Carolina Public Press reports:
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Julie V. Mayfield, executive director of the Western North Carolina Alliance, has been appointed by Gov. Beverly Perdue to serve on the state’s influential Mountain Resources Commission (MRC). ...
The MRC was created in mid-2009, when the North Carolina General Assembly passed the Mountain Resources Planning Act with broad bipartisan support. The bill stated that the purpose of the measure was “to encourage quality growth and development while preserving the natural resources, open spaces, and farmland of the mountain region of Western North Carolina.”
The Mountain Resources Commission is composed of 17 appointees from mountain counties who represent a broad range of interests – local government, mountain Councils of Government, the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area, the North Carolina National Parks, the Parkways and Forests Development Council, the tourism industry and the land trust community. ...
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