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4285
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The Minnette C. Duffy Award is the state's highest award for the preservation, restoration, or maintenance of grounds related to historic structures. Helen Blake Watkins received the 1992 award for thirty-five years devoted to Hillsborough's historic landscaping. Her restored 1806 home, Chatwood, features gardens with over 400 varieties of old-fashioned roses.
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Scheduled for demolition in the 1970s, the Salisbury Railroad Station was saved when local citizens purchased it. However, they lacked funds to restore the station, which was built in 1907 and at one time handled forty-four trains a day. In 1989, the Historic Salisbury Foundation began a $2 million fund-raising campaign. To date, $1.5 has been raised, and the first phase of restoration is complete.
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The Gertrude S. Carraway Award of Merit recognizes organizations and individuals demonstrating strong commitment to promotion of historical preservation. The 1992 Award of Merit winners include Susan P. Ashby of Mount Airy, Frank and Barbara Hannah of Shelby, Merrie R. Hedrick of Wake County, and the Ocracoke Preservation Society.
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The Hon. Marie W. Colton received the 1992 Ruth Coltrane Cannon Award, the state's most prestigious preservation award. Colton was one of the founders of the Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County. Also, as a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives for seven consecutive terms and the first woman elected Speaker Pro Tempore of that body, she championed the cause of preservation in her legislative work.
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QVC, the TV and Internet retailer, will build a one-million-square-foot distribution facility near Tarboro in Edgecombe County. It will be the company's fourth and largest distribution center. Target date for completion is June 2000. The $70 million project will add over 1,000 jobs to the county's workforce. In 1998, QVC shipped over 62 million packages from its other distribution centers.
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Chapel Hill architect Ellen Weinstein received the 1999 Kamphoefner Prize. The award honors architects for contributions to the modern movement of architecture. Carole Hoefener, who died in March, 1999, posthumously received the William H. Deitrick Service Medal. The award is given yearly to the architect making significant contributions to his or her community and profession.
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Colleges and universities affect economically the communities where they are located. Appalachian State University in Boone brought to the local economy $407 million, according to a 1998 ASU research study. Factors contributing to this amount were a 12 percent rise in enrollment between 1988 and 1998, significant raises in university personnel salaries, and around 392,000 visitors who spent over $990,000 at university events.
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The Winston-Salem architectural firm of Walter Robbs Callahan & Pierce received the 1999 AIA North Carolina Firm Award. The award is given to the firm producing quality architecture and having a high level of customer satisfaction for a ten-year period. The firm was founded in 1965.
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4334
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Raleigh architect Frank Harmon, founder of Frank Harmon, Architect, received three Honor Awards in Design in 1999. The Honor Award is AIA North Carolina's highest award for design excellence. In the forty-four year history of the Design Award, this is the first time that an architect has won three in the same year.
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4381
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Hurricanes Dennis and Floyd, plus subsequent flooding, battered many of Eastern Carolina's historic sites and museums, but most survived. The CSS Neuse in Kinston was the most severely damaged. Other sites suffering damage were Fort Fisher, Brunswick Town, the Aycock Birthplace, and Historic Halifax.
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4435
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Project Impact: Building Disaster Resistant Communities, started by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in 1997, is a plan to make communities more resistant to natural disasters. Over 120 towns participate nationwide, with New Hanover County/Wilmington, Charlotte/Mecklenburg County, and Boone participating in North Carolina. Buncombe and Lenoir Counties and the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians will join the program in 2000.
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4440
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The state's one hundred counties are profiled in terms of population, civilian labor force, building permits, per capita income, and population on food stamps.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 20 Issue 2, Feb 2000,
p122-127, il
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4441
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The state's one hundred counties are divided into seven economic regions for the purpose of promoting each region to attract prospective employers. Counties within each region are profiled in terms of population, per-capita income, employment, and retail sales.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 20 Issue 2, Feb 2000,
p112-120, il
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4444
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Falling commodity prices, drought, hurricanes, floods, and criticism of tobacco nationwide made 1999 a tough year for farmers. Only one-fourth of the state's farmland escaped Hurricane Floyd's flooding. The cotton crop sustained a $140 million loss, and half the sweet potato crop was lost. Worse yet, the state estimates that 10 to 15 percent of the 55,000 farmers will quit in 2000.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 20 Issue 2, Feb 2000,
p57-59, il
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4445
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In 1999, construction companies did not lack for projects statewide. However, the state's low unemployment level (3.2 percent in October 1999) caused many companies to have project backlogs because there were not enough workers. This worker shortage lengthened many job completions by 10 to 20 percent. Many companies are offering incentives to hourly workers, like health insurance and 401(k)s.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 20 Issue 2, Feb 2000,
p65-67, il
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