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3059
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The exodus of businesses from downtown to shopping malls can be debilitating. The National League of Cities Downtown America program shows cities how to rebuild downtown areas. Monroe is one of the eleven pioneer participants.
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3067
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The Telecommunications Act of 1996 raises a number of issues for municipalities, including regulation of public rights-of-way, zoning for cellular towers, and taxing authority.
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3090
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Hurricane Fran's 1996 blow across the state brought not only destruction to a number of towns and cities, but also a swift response to the emergency by local governments.
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3091
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Dedication, ability, creativity, and leadership have earned eight state mayors Hometown Leadership Awards from the National Association of Towns and Townships. Towns include Cherryville, Kingstown, Holly Springs, and Canton.
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3125
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The North Carolina League of Municipalities conferred honorary membership on their late executive secretary, David E. Reynolds, who died September 24, 1996. Only twenty-two people have received the League's highest award since 1908.
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3193
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Ella Butler Scarborough, the new president of the North Carolina League of Municipalities, has an agenda focusing on annexation, public transportation, and building good communications with legislators and county commissioners.
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3194
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To combat West Greenville's crime problem, a police substation was opened there in 1995. Called \"Weed and Seed,\" for weeding out criminals and seeding better police/community relations, the program has increased community trust and reduced crime.
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3195
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Legislative issues that are of importance to municipalities in the 1997 General Assembly include the local sales tax on food, annexation, open meetings, and public transportation.
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3196
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The Hendersonville Police Department's web page was created by Police Chief Donnie R. Parks, who also manages it. The page provides protection tips, reports on recent incidents, and receives crime reports.
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3197
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Among Greensboro's approaches to educate people about pollution are Storm Man, a comic book hero who fights water pollution; a video like TV's JEOPARDY, which asks pollution questions; and a video of Revolutionary hero Nathanael Greene fighting pollution.
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3198
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A city can give its citizens an annual report, but it can't make them read it. Gastonia's answer was EXPO 96 at a local mall - two days featuring sixty booths of manned displays and demonstrations on city departments. Over 15,000 Gastonians attended.
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3201
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The Scottish Tartan's Museum in Franklin displays over 500 plaids of the Scottish clans. It is the only museum in the country that is recognized by the Crown Office of the United Kingdom.
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3202
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S. Ellis Hankins is the new executive director of the N.C. League of Municipalities. A practicing lawyer, Hankins worked for the league in a legal capacity from 1982 to 1994.
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3267
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Begun in 1990, the state's Solid Waste Management Trust Fund has awarded 118 grants totaling over $2 million to assist towns in waste reduction plans. Farmville in Pitt County used a grant to begin recycling office paper.
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3268
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Originating in a project to plant daylilies, the \"New Day in Lumberton\" program in 1996 won a National League of Cities James C. Howland Award for Urban Enrichment, for cities with a population under 50,000.
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