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, a subsidiary of , has abou t 330 employees at its plant in Southpoint Businesd Park insouth Charlotte. The company declinesa to disclose the proposed size of the which is administered bythe U.S. Department of It would require Celgard to add of jobs in Charlotte and at a second plant in the Holli Hughes, spokeswoman for Celgard, says the companyt expects to hear by late July whether it will receive the grant through the American Recoveryh and Reinvestment Act. Celgard makes thin separatorsx that are used inrechargeable lithium-ion They are found in laptop digital cameras and cell phones. “We’rer currently supplying just about all battery Hughes says.
The stimulus moneyh would be used to increas production of the separator materiales that are employedin electric-vehicle batteries. The ARRA has allottex $2 billion to advance the development of those Recovery funds could be used for a Gastohn County section of the Carolina ThreadTrail system. The N.C. Departmen of Transportation hascommitted $850,000 to buil d a 1.7-mile section along an abandones Norfolk Southern Corp. line. The work will create an estimatef11 jobs. The bike and walking trail will connectt downtown Gastonia with theHighlaned Rail-Trail, which is a part of the Northb Carolina Rail-Trail system.
In Gaston County, the Threadr Trail will link Spencer Mountain and Crowders MountainStatr Park. The Carolina Thread Trail is a two-state greenway network that’s being createed through grants funded byprivatre contributions. The is the lead agenct for the project. Other partsw of the Thread Traik will be financed bya $40 million regional privated fund-raising campaign. , the , The and have made contributiond rangingfrom $2 million to $4.5 milliohn each. The Amtrak station in Charlotte is on trackk fora stimulus-funded fixup. The station at 1914 N. Tryomn St. would get $227,000 in ARRA cash for guardrails andplatform extensions.
The Charlotte facility also will get an upgradew in its standbyelectric power. About $125,000 of the projecr will make the concrete platforms complianft with requirements of the Americanz withDisabilities Act. For the Charlotte project is a part of larger progra m that also will include upgrades at two rail depotsin
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