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Leinwands, a 6,00 square foot department store located in Elizabethtown in Bladen County continues as a thriving business today despite a very changed retail climate that has seen the extinction of most family run small town department stores. The Leinwand family is among a number of Jewish families that arrived in the South and North Carolina in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century as merchants. Ricky and Eileen Silvers Leinwand are the current third generation owners of the business.

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 41 Issue 6, June 2021, p18-20 Periodical Website

Jewish businesses--North Carolina; Elizabethtown--businesses; Bladen County--People; Bladen County--businesses; Brody family--Jewish businesses--North Carolina

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Interestingly, tobacco actually helped build the sweet potato industry in North Carolina. Subsidies used to halt tobacco production due to health concerns laid the infrastructure for current sweet potato production. Climate controlled storage and the introduction of the Covington variety of sweet potato have been significant in making the crop a year-round one in North Carolina.

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 40 Issue 12, Dec. 2020, p20-22

Sweet potatoes; Sweet Potato Industry--North Carolina

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William Munn, N.C. Justice Center scholar stresses the importance of thinking on the "three North Carolinas"; namely, the urban, the white rural and the Black Belt. Munn, a graduate of Goldsboro High School, completed a doctoral dissertation at N.C. A&T State University in 2016 entitled, "Running Away from Home: Social and Economic Explanators of Net Migration in North Carolina Black Belt Counties".

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 41 Issue 3, March 2021, p14-15 Periodical Website

Social Justice; Social justice--North Carolina Black Belt counties

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"North Carolina has a big stake in the type of weapons built to fight future wars." There is much debate currently whether drones and AI (artificial intelligence) are the right weapons systems. Approximately 95,000 warfighters in North Carolina train on and maintain these systems.

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 45 Issue 10, October 2025, p20-21 Periodical Website

Drones--military weapons; AI (Artificial Intelligence)--military

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"An Iredell expansion spotlights Jeld-Wen's growth plans a hot housing market." Originally founded in 1960, the company gained its national footprint in 1962,when it opened a window plant in Charlotte. north Carolina is supporting the company's new Iredell plant, offering $2.2 million in incentives over 12 years.

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 41 Issue 8, August 2021, p20-21 Periodical Website

Jeld-Wen (window and door manufacturer}; Iredell County--Industry; Charlotte-window industry