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Greenville: Pitt County says Edgecombe Furniture plans a nearly $4 million expansion

A Monday county release listed 56,260 more square feet and at least 10 jobs. The Daily Reflector independently reported the same plan. State Commerce last week posted an $80,000 Building Reuse grant.

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What we know

Confirmed

  • Pitt County posted a news item on Oct. 26, 2026, at 10 a.m., titled "Pitt County Announces Edgecombe Furniture Expansion."Confirmed by Pitt County Economic Development news flash, posted Oct. 26, 2026, 10 a.m.
  • That notice said Edgecombe Furniture has operated in North Carolina for nearly a century and in Pitt County since 2017, when it bought a 140,000-square-foot building.Confirmed by Pitt County Economic Development news flash, Oct. 26, 2026
  • The county wrote that company leaders plan a nearly $4 million expansion that is slated to add 56,260 square feet and at least 10 jobs at the Greenville facility.Confirmed by Pitt County Economic Development news flash, Oct. 26, 2026
  • The Daily Reflector, writing Monday from the county announcement, independently reported the same nearly $4 million figure, the 56,260-square-foot addition, and at least 10 jobs.Confirmed by The Daily Reflector, Oct. 26, 2026
  • The county said the project is supported by an $80,000 Building Reuse grant approved by the Rural Infrastructure Authority and announced by Gov. Josh Stein on Oct. 15.Confirmed by Pitt County Economic Development news flash, Oct. 26, 2026
  • A North Carolina Department of Commerce release dated Oct. 15 listed that Pitt County grant as $80,000 for a 56,260-square-foot Greenville expansion, 10 jobs, and $3,847,222 in investment.Confirmed by N.C. Department of Commerce, Oct. 15, 2026
  • The Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina, writing Oct. 16, placed the building at 310 Staton Road in Greenville and described Cotton Belt, Inc., doing business as Edgecombe Furniture LLC, as the company adding that square footage.Confirmed by Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina, Oct. 16, 2026
  • The Reflector wrote that the 2017 purchase was a 140,000-square-foot plant on Staton Road north of Greenville.Confirmed by The Daily Reflector, Oct. 26, 2026
  • The county said the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina managed the project and that Pitt County Economic Development is managing the grant. Commissioners approved support, including a 5 percent match, on Oct. 2, 2026.Confirmed by Pitt County Economic Development news flash, Oct. 26, 2026
  • Mary Walter, the company's chief financial officer, said in the county notice that the work deepens the company's roots in Pitt County.Confirmed by Pitt County Economic Development news flash, Oct. 26, 2026
  • Kelly Andrews, the county's economic development director, said in the same notice that the county is supporting the company through programs such as the Commerce Building Reuse grant.Confirmed by Pitt County Economic Development news flash, Oct. 26, 2026

Still unknown

  • When construction starts or when the added space opens
  • When the new jobs would be filled, and the pay or titles
  • Whether the county's "nearly $4 million" and Commerce's $3,847,222 describe the same spending total
  • A street number in the county's Monday notice. The 310 Staton Road line is from the Oct. 16 EDPNC post

What this means for you

Instructions from Pitt County Economic Development

This site is not Pitt County, the Department of Commerce or Edgecombe Furniture. For the project, use the county notice or Commerce release linked below. Pitt County Economic Development is 252-902-2079. This is not an emergency service. If anyone is in danger, call 911.

What happened

In Greenville, Pitt County said Monday that Edgecombe Furniture plans a nearly $4 million expansion of its plant.

The 10 a.m. notice said the company bought a 140,000-square-foot building in 2017 and now intends to add 56,260 square feet plus a minimum of 10 positions. The Daily Reflector independently reported that announcement the same day.

A North Carolina Department of Commerce release dated Oct. 15 listed an $80,000 Building Reuse grant for that Greenville addition, 10 jobs, and $3,847,222 in investment. Monday's county wording for the same award used a rounded spending figure and "at least 10" jobs.

The Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina, writing Oct. 16, put the building at 310 Staton Road. The Reflector described the 2017 purchase as a plant on that road north of town.

Commissioners approved a 5 percent local match on Oct. 2, the county wrote. Mary Walter, the company's chief financial officer, said in that notice that the work deepens the company's roots here. Kelly Andrews, who directs the county's development office, said officials are backing the company through the Commerce program.

The Reflector's Monday lede called the state grant $800,000. Later in the same article it used $80,000, which matches the county and Commerce figures. This file uses $80,000.

What we don't know yet

No start date, opening date, wages or job titles were posted. The county notice did not print a street number.

What happens next

The county development office listed 252-902-2079. This site is not the county, Commerce or the company. If anyone is in danger, call 911.

Photos

Text-only. No county or newspaper photos are used here.

Why it matters

Pitt County is using a small state reuse grant and a local match to back a Greenville plant expansion. The county's job and spending figures are close to, but not word-for-word, the Commerce list from Oct. 15.

Updates

  1. Oct 26, 2026, 12:20 PM

    Pitt County posted a 10 a.m. Monday notice that Edgecombe Furniture plans a nearly $4 million, 56,260-square-foot expansion and at least 10 jobs. The Daily Reflector reported the same plan. Commerce's Oct. 15 list put the grant at $80,000, 10 jobs and $3,847,222.

Sources

  1. Pitt County Announces Edgecombe Furniture Expansion (Pitt County Economic Development news flash, posted Oct. 26, 2026, 10 a.m.: nearly a century in North Carolina; Pitt County since 2017; 140,000-square-foot building; nearly $4 million; 56,260 square feet; at least 10 jobs in Greenville; approved vendor for Hilton and Marriott; Mary Walter quote; $80,000 Building Reuse grant, Rural Infrastructure Authority, Gov. Josh Stein Oct. 15; EDPNC managed the project; county managing the grant; commissioners approved a 5 percent match Oct. 2, 2026; Kelly Andrews quote; contact 252-902-2079)

    Official sourcePublished by Pitt County Government · Checked Oct 26, 2026, 12:18 PM

  2. Governor Stein Announces $504 Million of Investment and 78 New Jobs for Rural North Carolina (N.C. Department of Commerce, Oct. 15, 2026: Rural Infrastructure Authority approved nine grants totaling $2,236,000; Pitt County, $80,000 Building Reuse grant for a 56,260-square-foot expansion in Greenville for Edgecombe Furniture, a family-owned hospitality furniture maker; 10 jobs; invest $3,847,222)

    Official sourcePublished by North Carolina Department of Commerce · Checked Oct 26, 2026, 12:18 PM

  3. Rural Infrastructure Authority Approves Grants to Rural Communities to Create 219 Jobs (Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina, Oct. 16, 2026: $80,000 grant; expansion of a building at 310 Staton Road, Greenville, built 1966; Cotton Belt, Inc. dba Edgecombe Furniture LLC; add 56,260 square feet; 10 jobs; invest over $3.8 million)

    Official sourcePublished by Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina · Checked Oct 26, 2026, 12:18 PM

  4. Edgecombe Furniture expands in Greenville (The Daily Reflector, Oct. 26, 2026: county announced today; nearly $4 million; 140,000-square-foot facility on Staton Road north of Greenville bought in 2017; 56,260 square feet; at least 10 jobs; Walter quote; $80,000 Reuse Grant in the body after an $800,000 figure in the lede; 5 percent match Oct. 2. Text-only; no Reflector photos used.)

    Published by The Daily Reflector · Checked Oct 26, 2026, 12:18 PM

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