June 15. Anthem Displays, a national manufacturer of digital billboards, will spend $3.6 million to consolidate its operations to North Carolina, creating 17 jobs in Elizabethtown.

Anthem Displays is an industry leader in state-of-the-art digital outdoor advertising displays and solutions. Its Boulder, Colo. location will move to Elizabethtown, where the company currently employs nine workers in the design and manufacture of display frames.

The majority of the outdoor billboard market is east of the Mississippi River, which was one of the top reasons for consolidating their operations to North Carolina. The expansion will provide greater efficiencies and quality in producing digital billboards.

A performance-based grant of $50,000 from the One North Carolina Fund supported the Bladen County consolidation.