The City of Monroe is pleased to announce that the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC) Board of Directors has unanimously approved Monroe’s Selectsite Readiness Program application in the amount of $440,200. The decision was made during the EDPNC’s Q1 2025 Board meeting on March 27, 2025.

Monroe City Council, at its regular meeting on Tuesday, March 18, unanimously approved a Level II Economic Development Incentive Grant worth up to $114,000 to Southern Electrical Equipment Company, Inc. (SEECO), to relocate its operations from Mecklenburg County to the Monroe Corporate Center.

The City of Monroe is a Top 10 City for Small Businesses in North Carolina thanks to its low sales tax, population size, and affordable commercial real estate. 

The City of Monroe and Union County Chamber of Commerce proudly hosted the 15th Annual Groundhog Day Economic Forum on February 4, forecasting growth and prosperity for Greater Monroe in the year ahead.

The City of Monroe, North Carolina, proudly supports both hometown businesses and serves as a thriving hub for 17 international companies representing 11 countries across three continents, in a state ranked #1 in the U.S. for starting a business.

The City of Monroe is proud to announce its 74-acre Expressway Commerce Park has been selected as part of the prestigious Selectsites Readiness Program (SRP), administered by the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC). This project is one of just 15 sites selected among 64 applicants across North Carolina.

MONROE, N.C. – Briolf USA LLC, the subsidiary of Briolf Group headquartered in Spain, has announced it is planning its first U.S. manufacturing campus in Union County, North Carolina. This expansion is projected to create over 100 jobs and bring $30.5 million within in the first three years.

MONROE, N.C. (October 15, 2020) – Hamilton Drywall Products has purchased a 98,000 square foot production facility in Monroe’s historic Sutton Park. The company, a subsidiary of Orange, California’s WestPac, will invest approximately $5,000,000 in building renovations and new equipment that will enable it to produce a variety of drywall finishing products.

A new hotel is being constructed on Williams Road, near the CVS Pharmacy and Holiday Inn and Suites that parallel W. Highway 74.

Twenty years ago, after Beau Memory’s car was rear-ended on U.S. Highway 74, a sympathetic police officer told him not to worry, a Monroe bypass would soon relieve some of the bumper-to-bumper traffic on the busy highway.

A Raleigh company with plans to build seven swine and agricultural waste plants in North Carolina — including one near Monroe — has asked regulators to allow it to participate in a pilot biogas program.

Greiner Bio-One North America, Inc. is proud to announce the launch of a new line of Erlenmeyer Shaker Flasks. These flasks are a welcomed new addition to the already robust cell culture product grouping provided by Greiner Bio-One which provides pharmaceutical and research laboratories with all the products they would need to perform cell culture applications.