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24176
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Greenfield North, near Garner, North Carolina, is developing business parks near busy roads, such as I40 and US70, to bring in money and create jobs.
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24426
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The growth of Raleigh’s downtown improves the economy, but hurts many of the small businesses. The Square Rabbit, a local bakery that opened in 1991, faces forced relocation in two years, a mandate that will make way for newer, flashier businesses.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 32 Issue 42, October 2015, p16-17, il, por Periodical Website
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36279
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Income inequality in North Carolina is illustrated through the map revealing where the one hundred counties fall, annual income wise. Only in four counties—Mecklenburg, Durham, Orange, and Wake—can individuals can earn ten percent over state average, pegged at $45,000. The author cited opportunity as a substantial factor. However, this inequality could narrow, with the annual salary increase in forty-seven counties revealing this promise.
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23938
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For over fifty years, Research Triangle Park has been a major contributor to the development of the Raleigh-Durham. Now, the Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina, the nonprofit organization that operates the park area, is implementing plans to revitalize the park and make it more attractive to new residents.
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24253
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In this round table, Wake County business and education leaders discuss how the county's assets, including its universities, research, health care, and quality of life, are helping it succeed.
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24489
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In the 1980s, only 500 people lived in Rolesville, North Carolina, but by 2004, the population had doubled in size. Much of this growth is due to Raleigh’s explosive expansion in the 1990s as well as the establishment of a comprehensive water and sewer system for northeastern Wake County in the 1990s. The system opened northeast Wake County—Rolesville in particular—to residential development, but residents still hold onto their small town’s history.
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23940
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The town of Wake Forest has grown and improved over the past decade. Community events, the historic downtown, a new bus system, and new businesses have helped maintain a sense of community and improved the town's economic standing.
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Southern City (NoCar Oversize JS 39 S6), Vol. 65 Issue 4, Jul/Aug 2015, p6-9, il, por
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14169
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In Wake County industrial development is steady and so is the progress in diversified farming, livestock raising and particularly dairying.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 17 Issue 31, Dec 1949, p14-18
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