Encouraging investment in smaller North Carolina towns

PUBLISHED 4:00 PM ET Apr. 29, 2021
PUBLISHED 4:00 PM EDT Apr. 29, 2021
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MOUNT AIRY, N.C. — When Lizzie Morrison graduated from Mount Airy High School, she never thought she’d live in the small town again.
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Over the past 50 years, more people have moved to North Carolina’s urban centers, leaving rural areas
Over the past decade, Lizzie Morrison has helped bring public art to downtown Mount Airy
She hopes more young people stay in smaller towns, and says it’s easier to move the needle and make connections than in larger cities
“I thought that I would move far away,” Morrison said. "Part of the reason that I chose Auburn University was because of the distance that it is from Mount Airy.”

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