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Gastonia won the prestigious National Civic League's All America City & Community Award for 2010. The award is given to communities that identify problems and solve them. Only ten awards are presented nationwide. Gastonia first won the award in 1963 and again in 2000.
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Forty years ago, William S. Powell published the North Carolina Gazetteer, a listing of about 19,000 place names in the state. Recently Michael Hill, research supervisor at the North Carolina Office of Archives and History, was assigned the task of updating the book by adding 2,000 more entries. The second edition was released in 2010.
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Chris D. Jones, III, who was sworn in as president of the North Carolina League of Municipalities in October 2010, is profiled.
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Rodney Locks of Brevard, who has been involved in a number of local government activities, including membership on the city council, is the newly installed 2009-2010 president of the North Carolina League of Municipalities.
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Rising fuel costs are having an impact on many local budgets across the state. Lail discusses how the towns of Conover and Concord are dealing with this situation.
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Lail discusses how local governments in North Carolina are playing a significant role in promoting \"green\"Â initiatives.
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Lail examines cities and towns that are promoting wellness in their communities, including Bessemer City, Carolina Beach, and Apex.
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There is a perception in North Carolina that gangs are a big-city problem in places like Charlotte, Raleigh, and Fayetteville. The reality is that gangs can be just as prevalent in smaller communities, but it is the larger cities that are better equipped to handle them. Lail discusses how Charlotte-Mecklenburg and other communities are dealing with gang problems.
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Lail discusses North Carolina cities that are restoring abandoned buildings to use as municipal buildings for administrative offices, as well as police, fire, and public works. Among the cities are Carthage, Morganton, and Mount Holly.
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A number of North Carolina cities are redeveloping proud symbols of their past. These include Goldsboro's downtown Union Station and Durham's minor league baseball field, the Durham Athletic Park, former home of the Durham Bulls.
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Artists are painting murals on the sides of buildings in some North Carolina towns. The paintings do double duty as conversation pieces and reminders of a community's history and cultures. Towns featuring murals include Valdese, Thomasville, Waco, Clayton, and West Jefferson.
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On June 29, 1956, President Dwight Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, which created the interstate highway system. Five interstate highways, totaling 1,083 miles, cross North Carolina. Lail examines benefits and problems for towns that lie near interstate highways.
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13.Camden to Become First County League Member by Lail, Matt Southern City Vol. 56 Issue 8, Aug 2006
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On July 1, 2006, Camden County, with a total population under 10,000, became the first unified government in North Carolina having the statutory authority of a county and a municipality. The county has no municipalities within its borders. In 2005, the North Carolina General Assembly authorized that unified governments can form in counties without municipalities, as long as local voters approve in a referendum. Camden County voters approved the change in May 2006.
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The tourism industry in Maggie Valley declined four years ago when the Ghost Town in the Sky amusement park closed. The town purchased land that is now called the Maggie Valley Festival Grounds and has built two attractions there. One is the largest man-made waterfall in the state. The twenty-four-foot high waterfall, with five separate cascades flowing into a pool at the bottom, was the creation of Maggie Valley artist and resident Burton Edwards, who is known for his waterfall sculptures. The other project is a 36-foot-by-50-foot stage which will be used for concerts. Both attractions opened in October 2006.
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Broadway in Lee County is the site for the state's only memorial dedicated to all past, present, and future military personnel. The North Carolina Veteran's Memorial was dedicated on November 13, 2005. By design the memorial and surrounding park is a work in progress. The goal is to have the name of every North Carolinian who has served in the military on plaques in the memorial. Each plaque holds eighty-eight names. The number of names is approaching 600 at present.
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