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10930
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Boren Clay Products Company, founded in 1946 by Orton and Addison Boren, has headquarters in Pleasant Garden near Greensboro. The privately-held company makes over 320 million brick a year. Boren makes one of every nine brick produced in the country, and one out of every four produced in North Carolina.
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30600
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North Carolina, known as the brick capital of the world, forged further ahead in the national production race in 1955. North Carolina produces approximately one out of every eleven bricks, and with growing demand across the country, state brick manufacturers are investing in expansions to production facilities.
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31119
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Thanks to naturally occurring high grade materials and Tar heel initiative, North Carolina leads the nation in brick output. The Boren Clay Products Company is one example of the state's ingenuity in developing new ways to do things better with brick.
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36986
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Originally the William Albert Bunn family home, Ridgely Dubel had transformed it into an inn by 2013. Maintaining a sense of home and supporting the community is Dubel including amenities in each room such as a coffee/espresso machine and refrigerator filled with locally made granola and beef jerky.
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24226
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This article presents the history and architecture of redbrick tobacco factories in Durham. A trend has started in which tobacco warehouses are being converted to restaurants, businesses, and apartments.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 24 Issue 9, September 2004,
p60-63, il
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30978
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In he United States, one out of every 10 bricks is made in North Carolina. Tar Heel brick industries produced four times as many brick per capita than the national average in 1959. This adds $50 million per year to the state's economy.
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