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Fayetteville is the fourth-most diverse city in the country, with eighty-two international cultures represented. The city has a population of 125,000 and surrounding Cumberland County has 300,000 resident. Both city and county have a long history with United States military installations there, with Fort Bragg and Pope Air Force Base pumping a combined $6.3 billion into local economies. Rafferty discusses the area's history, economic conditions, tourist attractions. In 2003, Cumberland County ranked ninth in the state in money generated through tourism.
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5457
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The soft drink industry has a long history in North Carolina. The state is the birthplace of Pepsi, 104 years ago, and Cheerwine, 85 years ago. The Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated has been here for 100 years. Rafferty examines this industry, which in 1997, created over 50,000 jobs, and generated $4.5 billion in sales and $7.3 million in taxes and charitable donations.
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Glenn Jernigan, of Fayetteville, is the owner of a government consulting and lobbying firm, Glenn Jernigan and Associates. A graduate of East Carolina University, he has served in both the North Carolina House of Representatives and Senate and also as chairman of the state Employment Security Commission. Jernigan is featured in NORTH CAROLINA magazine's \"executive profile.\"
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North Carolina's top ten road construction projects are forging ahead to relieve traffic growth and construction. Rafferty discusses progress on the ten projects, including the Manteo Bypass and the Raleigh Outer Loop.
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7056
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North Carolina has twenty-seven electric cooperatives that supply power to 2.5 million residential and small business customers. These electric suppliers differ from the big companies, like Duke Energy, in that they are owned by their members, who elect a board of directors to set rates and policies. Every cooperative member is guaranteed a voice in decisions. Each cooperative is in the community it serves and is therefore more in touch with what the local needs are. Rafferty discusses some cooperatives, including the Roanoke, Randolph, Edgecombe-Martin County, Albemarle, and Tri-County Electric Cooperatives.
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The Bill Lee Act gives tax credits and incentives to businesses that create jobs, invest in worker training, purchase new equipment and machinery, and invest in research and development. Rafferty discusses the achievements and criticisms of the bill during its five-year history.
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This special NORTH CAROLINA magazine community supplement discusses Lee County, a county with a traditionally robust economy. Rafferty describes the arrival of several industrial and biotech companies and their impact on the county and projects of restoration and revitalization.
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Fayetteville, normally thought of as a military town, also has a reputation as a town for higher learning. The city and surrounding Cumberland County are home to three institutions of higher education -- Fayetteville State University, an historically black college and the state's second-oldest institution of higher learning; Methodist College; and Fayetteville Technical Community College. Rafferty highlights those features that make each school unique.
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