Record #:

3879

Author(s):

Wood, Suzanne M.

Abstract:

A decision by leaders of Laurinburg and Maxton to purchase at the end of World War II a military training center consisting of 4,500 acres and an airport impacts on the community's economy in the 1990s. Laurinburg/ Maxton Industrial Park now occupies 1,900 acres; runway expansions are attractive to current and relocating companies.

Source:

North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 56 Issue 9, Sept 1998, p44-45, il

Subject(s):

Airports; Industrial districts; Laurinburg--Economic conditions; Maxton--Economic conditions