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Research Triangle West: Bringing knowledge production to the western Piedmont

Posted on October 7, 2010
Categories: Cabarrus, Charlotte, County, Greensboro, Guilford, Kannapolis, Maps, Mecklenburg, Winston-Salem Tags: DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMY, NC A&T, NC Research Campus, Research Triangle Park, Transit, UNC Charlotte, UNC Greensboro, Wake Forest

In the early 1950s the not yet established Research Triangle Park (RTP) was pitched to Governor Luther Hodges as a cluster of “two medical schools, two engineering schools and a core of preeminent researchers in every field of science.” Hodges response: he called the presenter (a dean at NC State College) a “huckster.”[i] North Carolinians […]

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Main Street, downtown Monroe.

Gallery of Union County Photos

Posted on July 23, 2010
Categories: Gallery, General News, Union Tags: Community Development, Downtown Revitalization, Farmer's Market, Farming

Photos by Nancy Pierce

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Eagle Point Nature Preserve, Rowan County

Environment Gallery

Posted on July 23, 2010
Categories: Cabarrus, Chester, Concord, Gallery, General News, Rowan Tags: ENVIRONMENT
Apple Baking Company President Matt DeBoer, on the Apple Ugglies production line - Rowan Co.

Economy Gallery

Posted on July 23, 2010
Categories: Catawba, Charlotte, Gallery, Hickory, Mecklenburg, Rowan Tags: ECONOMY

Photos by Nancy Pierce

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Horses on the Anne Springs Close Greenway.

Gallery of York County photos

Posted on July 23, 2010
Categories: Gallery, General News, York Tags: Carolinas Urban-Rural Connection, Cultural Life
Falls Dam

Gallery of Stanly County photos

Posted on July 23, 2010
Categories: Albemarle, Badin, Gallery, General News, Stanly Tags: AGRICULTURE, Cultural Life, Farming, River
The courthouse in downtown Shelby.

Gallery of Cleveland County Photos

Posted on July 23, 2010
Categories: Cleveland, Gallery Tags: Cultural Life, Greenways, Nature, Quality of Life
Downtown Hickory

Gallery of Catawba County photos

Posted on July 23, 2010
Categories: Catawba, Gallery, Hickory Tags: Cultural Life
Lincoln County Courthouse, Lincolnton.

Gallery of Lincoln County photos

Posted on July 23, 2010
Categories: Gallery, General News, Lincoln Tags: Cultural Life
Shad fisherman on the Catawba River near Lancaster.

Gallery of Lancaster County photos

Posted on July 23, 2010
Categories: Gallery, Lancaster Tags: Cultural Life, Recreation, River