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29684
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Three years ago, disabled Air Force veteran John Mahshie opened Veterans Healing Farm in Hendersonville, North Carolina. The healing farm supports veterans in the transition from military to civilian life by building community relationships and learning new skills, such as permaculture gardening and animal care.
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Northwest North Carolina is a region of small communities and many assets, including the native-born, rural and independent citizens. In order to find solutions for strictly local problems, the communities do not turn to Raleigh for help but have developed the Northwest North Carolina Development Association. This volunteer organization, established in 1954, evaluates problems and cooperatively seeks ways to turn them into opportunities for community development.
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We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 14 Issue 7, December 1956, p4-5, 24, por, map
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31450
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The neighborhoods of Biddleville and Smallwood were once divided along racial lines. Now new and old residents are reinventing them together.
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31483
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Campmeeting is a long-standing tradition in rural Southern communities, a time when people gather to enjoy the simple pleasures of church services and singing. Goldie Kale describes campmeeting at Ball Creek Campgrounds in Catawba County, where people have gathered each August for 127 years. A highlight of the two-week session is the Saturday night songfest, led by gospel singing groups.
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Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 14 Issue 9, Sept 1982, p10, il
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31668
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The Hoke County Forum was a series of public programs designed to involve citizen participation in a review of the problems confronting the county and its sole community of Raeford. It was sponsored by the Raeford Women’s Club, with the support from the North Carolina Committee for Continuing Education in the Humanities. Some of the major problems addressed by the forum included recreation, race relations, the family, land use and controlled growth, and the authority of local government.
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Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 6 Issue 6, June 1974, p6-16, por
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31737
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The communities of Goldston, Drake, Cofield and Newfound have come together to solve problems in rural water systems, rural housing development, litter, and other local needs. These “community resource development” programs are becoming more prevalent across North Carolina, as citizens organize to improve their communities.
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Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 4 Issue 9, Sept 1972, p8-9, il
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31989
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Citizens of all races are coming together in the Scotts Community in northwest Iredell County. The Scotts Community Development Club, an African American group sponsored by the county extension office, and the Scotts Extension Homemakers Club, a group of white homemakers, combined forces to form a third organization called Scotts Recreation Center, Inc. The center is now providing a more than adequate facility for fun, recreation, cook-outs and neighborly get-togethers.
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Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 3 Issue 2, Feb 1971, p20, por
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34443
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Charles Robinson, a native of west Charlotte, is helping the community by opening shelters for the homeless and mentoring through Team TruBlue, an organization that works with children in schools. Robinson has cultivated a grassroots network to respond to community crises, violence and crimes.
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