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May is National Historic Preservation Month and understanding the purpose is good for business and community.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation led the charge in 1973 to establish this recognition and many groups across the country celebrate the theme. Locally, the city of Cape Girardeau and Old Town Cape are actively involved in promoting the main ideas of instilling national and community pride, promoting heritage tourism, and showing the social and economic benefits of historic preservation.
We don’t have to search for local benefits of historic preservation efforts. They are obvious to us every day. Here are some examples.
Government’s plan to own and control all electronic data in South Africa – a nightmare for privacy
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The new Draft National Policy on Data and the Cloud raises alarming implications for data privacy and for increasing the costs of doing business, says Jacques Moolman, president of the Cape Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
Among other changes, Moolman said that the policy proposes sweeping new powers for state surveillance.
“Its declared intention is to give the government ownership and control of all electronic data generated in South Africa – by anyone and everyone – whether it is data held within the country or out of it,” he said.
Pack patience along with your sunblock when heading to Cape Cod this summer
Record house rentals and booming hotel reservations mean the Cape could be busier than ever this summer. Hereâs what you wonât want to miss.
By By Susan MoellerUpdated April 30, 2021, 8:15 a.m.
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A teenager does a handstand as the sun sets on Cape Cod Bay in Wellfleet.Stan Grossfeld/Globe staff/File
COME JUNE, Candace Bowen and her husband, John, will drive from northern Ohio to Eastham, to vacation in a rental house they rolled over from their canceled 2020 summer trip. Theyâll spend the next three weeks photographing sunsets at Rock Harbor, sitting on First Encounter Beach, grabbing a bite at Arnoldâs Lobster & Clam Bar, biking, doing jigsaw puzzles, hanging out with the kids and grandkids, and making their grown daughter listen one more time to that story about trying to eat Cape Cod sand when she was a child. After a year off, Bowen, a journalism professor at Kent
April 12, 2021
All we want, all everyone wants, is regular, affordable electricity.
WHEN it comes to electricity, all members of the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry, all the private sector wants, all the citizens of South Africa want is a safe, affordable, and regular supply of electricity,
At present that is not the case. There have been repeated delays by the Department of Minerals. Most frustrating of all is that for ten years the Cape Chamber has lobbied hard for actions that could have been taken then but were not. Whatever the reasons for this delay, none of them are a credit to the public service as a whole.