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Amazon Confirms Plans For Kernersville Distribution Center

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Amazon has confirmed it will open a 1-million-square foot fulfillment center in Kernersville, creating about 1,000 new jobs.

The center is scheduled to open next year on an industrial site off Old Greensboro Road inside the Guilford County limits.

The Winston-Salem Journal reports construction for the new facility has been going on since August, but Amazon had not made any public announcements until Wednesday.

A spokesperson for Amazon says the majority of employees will be involved with sorting and shipping operations. There will also be a number of managerial and administrative positions.

The Kernersville operation is part of the company's expansion in North Carolina. An Amazon affiliate has signed a lease on commercial property in High Point, and distribution centers are currently being built in Charlotte and Garner.

Neal Charnoff joined 88.5 WFDD as Morning Edition host in 2014. Raised in the Catskill region of upstate New York, he graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1983. Armed with a liberal arts degree, Neal was fully equipped to be a waiter. So he prolonged his arrested development bouncing around New York and L.A. until discovering that people enjoyed listening to his voice on the radio. After a few years doing overnight shifts at a local rock station, Neal spent most of his career at Vermont Public Radio. He began as host of a nightly jazz program, where he was proud to interview many of his idols, including Dave Brubeck and Sonny Rollins. Neal graduated to the news department, where he was the local host for NPR's All Things Considered for 14 years. In addition to news interviews and features, he originated and produced the Weekly Conversation On The Arts, as well as VPR Backstage, which profiled theater productions around the state. He contributed several stories to NPR, including coverage of a devastating ice storm. Neal now sees the value of that liberal arts degree, and approaches life with the knowledge that all subjects and all art forms are connected to each other. Neal and his wife Judy are enjoying exploring North Carolina and points south. They would both be happy to never experience a Vermont winter again.

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