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Regional Briefs: Mountain shifts to nonprofit status
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Published: November 2, 2009
GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN -- A mainstay of Western North Carolina tourism is making a transition from attraction to a portion of a foundation.
Grandfather Mountain Inc. announced yesterday that the attraction famous for Mildred the Bear and the Mile High Swinging Bridge is now an arm of the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation.
The Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation is a nonprofit corporation established to preserve Grandfather Mountain, operate the nature park in the public interest, and participate in educational and research activities.
All proceeds from the sale of attraction tickets and souvenirs will be reinvested in the mission of the foundation.
Recession's effect on blacks explored at Duke-UNC summit
CHAPEL HILL -- A summit at Duke University and the University of North Carolina will address whether the recession has disproportionately affected blacks.
The African-American Economic Summit was held yesterday at the Chapel Hill school and will continue today in Durham.
Discussions planned covered topics including housing, education, labor, wealth, health and incarceration as they relate to blacks and their communities. After each day's discussions, experts will meet privately to draft policy recommendations that will be sent to Gov. Bev Perdue and President Obama.
The summit is sponsored by UNC's Institute of African-American Research and Duke's Research Network on Racial and Ethnic Inequality.
Gov. Aycock's boyhood home restored, reopened for tours
FREMONT -- The boyhood home of former N.C. Gov. Charles Aycock is ready for visitors again.
Aycock was governor from 1901 to 1905. His house in Fremont had been closed to the public since a January 2008 fire.
A celebration yesterday marked its reopening for tours. It also will mark the site's 50th anniversary and the 150th anniversary of Aycock's birth.
Aycock is known for his education reforms. But his speeches supporting white supremacy have been scrutinized in recent years since research into the 1898 race riots in Wilmington.
In 2006, a state panel concluded that white supremacists overthrew government officials in New Hanover County by killing and terrorizing blacks. It was the only recorded coup d'etat in U.S. history. Up to 60 people died in the riots.
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