industry for North Carolina.

The three ribbon cutting ceremonies were held one after the other on Friday afternoon, and ended with a "Committee of 100" fund raiser featuring our local Oysters. Following are some of the photos from the events.

Roger Brooks Is Presented North Carolina Flag By Donna Phillips - Senior Economic Development Manager Of North Carolina Department Of Commerce - Brenda Daniels, Tommy Thompson And Tim Ivey Look On

Roger Brooks - President Of Brooks Boatworks - Shows Off His Factory

Lesha And Roger Brooks Cut Ribbon At First Ceremony Of The Day - Brenda Daniels And Tommy Thompson Look On

Tommy Thompson - Executive Director Of Beaufort County Economic Development Commission - Addresses Portion Of Large Crowd That Attended All Three Events

Arthur Williams Holds North Carolina Flag For Donna Phillips As She Presents It To Skip Smith On Behalf Of Governor Easley, Tommy Thomspon Watches

Second Ribbon Cutting With State Representative Arthur Williams (Left End Of Ribbon) Helping Skip Smith (With Scissors) - President of XS Smith

Inside The Factory At XS Smith

Final Ribbon Cutting - At Egret Boats

What Egret Believes Is The "Rolls Royce" Of Flat Boats

Details Of The "Rolls Royce" Inside The Egret Boat Factory

Egret's Big 29 Foot Boat In The Mold

Oyster Roast Ends The Day