Sitting in the basement café of the Regulator Bookshop in Durham, Rose-May Guignard explains why she wants to move to the Triangle as soon as she can. She’s in town for the weekend visiting friends, which she’s been doing as much as possible. There’s a buzz of energy in the room, and it’s coming from […]
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We’re No. 6
Raleigh-Durham rates high on author Richard Florida’s list of regions in the Creative Economy — sixth, right behind Seattle and well ahead of New York. We’re No. 1 in Florida’s Talent Index, though talent is simply defined as having a bachelor’s degree. It’s one of three things, along with technology and tolerance, that make a […]
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Cities work on their resumes
Competition is fierce among cities that want to attract companies, especially in high tech. When a company relocates, it hires a corporate relocation consultant who chooses between an average of 15,000 contenders (and that’s just in the U.S.). In his work at UNC’s Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, Jim Johnson, a professor of management, helps […]
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Live from Raleigh, Southern Village and Around the Corner
A black umbrella sat on the old beaten up sofa in the corner of the Internationalist Bookstore. A long antenna was connected to its top; a set of cables connected the antennae to a black metal lunchbox decorated with a white skull and crossbones. Inside, a small radio transmitter, battery, and mini-mixing board were turning […]
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Unreconstructed
The opening scene of She’s Gone Country: Dispatches from a Lost Soul in the Heart of Dixie (Vintage Books, 288 pp., $13 pb.) pretty much sets the tone of Kyle Spencer’s entire quasi-fictionalized memoir. In it, she describes herself sitting at pig pickin’ in the backyard of a mansion, a party held in her honor […]
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Lookout
Our guide was none too pleased to be booked for a sailing trip on the Fourth of July, what with the amateurs plowing through the waters. Beaufort’s marina was packed exactly one day of the year, and this was it. My family and I braved the busy waters for a private sailing trip to Cape […]