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<br /> Serving the communities of Randolph County Vol. 47, No. 3
<br /> Asheboro, N.C.
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<br /> IY na!'tieritag "to review the Randolph County
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<br /> ;,� ,,.�,F,_, ,,F ' , :..a recommendations to the Board of
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<br /> •+'. `-;� =' County Commissioners concern-
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<br /> , � `� ing actions to take that would
<br /> The Randolph Guides new A-t Pl. �.tt enable Randolph County to pro
<br /> machines. R�M� R Susan Smith
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<br /> g ' ' t0 County tourism director
<br /> County Planning Director Hal
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<br /> :x, y i e Johnson chaired the meeting and
<br /> a " "" '' '' ' s'= 4. tones that have been completed
<br /> e a t t 4 -''' ' �^ ' r told the members present that p
<br /> Guade ;�x 1 j , ,Aa �' :fin local "growth has been tremen- and given to the commissioners.
<br /> �� 1D ^yY !R $eagrpy> =1 r dous..since 1994, over 62,000 Smith said the heritage tourism
<br /> y T eIHeritage; l'ea individual development permits inventory has identified five
<br /> ;� =t 4 have, been issued. If heritage tourism zones with 27 .potential
<br /> SlXiftin. ' .. .• . g � ,� _-'� ;`-.�a lfr �['+4, '� :��..; ��� important, there
<br /> tourist sites. The five zones� resources are p
<br /> ® a, wont be many generations left to include the . Farm Land
<br /> ♦ ®®� address these issues. Now is the Preservation District in the north-
<br /> ,/�/ h 1. Goat Lad Dairy 11. Purgatory Mountain Trail time to address these resources." east quadrant the Deep River
<br /> 'Deep River cooridor y y g ry '
<br /> 2. Raising Meadow Farm 12. North Carolina Zoo Johnson told the task force that . National Heritage Corridor,
<br /> No, those splashes of yellow
<br /> you see sprouting across the 3. Sandy Creek Baptist 13. Gollyhorn Springs Randolph County is the first Purgatory Mountain, Seagrove
<br /> Plank Road tbUte Church 14. Plank Road county selected by the state to Heritage Area, Uwharrie Trail
<br /> county are not jonquils. They're t� 4, Salem Mil Village 15. Seagrove f aiuerie,s conduct a heritage towism inven- Area- and Ridges Mountain
<br /> the new vending machines for 5. Randleman Mill Village 77. Balfour graveyard tory. He introduced Susan Smith, Natural Area in the western part
<br /> The Randolph Guide Indian trading trail
<br /> The vending machines are 6. Cedar Falls Mill Village 18. Uwharrie Trail executive director of the of the county.
<br /> another part of our commitment 7. Franklinville Mill•Village 19. Strieby Church Randolph County Tourism "Heritage tourism is the fastest
<br /> to upgrade and improve our '"'' =:ti Tourism areas 8. Ramseur Mill Village 20. Pisgah Covered Bridge Development Authority, and Joan , growing facet of to
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<br /> community newspaper, The 9. Coleridge Mill Village 21. Ridges Mountain Pugh of 'the Piedmont Land stated. '
<br /> tate . ."People want a tea experi-
<br /> Randolph Guide. 10. Richland Creek Herb Farm 22. through 27. Campketreats Conservancy to review the inven- See HERITAGE on page 8A
<br /> The vending machines, or
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