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5063
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Cities across the nation have decided to do something about racism and the harm it inflicts. Since 1999, about 250 cities and towns have joined the National League of Cities' Campaign to Promote Racial Justice. Sixteen North Carolina towns have joined. Greensboro, Rocky Mount, and Hillsborough are profiled.
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5064
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As the state's population grows and urban sprawl continues, contact between wildlife and city life is inevitable. Hajian discusses what towns like Biltmore Forest and Nags Head are doing to deal with the problem.
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5065
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The Innovations in American Government Awards Program seeks to identify examples of creative problem-solving in the public sector. Selma, population 5,900, is the smallest North Carolina city to make it to the semi-finals. Past semi-finalists - Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Charlotte, and Asheville - were all much larger. While Selma did not reach the finals, officials are proud of their accomplishment. The prestigious award from the Ford Foundation gives each of the five finalists a $100,000 grant.
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5066
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Because of toxic algae, fish kills, and pollution in the Neuse River, the North Carolina General Assembly in 1995, mandated that cities and towns along the river reduce nitrogen content of their wastewater 30 percent by 2003. Sixteen towns formed the Lower Neuse River Basin Association to meet the challenge. Hajian describes how the association met the goal earlier, by January 2001.
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5067
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Only North America, Australia, and Antarctica do not have any foot-and-mouth disease. North Carolina officials, however, feel there is a threat that the disease could spread to the state. Hajian describes steps the state could take to combat it, including quarantines, road blocks, and disinfection stations.
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Jean Bailey, who has been city clerk of Rocky Mount for twenty-three years, was elected Second Vice President of the International Institute of Municipal Clerks at the annual conference in Kansas City in May 2001. Bailey will become the organization's president in 2003. The IIMC was founded in 1947 and currently has 10,000 members in North America and fifteen other countries.
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5141
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The All-America City Award, a program sponsored by the National Civic League and the Allstate Insurance Company, annually honors ten communities across the nation best exemplifying civic excellence. Fayetteville is North Carolina's winner for 2001. The city won the award in 1985.
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5142
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Gastonia is North Carolina's first municipality to receive certification \"for a new international environmental management standard for wastewater treatment operations.\" To receive certification, Gastonia developed a plan, called an Environmental Management System, which meets the program's 17 required standards. These include devising an environmental management program and training employees.
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Cary is North Carolina's first municipality to pipe treated wastewater to customers for cooling or irrigation uses. Titled Reclaimed Water Project, the program currently serves 354 residential and multi-family customers and 20 businesses. Its purpose is twofold: reduce wastewater going into waterways and reduce use of drinking water for watering lawns and flowers or washing cars.
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5184
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Cy Brooks has been a city manager for twenty-five years, holding positions in Mooresville, Morganton, Rocky Mount, High Point, and Wilson. Brooks reflects on his years of work in municipal government.
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5258
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North Carolina has a number of towns where neighborhoods that were once thriving have become neglected, rundown, and crime-ridden. Lail discusses what the cities of Wilson and Troy did to solve the problems of neighborhood blight.
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5259
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On September 11, 2002, many towns and cities across the state paused to remember the tragedy of the previous September 11. Lail describes a number of these events.
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5260
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First discussed in 1978, the Greenville Convention Center officially opened in May 2002. The structure has 74,000 square feet of meeting space and 40,000 square feet for exhibits. Exhibit Hall Managers, Inc. has signed a ten-year lease to manage the facility.
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5266
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The drought that began in North Carolina in 1998 is the most severe one the state has ever experienced. Many of the state's reservoirs, creeks, rivers, and aquifers are dropping. Lail discusses what the state and various communities are doing to cope with the problem and makes suggestions on how to save water.
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5267
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North Carolina is experiencing its worst drought ever. Statesville's water supplies are almost depleted. Lail discusses how this city, and the cities of Monroe and Roxboro, are dealing with this problem.
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