This award provided funding to Robeson County for Project Mt. St. Helens, which was Elkay Corporation. The company made a capital investment of $33.75 million to construct and equip a new distribution facility and created 20 additional jobs that paid an average annual wage of $48,960, compared to the county average of $33,454. Golden LEAF funds were used for construction of publicly-owned water infrastructure. The project was located in a new 215-acre industrial park that the county was developing, and the infrastructure was intended to benefit the future development of the park. The company had also considered a site in South Carolina and would have relocated some existing positions from Robeson County to South Carolina if it chose that site.
