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43037
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The Rocky Mount Event Center opened in October 2018. The Center is considered the central component of the town's strategy to redevelop end reinvent Rocky Mount. It brought in $1.2 million in revenue during its first year of operation.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine
(NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 13 Issue 4, July 2021,
p76-77
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41008
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A territorial outgrowth of Bertie County, it contains a town encompassing two counties, along with one of the oldest towns in the state and oldest African American town in the country.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine
(NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 11 Issue 6, November 2019,
p46-48
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Edgecombe County--History; Edgecombe County--Description and travel; African American towns--United States--Princeville; Princeville--History; Princeville--Description and travel; Rocky Mount--History; Rocky Mount--Description and travel; Tarboro--Description and travel; Tarboro--History; Edgecombe County Memorial Library--Janie F. Allsbrook Local Collection History; Bertie County--History; Bertie County--Description and travel
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6637
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Rocky Mount sits astride the line dividing Nash and Edgecombe counties and is OUR STATE magazine's Tar Heel town of the month. The town is headquarters for a number of businesses, including RBC Centura and Hardee's Food System, and boasts two community colleges, Nash and Edgecombe, and North Carolina Wesleyan College. The town has survived several natural disasters, including the great flood following Hurricane Floyd in 1999.
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24364
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Rocky Mount, once a slumbering tobacco and railroad town, has grown as a result of out-of-state manufacturing companies building plants in the area. The Hardees enterprise also helped the local economy after establishing its headquarters in Rocky Mount.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 9 Issue 4, April 1989,
p24-31, il
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12512
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For over a century agriculture has been the dominant force in Rocky Mount's economy. Now the city is in transition, moving from that economy to a nonagricultural one in order to keep the city viable and growing.
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13688
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Edgecombe and Nash Counties geographically compete for four towns: Rocky Mount, Battleboro, Whitakers, and Sharpsburg; Sharpsburg and Rocky Mount are claimed by additional counties. This article discusses the history of these shared borders as well as the governmental implications of communal county lines.
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