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22421
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In 1994 Becky Anderson was a founding director of Handmade in America, an Asheville nonprofit that connects crafts to tourism and other sustainable development in Western North Carolina. At the time the organizers hoped it would expand the crafts industry and transform the economically depressed region into the crafts center of America.
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4302
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Over 4,000 full-or-part-time craftspersons live in economically depressed Western North Carolina. HandMade in America is a project that seeks to promote and preserve the crafts of this area and to transform the area into the nation's craft center. To assist in this project, promoters have produced a guidebook that directs people through the twenty-one county region, locating and describing points of interest, such as basket weaving or quilt making.
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3294
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The state's mountains are home to the country's fourth largest group of craftsmen. Based in Asheville, HandMade in America promotes their work, benefitting not only the artisans but also the state's economy.
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Southern City (NoCar Oversize JS 39 S6), Vol. 47 Issue 3, Mar 1997, p4-5, il
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2494
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Over 4,000 craftspeople work in the state's mountains. The Asheville-based Handmade in America seeks to make their work visible and widely known, benefitting not only the artisans but also the state's economy.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 63 Issue 4, Sept 1995, p33-35, 37-39, il
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1531
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Western NC is pushing a program called \"Handmade in America,\" which organizers hope will expand the crafts industry and transform the economically depressed region into the crafts center of America.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 52 Issue 5, May 1994, p8-10, il