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3050
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Passage of the 1993 state bond referendum approved $560 million for university system and community college construction. Projects include East Carolina University's Joyner Library expansion and renovation.
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3051
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C. C. Cameron of Charlotte, former chairman and CEO of First Union Corporation, was elected chairman of the UNC System Board of Governors in July, 1996.
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3052
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Paul M. Wiles, CEO of Carolina Medicorp, Inc. and Forsyth Memorial, the state's second largest hospital, oversees his group's transition from health care facility to managed care provider.
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3053
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Watauga County is the state's third largest Christmas-tree-growing county. The 1995 harvest of around 700,000 trees accounts for forty-two percent of the county's $34.5 million farm income.
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3054
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Convention facilities bring areas additional revenues and an opportunity to show off their communities. Projects for new centers or expansions are planned for Greenville, Hickory, Raleigh, and Cumberland County.
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Convention and visitor bureaus represent regions, counties, or cities in attracting pleasure or business travelers to their areas and in helping to arrange accommodations. A resource directory is included.
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3068
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Some of the state's industries, including furniture, textiles, and tobacco, have declined in recent years, but newer industries, including biotechnology, telecommunications, and auto-parts manufacturing, are rising stars in the state's economy.
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3069
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In 1988, McDowell County began focusing on growth management, education, tourism, and government services. Today unemployment is down to six percent, fifty percent of the workforce is in factory jobs, industry is moving in, and SAT scores are up.
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Thomas Day of Milton, a free African-American craftsman, handcrafted furniture during the 1840s and 1850s. His business, which employed twelve workers, included such clients as Governor David Reid and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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3072
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Sports are a large part of the state's economy. Professional football and basketball competes with minor league and college teams for fans' dollars. Now economic developers are seeking to bring professional baseball and hockey to Greensboro and Raleigh.
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Charlotte's Ericsson Stadium, home of the NFL Carolina Panthers professional football team, is a $187 million, state-of-the-art facility that is recognized as one of the best in the nation.
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The Fodderstacks, 4,200 feet granite peaks outside Highlands, have been preserved for future generations. The Nature Conservancy purchased the tract on which they are located for inclusion in the Chattooga Watershed protection program.
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3126
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On October 26, 1996, over 26,000 volunteers took part in NetDay '96. Eight thousand classrooms in 700 schools in 111 school districts were connected to the Internet. Without donations and volunteers, NetDay '96 would have cost the taxpayers $13.5 million.
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3127
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The retail industry is a large part of the state's economy, producing around ten percent of the gross state product and employing 625,000 people, or twenty percent of the workforce. In the last decade retail has created over 128,000 jobs.
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3157
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Meredythe Holmes is one of those persons able to pursue cherished interests: being of service to people through teaching; as president of Monarch Temporary Services, headquartered in Durham; and being an arts volunteer.
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