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3763
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Job-site safety programs teach employees that staying safe on the job is the bottom line. Program effectiveness is seen in the statewide decline in workplace accidents and in the almost thirty percent drop in the cost of employer- paid insurance premiums.
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3764
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Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina, the state's largest professional organization for independent insurance agents, is marking its one hundredth anniversary in 1998. Reforms the organization has promoted include mandatory auto liability insurance.
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3790
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Some people see investing in independent films produced in the state as a way to garner large profits. Points to consider before investing include reading the script, understanding film financing, and knowing how the completed film will be distributed.
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3791
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Once dependent on the textile and tobacco industries, Rocking ham County looks to diversification to improve its economy. Among the largest employers are Miller Brewing Co. (beer), and Burlington Industries (home fashions). Abundant educational opportunities are available, and two fine hospitals serve the county.
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3792
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Reidsville's Chinqua-Penn Plantation is Rockingham County's main tourist attraction. Built in the 1920s by Betsy and Thomas Jefferson Penn, the 27-room mansion is a blend of gardens, architecture, and works of art.
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3793
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No matter how quickly highways are built to and around cities, they soon become alarmingly crowded. Such congestion increases the acceptability of mass transit to commuters. Upcoming projects include the Triangle Transit Authority's 35-mile regional rail system and extending passenger train service to the western part of the state.
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3831
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Eddie Pope of High Point is one of the country's best professional soccer players. A star player in high school, he later played at UNC-Chapel Hill and was chosen for the 1996 Olympic Team. In 1997, he was named the U.S. National Team's player of the year.
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Arthel \"Doc\" Watson of Deep Creek has been blind since the age of one. This has not prevented him from making music for over fifty years. His flatpicking style has brought a new role to the acoustic guitar in American folk music. He is a winner of five Grammy awards and is much sought after for performances.
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3833
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Martin Lancaster was appointed president of the North Carolina Community College System in 1997. His background as a state representative and U.S. Congressman provides good experience in dealing with the General Assembly in matters of funding to improve the system's out-dated equipment and to boost teacher salaries.
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3834
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Before the 1990s, visitors came to Brunswick County to enjoy the beaches and seaport towns. Now the sport of golf has arrived and thirty-one courses, plus five more under construction, make the county a major golfing hub.
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3835
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After years of taking a conservative approach to offering business incentives to relocating companies, and losing out to other states in competing for Mercedes and Motorola, the state is now into incentives in a big way. Some $133 million brought Federal Express to Greensboro and $152 million encouraged Nucor to build a steel mill in Hertford County.
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3836
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A feature of the Economic Opportunity Act provides new tax credits for businesses that create jobs in blighted urban areas. About fifty cities in the state, including Greenville and Kinston, have identified areas of this type.
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3837
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In the 1960s, Scotland County had few manufacturers. Now, having made investments in its infrastructure and also having a large, well-trained labor force, the county's industries manufacture electronics, mobile homes, and golf grips.
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3838
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Once a quiet crossroads community, Cary is now the state's seventh-largest municipality, with a population of 85,000 and major companies, including MCI and Siemens. Howard S. Johnson, who has been Cary Chamber of Commerce president for twelve years, has played a pivotal role in this transformation.
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3839
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A number of promising businesses fail to attract investors partly because of the low number of venture capital firms and the value of the funds. In 1997, the state ranked 16th nationally, with $202 million in venture capital invested. California was first with $4.9 billion. The state's largest sixteen funds are listed.
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