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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Forestry industry falls on hard times

January 19, 2010

By DIANA MAZZELLA
Staff Writer
Saturday, January 16, 2010

North Carolina’s forestry industry, the top manufacturing sector in the state, has shed thousands of jobs while some in the industry are faced with less work, according to the state Forestry Association.

In 2007, the industry had 103,168 employees in forest manufacturing areas that include logging, wood products, furniture and paper, according to a forestry association release. That number decreased to 82,780 in 2009.

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Chamber, DFA help area businesses

January 19, 2010

By Charlie Passut | Tidewater News

Published Saturday, January 16, 2010

FRANKLIN—Businesses in downtown Franklin and in the region are making preparations to survive and move forward without International Paper Co.’s Franklin mill, thanks to efforts by the Franklin-Southampton Area Chamber of Commerce and the Downtown Franklin Association.

“It’s going to be a different year,” Teresa Beale, executive director of the Chamber, said Friday. “We’re really going to have to ‘think outside of the box.’”

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