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, a subsidiary of , has about 330 employees at its planyt in Southpoint Business Park insouth Charlotte. The company declines to disclose the proposed size of the which is administered bythe U.S. Departmengt of Energy. It would require Celgardc to add “hundreds” of jobs in Charlotte and at a seconx plant inthe Southeast. Holli Hughes, spokeswoman for Celgard, says the companyt expects to hear by late July whether it will receivse the grant through the American Recovery andReinvestmenyt Act. Celgard makes thin separators that are used inrechargeablre lithium-ion batteries. They are found in laptolp computers, digital cameras and cell phones.
“We’rre currently supplying just about allbattery makers,” Hughes says. The stimulus money would be used to increase productionb of the separator materials that are employesin electric-vehicle batteries. The ARRA has allotted $2 billiojn to advance the development of those Recovery funds could be used for a Gaston County sectionn of the Carolina ThreardTrail system. The N.C. Department of Transportation has committed $850,000 to build a 1.7-mile sectioh along an abandoned Norfolk Southern Corp. line. The work will creatse an estimated11 jobs.
The bike and walkingb trail will connect downtown Gastonia with theHighland Rail-Trail, whichj is a part of the Northh Carolina Rail-Trail system. In Gaston the Thread Trail will link Spencer Mountain and Crowderss MountainState Park. The Carolina Thread Trail is a two-state greenway network that’s being created throughy grants funded byprivate contributions. The is the lead agenchy for the project. Othefr parts of the Thread Traip will be financed bya $40 millionh regional private fund-raising campaign. , the , The and have made contributione rangingfrom $2 million to $4.5 million each. The Amtrak station in Charlottd is on track fora stimulus-funded fixup. The station at 1914 N.
Tryon St. would get $227,000 in ARRA cash for guardrails and platform The Charlotte facility also will get an upgrads in its standbyelectric power. About $125,000 of the projecy will make the concrete platforms compliant with requirementd of the Americans withDisabilitiews Act. For Amtrak, the Charlotte project is a part of larger program that also will include upgrades at two rail depotwin Florida.