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Believing it is better to spend a little money now than a great deal later, the General Assembly created the Clean Water Trust Management Fund in 1996. It is independently run and funded yearly; it grants monies to local governments and nonprofit conservation groups that seek to protect the state's water resources. To date, $92.5 million has been given out. A list of projects funded is included.
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Wisconsin Tissue, a subsidiary of Richmond, Virginia-based Chesapeake Corporation, will build a $160 million paper plant in Halifax County. The new plant will produce napkins, place mats, and paper towels. Initially employment will be 155 and 800 when the plant becomes fully operational. The county is one of the state's thirteen most economically distressed.
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Charlotte's new Seventh Street Station is a nine-story, $20 million building, with parking for 1,600 cars. The garage, which responds with soft, melodic tones when people touch parts of the walls, was designed in part by Christopher Janney. Janney is also the creator of the Sonic Plaza at Joyner Library on the East Carolina University campus.
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4053
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Architect Charles Gwathmey of New York is the designer of the new 42,000 square foot St. John's Museum of Art in Wilmington. A $4 million gift from the Bruce B. Cameron Foundation and an eight-acre site worth $2 million, donated by the Cameron children, made it possible. There is still $4.5 million to be raised. Completion date is set for the year 2000.
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Carolina Tractor & Equipment Company, now in its seventy-third year, is one of the country's oldest Caterpillar dealerships. The Charlotte company has been run by the Weisiger family for three generations. Edward I. Weisiger, Jr., is the current president and CEO.
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