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IKEA, founded by Ingvar Kamprad of Sweden, is the top furniture retailer in the world, with more than 250 stores in 34 countries and sales in excess of $22 billion annually. It is a privately held company. The company recently announced a Charlotte location opening in 2009. The 345,000-square-foot IKEA Charlotte will occupy 25 acres and employ over 400. IKEA stores in Atlanta, Georgia and Woodbridge, Virginia are the closest to North Carolina at present.
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9334
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Wright describes the vacation offerings of three counties located at the southern extreme of eastern North Carolina--Pender, New Hanover, and Brunswick.
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9335
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Jim Early, of Winston-Salem, the author of THE BEST TAR HEEL BARBEQUE: MANTEO TO MURPHY, has selected twenty-five barbecue establishments to make up the North Carolina Barbecue Society's Historic Barbecue Trail. To qualify, each restaurant had to be in business a minimum of fifteen years; make its own sauce; offer sit-down dining; and cook real North Carolina-style pork barbecue on site. That means the pig must be cooked in a pit over wood or charcoal.
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Since the North Carolina Film Office was created in 1980, over 800 motion pictures, 14 network and cable television series and countless television commercials have been made in the state. The film industry has generated over $7 billion for local economy. The industry revenues peaked in 1993, and competing states and other countries has lured business away from North Carolina. Wright discusses the current resurgence of the industry around the state.
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9339
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Wright discusses how film tourism is bringing visitors to the state.
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9340
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Tom Nelson, Chairman, president and chief executive officer of National Gypsum Co., is featured in NC Magazine's “executive profile.â€
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9341
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Although they look unified on a map, the barrier islands known as the Outer Banks are part of three separate counties--Currituck, Dare, and Hyde. Wright describes the offerings travelers will find on a visit there.
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Fayetteville is the first town named for the Marquis de Lafayette, and the town is celebrating the 250th anniversary of his birth with a year-long series of events. Wright discusses some of the town's early history, its heavy involvement with the military, and downtown revitalization.
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9347
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Wright describes the vacation offerings of western North Carolina. These include Ghost Town in the Sky at Maggie Valley, scenic mountain drives, mountain heritage sites, waterfalls, and the Appalachian and Bartram trails.
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Seen from the outside, the new Billy Graham Library in Charlotte looks like a dairy barn complete with silo. It is representative of the farm where he grew up just four miles away. Inside the $27 million structure, the library's state-of-the-art exhibits detail the evolution of Graham's ministry from the days of the “canvas cathedral†in Los Angles, where Graham conducted a record-breaking eight-week campaign in 1949, to the present day and the ends of the earth.
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North Carolina's three geographic regions--Coastal Plain, Piedmont, and Mountains--provide many choices for vacationers. Wright examines vacationing in the mountains, including historic places to stay, like the Chetola Resort; scenic golfing areas; sumptuous camps, like The Lodge at Eagles Nest, near Banner Elk; and lake and river retreats.
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9493
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Carol Haney went to work for Time Warner Cable, then Warner Annex Cable, in Ohio in 1982. Today she is TWC's executive vice president of operations for the Carolinas region, one of the largest and most innovative in the system.
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Pinehurst in the Sandhills was established in the late 1890s. Many of the early resorts are gone, either through fires or progress; new ones have emerged, and the city thrives and services in the twenty-first century. Wright discusses the history of the first hundred years.
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The Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Historic Site at Rodanthe on Hatteras Island is the most complete of the few remaining stations on the East Coast. These stations were the predecessors of the Coast Guard Service, and the stories of the daring rescues they performed are legendary. Chicamacomico closed in 1954 after seventy years of service. Today, the Chicamacomico Historical Association keeps the memory of the station and the men who served there alive through living history performances.
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North Carolina is a destination spot for visitors from around the country and around the world. In 2007, over 400,000 Canadians visited, and 100,000 Europeans come annually. Lynn Minges, executive director of the North Carolina Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development discusses how the state markets itself to attract visitors.
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