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29376
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After 43 years practicing law, Ruffin Bailey of Bailey and Dixon, has a 25th floor view of downtown Raleigh. Bailey has worked his entire career in insurance and banking law and is recognized as one of the most influential lobbyists in North Carolina.
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“Come! Stay! Spend!†These three words are at the heart of the impact of sporting events on the state's economy. A list of the events that had the greatest total economic impact is included. Heading the list is the 2005 US Men's Open Golf Tournament at Pinehurst with an estimated impact of $124 million.
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29636
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In eastern North Carolina, meeting places and convention centers are big business and the offerings are numerous for the region. For example, the New Bern Convention Center provides an economic impact of $12.5 million a year for the city and Craven County. But even without large convention centers, meetings places in the region are also thriving, from hotels to college halls.
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29653
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Due to one of the state's longest and most severe droughts, North Carolina businesses have reduced their water consumption. New technologies for water recycling, low-flow faucets, and adjustments to irrigation systems are just some of the ways that companies have stepped up to save water.
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Trend-setting consumers are now interested in health and sustainability, and those in the market for North Carolina furniture are no exception. Along with encouragement from the Sustainable Furniture Council, furniture companies in the state are becoming more receptive to sustainability initiatives and environmental consciousness.
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In the westernmost part of North Carolina, entrepreneurship is growing strong. Thanks to the business climate, physical landscape, and congeniality of the people, the rate of entrepreneurial startups is the highest in the state. With the help of groups like AdvantageWest's Certified Entrepreneurial Community Program, local communities are able to attract small businesses to the region.
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In Greensboro, North Carolina a commitment to entrepreneurial opportunities has been incorporated into the Greensboro Partnership Entrepreneur Initiative. This initiative seeks to blend its local resources with national and regional programs to help entrepreneurs grow like other economic development endeavors.
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Curt Farmer is featured in this month's NC MAGAZINE's “executive profile.†Farmer, a graduate of Wake Forest University, is director of Wachovia Bank's Wealth Management division for the Carolinas and Virginia. He was recently promoted to executive vice president. He manages a team of about 220 wealth management professionals in 22 offices from Charlottesville to Savannah. Besides managing this team, he devotes 30 percent to 40 percent of his time to meeting with clients or courting prospective ones.
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The biggest economic development in southeastern North Carolina will also create and new industry for the area. The GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy plant in Castle Hayne, North Carolina will expand its operations to include laser technology in order to extract uranium.
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10233
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Davidson County is featured in this month's NC Magazine community focus.
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For one week every April and October the world's furniture manufacturers and retail buyers come to the High Point Furniture Market, the world's largest furniture expo. Business transactions are in the hundreds of millions of dollars, and the local economy benefits by $1 billion. Wood describes the strength of the state's furniture industry as it moves into the twenty-first century.
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29813
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In the face of proposed sweeping changes to health care in the United States, North Carolina's health care leaders discuss reform. CEOs, doctors, and researchers in the state's health care sector discuss what elements of change might affect North Carolinians, how North Carolina's organizations are prepared to handle changes, and how proposed changes are different to those of previous administrations.
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29660
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Although North Carolina is the home of some of the nation's largest banking leaders, there is still room for community banks across the state. Community banks in small towns are still an important part of banking in North Carolina, making money and investments while catering to locals and local businesses.
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29432
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In the 40 years since Tom Smith set his eyes on high goals, he has risen to the presidency of one of the nation's fastest growing supermarket chains: Food Lion, Inc. Based in Salisbury, North Carolina, Smith manages the business in terms of minimizing extra steps, expenses, and waste.
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10437
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Knowland discusses the increasing dropout problem in the state's high schools and programs that seek to reduce it. These programs include Communities in Schools of NC; Futures For Kids; North Carolina Business Committee For Education; North Carolina New Schools Project; Public School Forum Of NC; and SAS Educational Value-Added Assessment System.
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