Now that I-40 traverses the entire state, communities must make a concerted effort to benefit from the highway, and must develop strategies for making the highway pay optimal dividends.
In order for major cities, like Charlotte, and regions, like Research Triangle Metropolitan Area, to actualize their potential, a sound strategy for linking land use policies and development with public transit services must be developed and implemented.
Wib Gulley, former mayor of Durham, offers his views concerning the Triangle Transit Authority, a regional public transportation agency for Durham, Wake, and Orange Counties.
The proposed global air-cargo complex should allow the state to maximize indigenous commercial growth, expand exports, and attract major investment from around the country and the world.
Tarboro used an imaginative combination of downtown revitalization and historic preservation to create new opportunities for economic growth and development.
Mavretic outlines the state's alternatives in providing for the equitable distribution of financial resources for infrastructure. Such alternatives are necessary because those rural counties most in need of infrastructure cannot afford it.
A small business incubator provides an environment that is conducive to the survival and growth of new and young small businesses. North Carolina views these incubators as viable economic development tools.
Stipe discusses the changes that have occurred in the preservation field over the last forty years, takes a critical look at the role of the federal government, and advocates more control on the local level.
The author attempts to provide empirical evidence of actual greenway use, and to place this in the context of the developers' prior expectations of use.