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29179
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Recently, Hamlet, North Carolina was chosen as the backdrop for a new film because its buildings and Main Street date to the era needed for story. Hamlet, and many other places, are making millions as filmmakers and actors utilize towns, landscapes, and actors from the state.
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29181
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There are 69 programs in six departments of North Carolina's state government that deal with poor, quantifying to $3 billion annually in state funds. In addition to the quantifiable costs of poverty, there is concern that the state's poverty rate is preventing recruitment of new industries, especially in rural areas that need them the most.
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29183
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More than just a game, golf is big business for North Carolina. Golfers can play at more than 420 courses across the state, with an explosion of new courses to come. Although course construction varies across the state from $200,000 or more, developments are popping up from the mountains to the coast.
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29203
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Panthertown Valley, nestled between the resort towns in Jackson and Macon counties, North Carolina is a scenic and ecological wonderland with cliffs and valleys, harbors and headways, endangered species and trout streams. The natural marvels of Panthertown Valley are under the watchful eye of North Carolina's chapter of the Nature Conservancy, and with the cooperation of the Duke Energy Company has been added to the Nantahala National Forest.
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29212
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California and Massachusetts may boast high tech corridors, but North Carolina is rapidly becoming a hotbed of high-technology research and development. Fiber optic cables, digital networks, super computers, and software are all being manufactured in North Carolina, making the state's national and international contribution to industries such as telecommunications top of the list.
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29214
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In Rose Hill, North Carolina, Murphy Farms, the world's largest producer of pork, has become a multi-state and multi-million dollar company. Across this sprawling operation in Duplin County, pigs are housed in state-of-the-art facilities and raised with modern technology.
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29215
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The economic impact of Interstate Highway 40 is highly anticipated for those in six counties that the highway traverses between Raleigh and Wilmington, North Carolina. Along this corridor, residents are hoping for widespread growth in jobs due to tourism, retail, and other services.
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29218
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Whether it is chairing the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce economic development division, lobbying for the Carolina pro-football team, chairing at an investment banking firm, or developing the University Research Park, Seddon 'Rusty' Goode, Jr., is working to make Charlotte, and North Carolina, a better place to work and live.
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9.The Market Economics of Resource Recycling by Tuttle, Steve NC Magazine Vol. 49 Issue 6, June 1991
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29220
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Locomotive cars returning home from delivering coal usually do so empty. But now, they will be filled with compost collected from three North Carolina counties, and use to spread across where coal mining has stripped the land. This endeavor represents a marketplace development for the state, of turning trash into treasure and constitutes an achievement of the General Assembly's Solid Waste Management Act.
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29221
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Under North Carolina's Solid Waste Management Act 25 percent recycling goal, counties and municipalities are looking for examples and advice. One such example has been Mecklenburg County, whose recycling program is now ranked among the top 10 percent in the nation due to participation, activities, and amount recycled.
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29223
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Carteret County, who's Crystal Coast has attracted visitors for centuries, is growing thanks to continued travel and tourism. Along with tourism, commercial fishing is also thriving, as well as beach recreation, and various manufacturing ventures (i.e. boat building, phosphate, fiberglass, fish meal and oil, apparel, port facilities, and others).
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29232
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In the face of skyrocketing health care costs, officials in North Carolina's health care facilities and insurance companies are searching for ways to take the burden off the patient and the industry.
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29237
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J. Daniel Brock, Jr. has always known he wanted to follow in his father's footsteps to become an airline industry executive. Brock, Jr. made good on his word, entering the industry as the senior vice president of marketing for Piedmont Airlines in 1972, and now part of USAir operations in North Carolina, after their takeover of Piedmont in 1987.
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29238
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In 1992, the North Carolina General Assembly will have to redraw the state's congressional districts, and House and Senate districts to reflect ever population growth. Partisan politics and racial issues complicate the process along with constant Census updates.
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29239
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North Carolina State Secretary of Transportation Thomas J. Harrelson is dispelling myths about the state's Highway Fund and Highway Trust Fund, and the Department of Transportation, including funding cuts, programming constraints, and projects.
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