Hunt Sees Big Growth For Triad Development
Joseph M. Hunt Jr., chairman of the State Highway Commission, forecasts a major industrial boom in the Piedmont Triad. He urged cooperation among Guilford Forsyth Davidson and Randolph counties and cited Raleigh Durham as an example of regional teamwork. Hunt highlighted Friendship Airport expansion and Anheuser Busch brewery plans in Jamestown as signs of growth and urged leaders to support utilities expansion across the four counties.
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Piedmont Triad
Joseph M. Hunt Jr
State Highway Commission
Hunt
Triad
Raleigh-Durham
Friendship Airport
Anheuser - Busch
Jamestown
Greensboro - High Point
Winston - Salem
Guilford
Forsyth
Davidson
Randolph
Officials Hear North Piedmont Highway Improve Plea
Representatives from High Point Thomasville and a Davidson County rural area urged the State Highway Commission to widen and improve key routes in the northern Piedmont. They cited 311 Eastbelt and the need for better signing and a Greensboro High Point Airport link among proposed projects.
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Chambers of Commerce
High Point
Thomasville
Davidson County
State Highway Commission
Piedmont
Martin
Eastbelt
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
W. Green
Davidson
Guilford
Greensboro High Point
Finch
Thomasville Furniture Industries Inc
Cheir City Chamber
Wet Weekend Forecast in High Point Area
The Friendship weather center predicts a wet weekend for the High Point region with cloudy skies and cool nights. Tonight's rain chance is 20 percent, Saturday 40 percent, and Sunday looks cloudy with rain likely. highs near 70 today and Saturday, with lows around 50 tonight.
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High Point
Friendship Weatherman
Street construction to begin this summer in High Point
City traffic engineer R V Moss says two major projects are definite for summer with another likely. One-way Hamilton Wrenn extension north from downtown to Westwood Avenue includes Wrenn to Parkway and a new route toward Westchester Drive. Wrenn will carry southbound traffic and Hamilton northbound.
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Forrest Cates
High Point
R. V. Moss
Mhamilton-Wrenn Streets
Moss
Westwood Avenue
Wrenn
Parkway
Hamilton
Westchester Drive
Westwood North
Woodrow Avenue
E. Ray Avenue
N. Main Street
Elm Street
Johnson Street
Elm
Morris Street
Johnson
Tanyard Road
Oakview Road
Pointer Drive In Theater Closing for Remodeling
New management has closed the Pointer Drive In Theater on Greensboro Road after its sale to North Carolina Theaters Inc of Charlotte. The firm plans extensive renovations including landscaping, new eating facilities, a playground, and a marquee, with the Center in High Point serving as a model for the revived drive-in showing the same film type. An engineer began site studies this week as the project proceeds.
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Pointer
North Carolina Theaters
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Highway Commission
Emerywood
Thomas S. Harrington
Reidsville
Guilford County
George L. Hundley
North Carolina
Bill Ingram
Commission
John McNair
Carl Renfro
Chip Faircloth
High Point Enterprise
George Hundley
Tom Harrington
Joe Hunt
Jerry Parrish
Robert Martin
High Point Chamber
Tom A. Finch
N. Main
M.hamilton
N.wrenn ST
N. Wrenn ST
Snider
Civic
N. Hamilton
Mary
APTS
Colonial
Wrenn-Hamilton
Bay Street
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