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Wendell's Mayor pro tempore, Jason Joyner paved the way for helping rewrite Wendell's local ordinances for making it legal to operate golf carts on city streets as well as fairways.
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"A perennial agricultural powerhouse, eastern North Carolina is turning new leaves. It's refocusing and expanding , cultivating assets to create a bountiful future." Greenville based NCEast Alliance identified work-force and entrepreneurial development as needs for its 20 county area. Todd Edwards of the Farmville Group cites the importance of interstate roads in the region.
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Murchison "Bo" Biggs is past president of the N.C. Free Enterprise Foundation. In December 2019, he was elected chairman of the Golden LEAF Foundation. Biggs is secretary-treasurer of K.M Biggs in Lumberton.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 40 Issue 2, February 2020,
p60-61
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"Mission Health, nestled in a city known for its beauty, filled its new $400 million tower (in Asheville) with 659 paintings, sculptures and other pieces of art created by local artists." As one of the state's largest collections of commissioned art, the assemblage represents a $750,00 investment by Mission Health.
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"Religion's declining influence forces N.C. spiritual leaders to rethink their institutions' roles." Brian Grim, president of the nonprofit. Religious Freedom and Business Foundation says the secular implication for the changing face of the church is profound owing to the sector's largely unnoticed $13 billion annual economic impact.
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"Agriculture and agribusiness account for 17% of all jobs in the state and an annual economic impact of $91.8 billion,according to state officials. Across North Carolina, farms are incorporating innovative practices to evolve as the agribusiness industry has over the decades." The North Carolina Food Innovation Lab is expected open in Kannnapolis in early March.
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Harvey Godwin Jr. is Chairman of the Lumbee Nation. He has constantly lobbied for Federal recognition of the Lumbees and beleives something might happen on that front before the 2020 election. North Carolina recognized the Lumbees as a Native American tribe in 1885.
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Prestage is owner of Prestage Farms in Clinton. This year, Prestage Farms and Prestage Foods will process 505 million turkeys and more than 1 billion pounds of pork. Prestage employs 2,800 workers and 475 contract farmers nationwide. Bill Prestage notes success of the business in its efficiency with regard to nutrition and environment the animals are in.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 40 Issue 2, February 2020,
p56-57
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"The civil right's pioneer's career is distinguished by his ability to negotiate and his commitment to public service." Now 91, Durham native Henry McKinley Michaux has served in the North Carolina General Assembly for more than 50 years.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 42 Issue 2, February 2022,
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Joshua Richardson of Cary has contributed his legal expertise in asssisting the 4,200 member Haliwa-Saponi tribr, located primarily in Hollister, gain federal recognition.
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"Star athletes help a Charlotte apparel designer reach the winner's circle after a slow start." Mitch Purgason, 29, creates suits featuring a tricolor Milanese buttonhole, which conventional suit manufacturers cannot duplicate.
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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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"Retirement living options abound across North Carolina, attracting newcomers and heavy investments from corporations and not-for-profit housing groups." north Carolina's 65-plus population is expected to grow by 56% by 2035.
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"N.C. A&T State University is poised to become a top-level research university under Harold Martin Sr., who became chancellor at the greensboro campus in 2006." Currently, the university enrolls more thatn 13,300 students. It is on the verge of being classified as a Research One Doctoral University
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The new head of Salem College, Summer Johnson McGee is seeking to revitalize the insititution founded in 1772. The new focus will be an emphasis on health related fields science technology, engineering and math. Declines in enrollment and financial pressures in 2018 have prompted the board of trustees to seek changes.
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