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24333
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The sleepy little town of Selma in Johnston County, North Carolina has become an overnight success as a result of its location on I-95. The town is exactly eight hours from both the New York-New Jersey population center and central Florida.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 13 Issue 4, April 1993,
p40-46, il
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36281
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An industry was given an opportunity to recoup a job loss of 90,000 in the redevelopment of North Carolina’s railroad system. Created in 1849 and spanning 317 miles, the development promises to spur growth for two major industries, railroads and manufacturing.
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Railroads; Railroads--North Carolina--History; Railroads--Models--Greensboro; Greensboro--Economic conditions; Guilford County--Economic Conditions; Randolph County--Economic conditions; Manufacturing industries--Greensboro; Manufacturing--North Carolina; Selma--Economic conditions; Johnston County--Economic conditions
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4460
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Selma in Johnston County once had a thriving retail center, but its downtown businesses were lured away by strip malls on highways and interstates. Attempts at revitalizing failed because no one wanted to be in downtown Selma. Then in 1997, town manager Bruce Radford found the key to filling the old buildings - antiques. Today Selma is a popular antiques destination, and the dying downtown has come back to life.
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4153
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Selma's business district had some stores, but many buildings stood unoccupied and rundown. Efforts to recruit service businesses were unsuccessful. Making aesthetic improvements and offering free rent failed to bring other tenants. Finally in 1997, a theme approach - antiques - was tried. Sixteen dilapidated buildings were offered rent free for a year. They were quickly occupied by antique dealers, who, surprisingly, bought and fixed them up. Selma has had twenty-two grand openings since January, 1998, and the dying district has comer alive.
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12625
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In addition to the farming depression spreading throughout Selma, neighbors were discouraged when their single textile plant closed. Bringing hope back to Selma, Braxton Wilson, chairman of the Smithfield Chamber of Commerce Industrial Development Committee, purchased the plant, selling it to a furniture development company. In the process of selling the old textile plant, Wilson built and sold another plant to an electronics firm. Now, Selma has two plants where before there was only one -- then none.
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