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13584
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The North Carolina Downtown Development Association is a group of planners, developers and city officials who are working to revitalize downtown areas in cities across the state. Godwin examines downtown projects in the following cities: Asheville, Charlotte, Durham, Greensboro, Raleigh, Wilmington, and Winston-Salem.
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13586
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North Carolina has a formidable mobile home housing industry. The North Carolina Manufactured Housing Institute lists twenty-three manufacturers in nineteen predominately rural communities in the Coastal Plain and Piedmont. McCollum discusses whether the industry can change its image from cheap, transient housing to one of affordable, quality homes.
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13609
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Shackelford describes a one-of-a-kind family business that grew out of a High Point native's baseball career. Started by Dick Culler, Sr., after his major league career ended in 1950, the Autographed Ball Company has exclusive contracts with major league baseball players to print and market their autographs on shiny while vinyl baseballs. Now in a second generation ownership, the company had sales of $100,000 in 1978, and does $300,000 in a good year.
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13610
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Robert Luddy founded Atlantic Fire Systems Co. of Raleigh in 1976 with $1,500 and had sales the following year of $266,189. His aggressive business style and knowledge of automatic fire prevention systems has propelled his company to nearly $2 million in sales in 1981.
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