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34378
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The City of Asheville is home to the world’s largest storehouse of data measuring the Earth’s weather and climate. In 2015, Asheville became the headquarters of the National Centers for Environmental Information and the steward of over twenty-five petabytes of data consolidated on servers at the Veach-Baley Federal Complex in the city’s center. A new conference called ClimateCon will solidify Asheville as a “Climate City” and key player in developing solutions to climate change.
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WNC Magazine
(NoCar F261 .W64), Vol. 12 Issue 2, Mar/Apr 2018,
p21-22, il, por, map
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34840
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For Richard Hess, moving to North Carolina has helped rediscover his Jewish faith. Hanukkah, a celebration of eight nights, has now become a time to rededicate his life to the Jewish faith, his family, and friends.
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Defined as the Olympic Games equivalent for horses is the World Equestrian Games. Cited as the most attended sports event in the state, its projected revenue was 400 million dollars. The thirteen-day event was expected to impact the economies of towns such as Asheville and Hendersonville. Tryon International Equestrian Center’s as its locale can be attributed to its efforts at revitalizing the surrounding job market, in initiatives such as reviving All American Homes of North Carolina, Inc. as US Precision Construction LLC. Choosing North Carolina as its site may be a nod to its reputation for producing thoroughbreds such as Sir Archie, whose descendants include Secretariat, Seattle Slew, and Native Dancer.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 38 Issue 8, August 2018,
p56-63
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41258
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For the third year in a row, Asheville was the home of a weeklong celebration of cocktails. Included during the week were cocktail competitions, workshops for mixologists, and tasting from local bars, restaurants, and distilleries.
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41261
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Spring comes early in the mountains; along with showers, April brings the first of the wildflowers and new saplings.
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41263
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As a way to better express herself, Elizabeth Meade started writing poetry when she was 13 and has continued to do so throughout her life, often writing about the beauty of life.
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41266
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Over the past several decades, RiverLink has been an organization dedicated to cleaning up the banks of the French Broad River, and has since created two new parks with the help of numerous volunteers.
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42598
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Photographer April Johnson realized the importance of professional pet photography after the loss of her own dog and hopes to bring joy into people’s lives with treasured keepsakes.
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42608
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A triennial festival, LEAF, promotes connecting cultures and creating community through arts and music. It operates in ten countries around the world to encourage youth to be confident within their own cultures.
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Hannah Siler and her father both shared a love of the outdoors and biking, but when her father passed suddenly, Hannah decided to do a cross-country bike ride to raise money for a scholarship in her father’s name that she is starting for students to attend a wilderness course.
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42632
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The first several pages of chapter three from Willa of the Wood are printed in continuation of chapters 1 and 2 from last month’s issue of Laurel of Asheville.
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42636
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The Gran Fondo is a national series bike race with three different courses depending on skill, which not only is a competition, but shows off the natural beauty of western North Carolina.
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34811
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Nan and Saul Chase have cultivated a once-bare plot in Asheville into a thriving kitchen garden. All plants within the tiny .09 acre lot are edible, and include hot peppers, crabapples, berry bushes, and other varieties of vegetable.
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36247
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Attesting to the potential and positive impact of North Carolina’s 58 community colleges were profiles of Asheville-Buncombe, Edgecombe, Fayetteville Technical, Guilford Technical, Lenoir, Pitt Community, and Vance-Granville. Asserting to their potential and positive impact in North Carolina were statistics for: average median wage, number of companies receiving customized job training, and numbers of military members who will advance their education, post service.
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36260
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Many businesses in Swain and Jackson County prepared for potential tourist influx and ensuring economic impact generated by that year’s solar eclipse. From it were hotels offering special lodging packages and hotels in towns such as Sylva anticipating lodging inventory sell-out.
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