Making the Grade at Charlotte-Mecklenburg

As the shop moves into the future, Griffin says he would like to see more of the work his in-plant handles come in over the Internet.

“I think a digital storefront, where people can order from their own desks, is going to become very important,” he says. And while the in-plant is pulling in 85 to 95 percent of the work at the school, he’d like to see that number climb higher, though not as a result of lobbying to get a right of first refusal.