The post-pandemic adjustment has had a deep impact on many aspects of culture, especially that of home and design. Nathan Bryant, Altura Architect's vice president, shares his outlook on new visions of architecture, home building, and designing throughout Western North Carolina.
"Daniel Seabrook, the Patriarch of the North Carolina Seabrook family, was born July 10, 1737, at Shoal Harbor in Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey."
Built in the early 1870s, the house is the earliest house still standing within the Sladesville community. It was originally owned by Thomas Rodman Jarvis.
Mary married Josephus Daniels Sr. in 1856. Josephus Daniels Jr. was born on April 18, 1862.Josephus Daniels Jr. was longtime owner of the News and Observer in Raleigh. Mary Seabrook was born in Hyde County in 1835.
"A family business crafts fine fountain pens for collectors who adamantly believe that the pen is mightier than the keyboard" The business originally began in 1901. In 200, it ushered in it own brand of fountain pens. Scott Franklin is owner.
"Introducing non-native animals and plants to the environment can lead to all sorts of problems." Of particular concern in North Carolina is a bush-like plant that is native to Asia called privet and animal species like nutria, which is destructive to wetlands areas.
"Asa Amason, son of Eli Amason and wife Ellender Moore, was born on December 3, 1804, in Edgecombe County, North Carolina and died August 8, 1876, in Sumter County, Alabama."
In May 2023, Surry-Yadkin Electric Membership Corporation partnered with Hollar and Greene Produce Company to switch shipping units used for cold storage from diesel to electric power. This is the first time the technology has been employed by one of North Carolina's electric cooperatives.
"Guilford County welcomes new transportation projects while its stronghold furniture industry keeps on giving." High Point's furniture and home interiors market events bring in $6.7 billion worth o business into the state and contributes 15,000 jobs. Thomas Built Buses added 300 new employees last year and is making progress on its Jouley electric powered model. Toyota is investing $5.6 billion in its electric battery plant near Liberty.
Newly available data concerning concentrations of of PFAS found in the middle and lower Cape Fear River has lead North Carolina Department of Health and Human Resources to recommend limits on the consumption of certain freshwater fish in those areas.
Bowen (1774-1815) was a native of Beaufort County and was an ordained minister in the Primitive Baptist Church. His carreer in the church is given in this sketch, originally posted in in the "North Carolina Free Press" in 1832.
"The NC East Alliance economic development organization is initiating a homegrown approach through education resources to create a continual skilled workforce in its 29 Coastal Plain Counties."