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39589
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The closing of Eden’s MillerCoors negatively impacted the town’s other large business, Morehead Memorial Hospital. Its closing served as a reminder of factors that leave towns like Eden and its rural Rockingham County economically vulnerable, such as brain drain and the rural-urban divide. Believed reasons why it closed included Anheuser-Busch In-Bev’s purchased SAB-Miller not having competition. Believed reasons why it remains closed includes the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina favoring cities.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 37 Issue 10, October 2017,
p54-61
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38231
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Many small towns in North Carolina are experiencing a crisis towns and cities are invulnerable to. Younger generations are moving out in search of better jobs; companies once occupational mainstays are closing; opportunities for infrastructure improvement and economic recovery are lost. For their citizens, the toll can be seen in skyrocketing rates of poverty, disability, overdose, and addiction. Efforts to combat this crisis include Governor Roy Cooper’s Hometown Strong. This program is designed to rejuvenate downtowns, upskill workers, provide small business loans, and enhance high speed Internet connections.
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Small towns--North Carolina; Downtown revitalization; Employees--Training of; Small business loans; Internet service--Rural areas; Brain drain--small towns ; Rural-urban divide; Cooper, Roy, 1957-; Hometown Strong (small town revitalization plan); Small towns--population loss; Small towns--loss of industries ; Economic development indicators