http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/bathroom-bill-cost-north-carolina-3-76b-ap-analysis-finds-n738866
On Monday, March 27, 2017 at 6:03:14 AM UTC-7, Kamakazee wrote: > > North Carolina may have lost out on the NCAA championships, the NBA > All-Star Game and Bruce Springsteen thanks to its hotly contested > transgender bathroom law, but the state’s economy didn’t miss a beat. > > Economic indicators released for 2016 show that the boycott has failed to > derail North Carolina as a regional and national powerhouse, despite the > loss of high-profile performances and sporting events in response to House > Bill 2, signed March 23 by then-Gov. Pat McCrory. > > Tourism has thrived: Hotel occupancy, room rates and demand for rooms set > records in 2016, according to the year-end hotel lodging report issued last > week by VisitNC, part of the Economic Development Partnership of North > Carolina. > > > *------------------------------* > > Meanwhile, North Carolina ranked fourth in the nation for attracting and > expanding businesses with the arrival of 289 major projects, and seventh in > projects per capita — the same as in 2015, according to Site Selection > magazine, which released its 2016 rankings in the March edition. > > North Carolina finished first for drawing corporate facilities in the > eight-state South Atlantic region, said Site Selection, which uses figures > tracked by the Conway Projects Database. > > And in November, both Forbes and Site Selection magazine ranked North > Carolina the No. 2 state for business climate. > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
