A Roundabout Route to Our Future in the Mountains
A writer advocates traffic circles as a cost effective solution to bottlenecks and environmental gains, urging intelligent growth and cooperation. The piece blends personal memories, local growth, and holiday mood, emphasizing acceptance of change, neighborly kindness, and patience for the future.
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Bubbles
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Broadband fiber could reshape western North Carolina towns
Before a law change, cities could use local tax revenue to spur private broadband. River Street, ERC and WestNGN back faster fiber as 100 Mbps speeds outpace copper and DSL. Leaders cite health care, remote work, and growth needs, with ERC offering public access and leasing fiber to providers.
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General Assembly
Conner
River Street
Laurel Park
Alison Alexander
Pisgah Drive
North Carolina
ERC
Alexander
Paul Hansen
Westngn Group
Westngn
Wilkes Communications
Winston-Salem
RiverStreet
Virginia
Jody Call
FCC
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