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Governor Hunt established the Economic Development Task Force of the North Carolina International Commission to foster high tech exchanges with other countries. The state's first target is exchange with Israel.
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Currently there are fifty-three wineries in the state, with ten more expected in 2006, and another twenty in 2007. State winemakers face a formidable array of challenges: Pierce's Disease, grape root borers, Ph factors, Supreme Court rulings, the weather, budgeting, and marketing. Still, 600,000 gallons of wine, valued at $34 million, were produced and sold in 2004, making the state the twelfth largest wine producer in the country. Vineyards and wineries create around 835 jobs and have an economic impact of $79 million.
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At age 75, Rose Post has been a reporter on the Salisbury Post for over 51 years. She was a recipient of the national Ernie Pyle Award in 1989, and has won more awards than anyone else in the history of the North Carolina Press Association.
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William L. Roper, CEO of UNC Health System, is featured in NORTH CAROLINA magazine's executive profile. Roper was named to his current position in March 2004, after serving for seven years as dean of the University of North Carolina School of Public Health.
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North Carolina has created many initiatives to foster community development and small business enterprises, including the Capital Access Program and the new rural initiative, a $60 million public-private program.
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Dr. John Thomas, chancellor of Appalachian State University, has contributed greatly to the growth of the university.
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An interesting feature of High Point's economic base is the large number of family-owned businesses, over 150, that have been successful for over half a century. Seventeen of them have been in business over 100 years. Blackwelder discusses one firm, Mirro Products, which has been in business 70 years.
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Creativity and the imaginative entrepreneurial spirit are seemingly inexhaustible in Winston-Salem.
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A public education reform movement is currently sweeping the General Assembly. At issue is the role of the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) and whether DPI should decentralize and give local school boards more authority.
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North Carolina state treasurer Harlan Boyles' new book, KEEPER OF THE PUBLIC PURSE, is both a history of public finance in the state and a solid set of recommendations for improving the efficiency of the state government.
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Cherokee County, the state's most western, has long been attractive to tourists. As agriculture continues to decline, a strong labor force of over 10,000 attracts industries, including Lee Apparel, Levi Strauss & Co., and Clifton Precision.
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Rusine Mitchell-Sinclair is the senior state executive for IBM's operations in the Research Triangle Park--the largest IBM site in the world--and the company's other locations across the state. She also serves as vice-president of strategy and implementation of the company's Global IT Delivery division, which helps IBM's clients run their technology systems and data centers in this country and around the world. Mitchell-Sinclair is featured in NORTH CAROLINA magazine executive profile.
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Robert Beasley is director of administration for Raleigh's Mallinckrodt Specialty Chemicals Co., the world's largest producer of acetaminophen, the key pain-relieving ingredient in analgesics such as Tylenol.
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Bivins discusses the sixteen counties that comprise the North Carolina Northeast Partnership. The region extends from the Outer Banks westward to Halifax County and southward to Beaufort and Hyde counties. SITE SELECTION magazine named the area one of the top ten economic development organizations in the nation. While the area is historically significant, it generally has not prospered through the years because of its agrarian landscape, sparsely populated communities, and sheer remoteness from the rest of the state. With improving infrastructure, transportation upgrades, Internet access, and expanding agribusiness and commercial investments, the area is seen as a region on the rise.
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Pat Henry was offered a medical school scholarship, but chose a career in business instead. Today, she is plant manager of the Miller Brewing Company's facilities in Eden.
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