{"id":2310,"date":"2025-04-09T18:19:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T22:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/cary-apex\/?post_type=community&#038;p=2310"},"modified":"2025-04-09T18:26:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T22:26:20","slug":"certapro-cary-hosts-economic-roundtable","status":"publish","type":"community","link":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/cary-apex\/community\/certapro-cary-hosts-economic-roundtable\/","title":{"rendered":"CertaPro Cary Hosts Economic Roundtable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CertaPro Painters\u00ae of Cary-Apex, NC a longstanding leader in both commercial and residential painting services across the Triangle, recently hosted a high-impact industry roundtable featuring Kyle Touchstone, Director of Raleigh Economic Development. The event convened 15 industrial companies at CertaPro\u2019s new office space to foster collaboration around the Triangle\u2019s economic future.<\/p>\n<p>With more than 25 years of service, CertaPro has been a pillar in the development of Raleigh, Cary, Apex, and surrounding communities\u2014offering not only exceptional painting services, but also playing a vital role in civic and economic initiatives through strategic support and donations.<\/p>\n<p>The event was part of CertaPro\u2019s participation in Industrial Network Group. Its initiative, designed to bring together industry-focused businesses with key leaders and resources that help shape regional development. In a relaxed, open-floor setting complete with food and conversation, attendees engaged directly with Director Touchstone on the current and future state of Raleigh\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>Key discussion points included projected industrial slowdowns, which, according to Touchstone, may actually serve as a catalyst for increased opportunity and growth in the Triangle over the next five years. Additional dialogue focused on critical infrastructure needs, including transportation, housing affordability, and the role of local businesses in delivering the services and solutions that support the city&#8217;s long-term strategic goals.<\/p>\n<p>This collaborative event underscores our continued commitment to being more than a service provider\u2014serving as a connector, contributor, and advocate for a thriving, future-ready Triangle region.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2310 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/certapro.com\/cary-apex\/community\/certapro-cary-hosts-economic-roundtable\/attachment\/gi6a4538\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/pub-9fc1f065f07e441b8f35365c774f09ae.r2.dev\/uploads\/sites\/1078\/2025\/04\/GI6A4538-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"industry leaders at 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The event convened 15 industrial companies at CertaPro\u2019s new office space to foster collaboration around the Triangle\u2019s economic future. With more than 25<a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/certapro.com\/cary-apex\/community\/certapro-cary-hosts-economic-roundtable\/\">Read the full article <em class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2310","community","type-community","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/cary-apex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/community\/2310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/cary-apex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/community"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/cary-apex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/community"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/cary-apex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/cary-apex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/cary-apex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/community\/2310\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/cary-apex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/cary-apex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/cary-apex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}