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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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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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7276
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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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976
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Oliver discusses each of the major military bases in North Carolina, the impact they have on the state's economy, and how that impact will be affected by the Clinton administration.
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