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Global TransPark
Summary
The North Carolina Global TransPark (GTP) is a 2,500 acre, multi-modal industrial/airport site in Eastern North Carolina. As an agency of the State of North Carolina, the GTP is considered a key engine for driving the economy of Eastern North Carolina. The park offers access to multi-modal transportation options: air, rail, highways, and North Carolina's two international ports. The GTP is part of an economic development initiative in eastern North Carolina intended to spur transition in the region from an agricultural base to one of skilled labor and industrial manufacturing. Industries targeted by the GTP are aerospace, defense and logistics sectors.
Around 1990, academic and member of the North Carolina Economic Future Study Commission John D. Kasarda proposed the creation of a site which combined air cargo transport infrastructure and manufacturing facilities. Under his plan, companies would fly-in unfinished goods and components to factories, complete or assemble them, then ship them away for distribution. North Carolina Governor Jim Martin supported the plan and proposed the development of a $250 million site with a two-mile runway and 5,000 acres zoned for industrial development.
In 1991 the North Carolina General Assembly voted to create the North Carolina Air Cargo Airport Authority, an independent agency. The authority scouted potential locations for the park throughout late 1991 and early 1992. Civic and political leaders in the urbanized Piedmont lobbied for the project to be located in their region of the state, arguing that it could benefit from the area's strong economy and, if it failed, the associated airstrip could be quickly repurposed to serve other needs. Some state leaders worried that Piedmont residents would oppose a large development as a nuisance. They also figured that rural areas in eastern North Carolina were in greater need of an economic development project.
In May 1992 the authority declared that the park would be developed at the lightly-trafficked Kinston Jetport.
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