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Gibsonville mayor, Leonard Williams, discusses his life, his decision to enter public service, and his plans for the town moving forward.
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Emerald Isle Town Manager, Frank Rush, discusses the town's plans for hurricanes and the importance of developing an emergency operations plan so officials can react when a storm strikes.
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Lexington, North Carolina mayor, Newell Clark discusses his workout routine, diet, and how the community became involved in his recreational activities.
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4.Storied past leads to bright future by Wells, Jessica Southern City Vol. 65 Issue 3, May/June 2015
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23848
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Fish harvesting in the 1950s put Beaufort, North Carolina on the map, but when the industry collapsed town officials turned to historic preservation and tourism for economic stability. Beaufort's current mayor, Richard Stanley, discusses his past and present work to sustain tourism in the coastal town.
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Mount Airy's mayor, Steve Yokeley, describes how the town has bounced back since the closing of the textile mills in the 1990s and how the loss of historic preservation tax credits could present obstacles to further development.
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The town of Wake Forest has grown and improved over the past decade. Community events, the historic downtown, a new bus system, and new businesses have helped maintain a sense of community and improved the town's economic standing.
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In the summer of 2013, Wilson will begin providing one of the fastest internet services in the country through Greenlight, a municipal-owned fiber optic network. There are only forty-two communities in fourteen states across the country that offer fiber optic connectivity, and North Carolina has two of them--Wilson and Salisbury.
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Ferd L. Harrison, who was mayor of Scotland Neck for thirty-eight years and who served as president of the North Carolina League of Municipalities in 1970, died June 27, 2013. He was the first League president from a municipality with a population of less than 25,000.
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It is an honor for a state to have a city named an All-American City. This year's competition in Denver had twenty finalists. North Carolina had three chosen to receive the award--Dunn, Garner, and Thomasville. The award recognizes projects that solve community problems. This year the contest spotlighted projects that honor veterans and their families.
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Housing North Carolina Awards recognize affordable housing developments that can serve as models for other communities. Criteria include affordability, design, contribution to the community, and other features, such as services for residents. The six winners for 2013 are East Village (Monroe); Smith Farm (Winston-Salem); The Enclave (Winston-Salem); Park Terrace Apartments (High Point); Wesley Heights (Taylorsville); and Village Crossing (Greensboro).
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The North Carolina Association of Municipal Clerks' Clerk of the Year Award was presented to Jenny Larson, Town Clerk of Fairmont, at their recent state convention. She has been the town clerk since 1998.
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Latimer B. Alexander, IV, High Point mayor pro tem, was sworn in as the new North Carolina League of Municipalities' Board of Director's President for 2011-2012 at the League's annual conference last October. A native of Statesville, Alexander and his wife have lived in High Point since 1980. A small business owner in the furniture industry, he sold controlling interest in 2006 to one of his largest business suppliers. He still works for the company which does business as Latimer Alexander LLC.
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Housing North Carolina Awards recognize affordable housing developments that can serve as models for other communities. Criteria include affordability, design, contribution to the community, and other features, such as services for residents. The winners are Choanoke Area Development Association of North Carolina, Inc. (Rich Square); Allison Summit (Statesville); Gateway Village (Gastonia); Tanglewood and Bermuda Run Apartments (Warsaw); Hunters Hill (Winston-Salem); and My Sister Susan's House (Greensboro).
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Five-time Tony award-winning costume designer and Seaboard native, William Ivey Long, has plans to help the local economy of his town. Backed by celebrities from music, film, fashion, and Broadway, and North Carolina notables, he founded the Eastern Seaboard Trust. The trust is an umbrella, non-profit charged with spurring economic development in the town. Porter-Rockwell recounts what has been accomplished under the program and what is in the future.
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As utility costs rise, many cities across the state are swapping out traditional mercury-based streetlights for newer, more modern lighting, light emitting diodes (LEDs). The author examines some cities, like Durham and Raleigh, which are making the change.
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