City of Wilson Advantages

The City of Wilson is experiencing an explosion of growth due to the many advantages it provides.

Advantages

• Wilson is a growing community approaching 50,000 population.  It offers a strategic location, an abundant workforce and all the amenities of a full-service community, and then some.
• Wilson’s proximity to Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, Research Triangle Park and numerous high-tech service companies assures Wilson industry quick response times and cutting-edge capability.  Wilson's new US 264 bypass connects it directly to the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area via a four lane high speed link, which has facilitated Wilson's growth as a favored bedroom community.
• Wilson Memorial Hospital, Wilson Country Club, Sallie B. Howard School for the Arts, Wilson Technical Community College, 4-year Barton College and many others stand ready to provide the medical, recreational, vocational, educational and service needs of your operation.
• Wilson developers and retailers are ahead of the game, too, with new homes, shops, restaurants, stores and service centers galore offering wide variety and reasonable prices. Wilson has become a consumer hub for outlying areas as evidenced by recent locations such as Ruby Tuesdays, Home Depot, Texas Steakhouse and Saloon, Chili's, Target, Bed Bath & Beyond, Best Buy, Pet Smart, Kroll's, Farm Fresh and many others.
• Wilson's workforce has met the challenges and needs of a diverse industrial community in Wilson.  From the manufacturer of glass, tires and pharmaceuticals to canning, bottling and food processing, Wilson's workforce does the job on-time and right for the likes of Bridgestone/Firestone, Saint Gobain Containers, Bruce Foods, Cott Beverage, Crown LSP Group, Kiddie Aerospace and Defense, Merek Manufacturing Division, Purdue Pharmaceuticals, L.P., Sandoz, Smithfield Packing Co., Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation, Voith Paper Fabric and many more.
• Wilson is home to Wilson Technical Community College, a remarkable vocational training college located directly across the street from Wilson Industrial Center that will assist new industry with customized screening and training programs.  The proximity of this training center is of special benefit and convenience to the large employer that needs skilled employees on a quick time-table.