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Tuesday, 29 July 2008 |
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From Daily Planet Staff Reports
Research economist Tom Tveidt offered what he termed “a very positive” prediction for the Asheville economy — noting that it should weather rough economic times better than many other places — during the Ninth Annual “Asheville Metro Economy Outlook” Diana Wortham Theatre at Pack Square in downtown Asheville on July 23.
Tveidt is director of the Asheville Metro Business Research Center, operated by the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, which sponsored the program.
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Tuesday, 29 July 2008 |
Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band was among the final musical groups performing at the 30th annual Bele Chere Festival late on the afternoon of July 27 on a stage on North Lexington Avenue in downtown Asheville. Around 300,000 people — 25,000 fewer than last year — attended what is billed as the largest street festival in the Southeast. Officials attributed the attendance drop to higher gas prices. City police said the crowd generally was well-behaved, with 41 arrests, mainly for drunken behavior. The three-day gala reportedly had a direct spending impact of $12 million and an economic impact of $18-$22 million. Asheville Daily Planet Staff Photo
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Tuesday, 29 July 2008 |
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From Daily Planet Staff Reports
Global warming is democracy’s greatest challenge requiring major changes in energy policies for the survival of human beings, local activist Richard Fireman told the Ethical Society of Asheville on July 20.
However, for nations like the United States, which he termed a corporate-dominated capitalist culture, juggling the public good with free enterprise presents a dilemma, requiring Americans to decided whether corporations should continue to operate solely for profit, or if the “public good” should supersede money-making in cases where environmental armageddon looms, he said.
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