“We are on the right track,” Smith said. “It’s just slow progress.”
Smith wants to see a push for self-guided tours downtown and the addition of some form of nightlife, antique shops and boutiques.
“I think if there were more businesses that were down here, and kind of the more unique, it could be more like New Bern [or] Kinston,” Smith said.
Jacksonville mayor Sammy Phillips remembers when downtown Jacksonville was one of the only places to shop in the city. A lot has changed since then as Jacksonville continues to grow outward, but not all hope is lost for reviving downtown.
Farmers, more than most, need to be future focused
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MICHAEL McCORMACK
Farmers, more than most, need to be future focused
It is truly shocking that Michael McCormack, Nationals leader and deputy PM, said â. Iâm certainly not worried about what might happen in 30 yearsâ timeâ with respect to setting a climate target (âNationals back farmers over climate stanceâ, 8/2). Farmers, those whom he is trying to protect now, will certainly be worried about what might happen to their land and their livelihoods in a short 30 years time.
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The Onslow County Board of Commissioners (BOC) will hold a public hearing at Monday’s meeting before deciding whether to sell a county owned shell building located at the Burton Business and Industrial Park to a California based contracting and design firm.
RQ Construction, LLC, which has a regional office in Sneads Ferry and is a Department of Defense contractor, has offered the full listing price of $1,450,000 to acquire the second shell building built at the industrial park to date.
The Onslow County BOC is expected to accept the offer for the building’s 18.8 acre site located at 723 Luther Midgett Dr. If they do, the transaction could be completed that week and RQ Construction would be bringing to Jacksonville an estimated 18 jobs of an average hourly wage of $16.