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Peter Bishop

Peter Bishop

Peter Bishop is the Economic Development Director for the City of High Point, North Carolina, leading the High Point Economic Development Corporation.

Sep 21, 2026

4:39
What did that deal actually look like? And what were some of the things that had to happen in order to make it work?
4:47
Sure.
4:47
So, uh, Probably Burlington would be a good place to start with a couple of assets that we worked with.
4:54
So Burlington, not dissimilar from High Point, but it was a textile town.
5:00
So very much engaged in textiles.
5:02
There's still a lot of sock and hosiery manufacturing happening in Burlington, but there were a lot of vacant mills.
5:09
And in North Carolina, probably similar to other places throughout the country, older industrial properties that were built very well, they're brick, they have arched windows, they have sort of a nice appeal.

17 MINS LATER

21:58
What doesn't transfer as well? And then what have you had to completely relearn?

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