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Interestingly, tobacco actually helped build the sweet potato industry in North Carolina. Subsidies used to halt tobacco production due to health concerns laid the infrastructure for current sweet potato production. Climate controlled storage and the introduction of the Covington variety of sweet potato have been significant in making the crop a year-round one in North Carolina.
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William Munn, N.C. Justice Center scholar stresses the importance of thinking on the "three North Carolinas"; namely, the urban, the white rural and the Black Belt. Munn, a graduate of Goldsboro High School, completed a doctoral dissertation at N.C. A&T State University in 2016 entitled, "Running Away from Home: Social and Economic Explanators of Net Migration in North Carolina Black Belt Counties".
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Steve Troxler, who has been N.C. Agriculture Secretary since 2005 says North Carolina went from almost nothing in the poultry world being exported from the state to almost $100 million in exports in 2020.
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Leinwands, a 6,00 square foot department store located in Elizabethtown in Bladen County continues as a thriving business today despite a very changed retail climate that has seen the extinction of most family run small town department stores. The Leinwand family is among a number of Jewish families that arrived in the South and North Carolina in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century as merchants. Ricky and Eileen Silvers Leinwand are the current third generation owners of the business.
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Landon Zimmer is managing partner of Wilmington based Zimmer Development, a commercial developer founded by the family that launched the Reed's Jewelers chain in 1946.
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"Luther Hodges is best known as the father of Research Triangle Park. He also was a segregationist, albeit a complicated one.' Karl Campbell, an Appalachian State faculty member has spent the past decade researching the paradox of Hodges.
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"An Iredell expansion spotlights Jeld-Wen's growth plans a hot housing market." Originally founded in 1960, the company gained its national footprint in 1962,when it opened a window plant in Charlotte. north Carolina is supporting the company's new Iredell plant, offering $2.2 million in incentives over 12 years.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 41 Issue 8, August 2021,
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"East Carolina University's chancellor stands down declining enrollment and a challenging healthcare outlook." Rogers, 39 became ECU's head last year.
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43358
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"N.C. Companies are finding new markets from Mexico to Morocco aided by lots of wise counsel." Mike Hubbard and John Loyack with Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina know the issues connected with exporting. In 2021, North Carolina exported $33.45 billion in goods and an estimated $12 billion in services. Advanced Superabrasives in Mars Hill exports to 28 countries.
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Eaton Corporation began nearly 150 years ago in Cleveland Ohio. The company was transformative in its early history with the rise of the internal combustion engine powering cars and trucks. Currently, Eaton’s Raleigh operations are the center of a new innovative transformation dating back to 2004, as UPS( uninterruptable power supply) has gone from being a backup power supply to the brains of a new electric grid.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 42 Issue 11, November 2022,
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43594
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Between Raleigh's Boylan Heights and Warehouse District neighborhoods, Trevor Spear operates from one climate controlled container what equates to a 2.5 acre farm. His 40- foot container, which costs about $149,000, is an insolated hydroponic farm containing racks of gourmet lettuce.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 42 Issue 11, November 2022,
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Aegis Power Systems, a defense contracting firm located in Murphy has built a substantial business during the past two generations of family ownership. The company, founded in 1995 has 27 employees, including 10 engineers.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 42 Issue 11, November 2022,
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"The Nonwovens Institute at N.C. State supports many popular consumer products." Examples of nonwovens are face masks, baby wipes diapers, Swiffers, etc. In the United States, nonwovens is a fast growing industry. North Carolina in turn has the largest concentration of nonwoven industries in the nation. Executive Director Behnam Pourdeyhimi has been chiefly involved
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 43 Issue 9, September 2023,
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"A Boone produce trucker adjusts to clients' demands for a greener earth." Hollar & Green Produce has significantly reduced it reliance on diesel with the use of an electric transport refrigeration unit or" eTRU" on its tractor trailers. the unit saves $100 a day.
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"Hopes to fulfill the Global Transpark's promise are looking brighter." Mark Pope is President of the N.C. Global TransPark Economic Development Region. the park has one of the longest runways on the East coast. Plans are currently underway for developing the north side of the runway.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 43 Issue 11, November 2023,
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