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4667
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Fifteen counties, including Pitt, draw water from the Upper Cape Fear and Black Creek aquifers. The water is with- drawn faster then replacement is possible. Salt water is seeping in from the ocean, and the ground above the aquifers is becoming less porous. State and local governments, industry, business, and agriculture are meeting to develop regulations to save the already-depleted aquifers.
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4830
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A Brownfield Assessment Demonstration Pilot Grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency will assist four North Carolina cities in cleaning up brownfields. Brownfields are underused or abandoned industrial or commercial sites having contaminants that affect potential profitability. Laurinburg, Concord, Fayetteville, and Winston-Salem are recipients of the grants.
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4832
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North Carolina's Main Street Program assists towns and cities in revitalizing and preserving their central business districts. Since 1980, forty-five communities have participated in the program, gaining over 8,300 jobs, renovating over 1,900 buildings, and attracting 4,300 new businesses. Officials of towns, including Waynesville, Sylva, and Shelby, discuss what having a revitalized downtown means to their city or town.
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4045
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Concerned that the things that came with growth-big shopping centers, increased traffic, chain restaurants-would affect the desirable elements in their cities, Hickory and Winston-Salem formed committees of citizens to recommend how their features can be preserved.
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4057
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Before a brownfield, an underused or abandoned commercial or industrial site having contaminants, could be used, the site had to be totally cleaned up. Liability for the old pollution rested with the new owners. The Brownfield Property Reuse Act of 1997 removed that liability from potential developers.
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4058
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On July 1, 1999, Phase II of the Division of Water Quality's enforcement policies dealing with wastewater overflows and discharge permit violations becomes effective. Permitted wastewater treatment facilities number 1,629 statewide, of which 300 are municipal. In 1998, under Phase I, 407 violations were assessed resulting in $1.5 million in fines.
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4078
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in October, 1999, an Environmental Protection Agency regulation requiring municipalities to report the quality of the drinking water to their citizens goes into effect. Items to be reported include where the water comes from, the contaminants it contains, and the health effects of any contaminants.
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4080
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In 1991, Wilson decided to remove blighted neighborhoods from its urban center and replace them with low-income, affordable homes. Using a combination of funding sources, the city built twelve new homes in 1995. The project proved so successful the city then acquired fifty-six properties in a seven-block area, demolished old buildings, and built thirty-five new homes. By 1998, twenty-three of the homes were complete and sold.
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4116
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Once the positions of city manager, city attorney, director of public utilities, and police chief were the provinces of men. Now a number of women occupy these positions. Anne-Marie Knighton, Edenton city manager; Linda Mills, Greensboro city attorney; Karen Bradshear, Goldsboro director of public utilities; and Durham police chief Teresa Chambers are profiled.
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4151
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Numerous national news reports about assaults on children by sports coaches prompted the Knightdale Sports and Recreation Department to conduct background checks on potential volunteer coaches as part of the overall application process. Knightdale is one of the first parks and recreation departments in the state to do this.
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4153
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Selma's business district had some stores, but many buildings stood unoccupied and rundown. Efforts to recruit service businesses were unsuccessful. Making aesthetic improvements and offering free rent failed to bring other tenants. Finally in 1997, a theme approach - antiques - was tried. Sixteen dilapidated buildings were offered rent free for a year. They were quickly occupied by antique dealers, who, surprisingly, bought and fixed them up. Selma has had twenty-two grand openings since January, 1998, and the dying district has comer alive.
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4286
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Every election year, many elected local officials, including mayors and council members who have served their communities long and well, retire from office. The mayors of Whiteville, Horace Whitley; Greensboro, Carolyn Allen; Mooresville, Joe Knox; and Morehead City, William C. Horton, Jr., are profiled.
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4346
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The police approach to domestic violence has changed. Formerly police saw stopping fights, separating the couple, and calming the situation as their job. The Domestic Violence Task Force in Durham is more pro-active. Procedures include sixteen questions for the investigating officer to ask; issuing warrants for the perpetrators; and follow-up work by the officers, such as keeping a file on further domestic violence and working closely with the district attorney in prosecuting the offenders.
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4347
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Many cities and towns across the state responded to needs caused by the disastrous Hurricane Floyd flooding. In Raleigh, city department heads called their counterparts in flooded areas to see what they could do to help. Raleigh also sent sixteen firefighters to Kinston and twenty police officers to Greenville. Cary sent six teams of building inspectors to Princeville. Over 100 municipalities volunteered help. Police officers, building inspectors, and heavy equipment were among the greatest needs.
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4434
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Oil, grease, and fat cause about 30 percent of reported sewer overflows statewide. In Cary, these pollutants are responsible for between 50 and 80 percent of the town's overflows. To combat the problem, Cary and Raleigh require grease-producing businesses, such as restaurants and car garages, to use grease traps or be fined $1,000 for improper grease dumping. Raleigh is considering a ban on garbage disposals in new homes and apartments.
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