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The lifeblood of the retailer is a sound and reliable transportation system. In North Carolina this means good roads. Both multinational companies and the local mom-and-pop businesses depend upon them. Employees and customers, supplies and completed products must all be able to move with dispatch from Point A to Point B. Towle discusses the importance of a good road system to North Carolina's economic health.
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6872
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Public education in North Carolina has definitely shown improvement over the last twenty years. The state is the fourth fastest growing K-12 system in the nation. Its 1.3 million students speak over 150 different languages. Towle discusses where state education has been, its status now, and what must be accomplished to meet the 2010 deadline of having the nation's best school system.
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The Carolina Outlet Center, located on I-95 near Smithfield, started in 1983 with one store, Carolina Pottery. Today, the center has over 80 stores, featuring designer apparel and name brands. Seventy percent of the customers come from a 20-county region; the remainder are tourists off I-95. The center employs over 1,000 and generates $6.5 million annually in tax revenues.
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In North Carolina the retail auto industry is a $15 billion enterprise. The industry generates 20 percent of the state's retail sales tax and ranks ninth nationally in the number of car dealerships. Eighteen more workers are employed per dealer than the national average. While dealerships declined from 50,000 to 20,000 nationally between 1949 and 1999, they remain a continuing, successful small business in the Southeast.
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Car dealerships across the state become family affairs, passing from generation to generation. Morgan Dodge Jeep in Durham includes three Morgan generations, beginning in 1940. Norwood Bryan's father started a Fayetteville dealership in 1945 and the younger Bryan later joined. In 1999, Norwood Bryan received a prestigious Time Magazine Quality Dealer Award, one of only eight awards given in the nation, which has almost 22,000 dealerships.
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Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina, the state's largest professional organization for independent insurance agents, is marking its one hundredth anniversary in 1998. Reforms the organization has promoted include mandatory auto liability insurance.
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3398
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A century ago, family owned newspapers were the public's source for news and advertising. Today their choices include newspaper conglomerates, online information, digital television, and cable systems.
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Tobacco, furniture, textiles, and tourism are among the industries driving the state's economy. Now high technology industries are becoming a major force, and the state is ranked nationally in the top five in creating high tech jobs.
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Employers often find themselves entangled in employee lawsuits. In 1995-96, discharge and harassment were the top two types of suits filed. Companies can reduce the number of suits by adopting policies, including documenting each allegation.
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Work First, Governor James B. Hunt's tough welfare reform plan, seeks to get recipients off welfare and into jobs. Between July 1, 1995, and May 31, 1997, almost 39,000 families were dropped from welfare rolls and found jobs.
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With federal and state funding for the arts declining, a number of the state's corporations are making financial contributions to support programs. For example, NationsBank has given $15 million to support uptown Charlotte art projects.
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With the Durham side of the Research Triangle Park almost built out, 2,400 acres have been opened, mostly in Wake County. New tenants include Biogen, Cisco, Corning Bio, Ericsson, and NetEdge Systems.
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Factors that include good location, quality of schools, and recruiting have combined to make the state first in the nation from 1989 to 1995 in the numbers of new and expanded pharmaceutical facilities and first in Southern biotechnology firm locations.
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Building sites are few on the Durham side of Research Triangle Park, while Wake County's portion begins to develop and expand. However, the Durham side is vital, with personnel relocations and new businesses moving into existing buildings.
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Seeking to enhance the state's international trade activity, the N.C. State Ports Authority, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, spent $2 million to build the Perishables Handling and Chill Facility at the Wilmington Terminal.
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