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Federal center at research campus a step closer
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Dole Food Company owner David Murdock speaks at an event at the N.C. Research Campus in Kannapolis in May. Murdock and Kannapolis have been pursuing a federal presence at the research campus.
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Published: August 4, 2009
KANNAPOLIS - The North Carolina Research Campus is one step closer to seeing a federal presence on its grounds.
U.S. Rep. Larry Kissell introduced $500,000 for a U.S. Department of Agriculture human nutrition center at the biotechnology center in Kannapolis in the FY2010 Agriculture Appropriation bill.
The earmark, now up to $1 million, passed the Senate Tuesday and it looks like the bill is headed to President Barack Obama's desk.
"I am pleased to see this appropriations request has passed the Senate, and we will continue to work to make sure it is included in bill President Obama will sign into law," Kissell said. "The Human Nutrition Center will be the only one of its kind in the southeast, and provide ground-breaking nutritional research to help make our communities healthier."
The appropriation passed the House in June.
Once approved, the Agriculture Research Service, the research arm of the USDA, would use the funds to hire staff to establish the center in the Core Research Laboratory. It would be the seventh center dedicated to human nutrition the USDA operates in the country.
Campus developer Castle & Cooke and the City of Kannapolis have been lobbying to have a federal presence in Kannapolis.
North Carolina has a significant investment in the research campus, through funding eight research institutes through eight campuses of the UNC system. The state also is supporting Rowan-Cabarrus Community College and its biotechnology training programs.
Read more about this story in Friday's Independent Tribune.
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