Green power: no longer a pipe dream
By Michael Beadle
At first it sounds too good to be true.
Imagine being able to pipe methane gas from a landfill to heat greenhouses, run a biodiesel refinery, and power blacksmithing forges and art studios for glassblowers and potters.
Railroad right of way claim could stall business expansion
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer
A Dillsboro business owner’s recent attempt to purchase and develop land near the Great Smoky Mountains Railrod tracks has renewed a longstanding debate over railroad right-of-way issues and property owners’ rights.
Some question attempt to help only one business
Some Dillsboro merchants have questioned why town leaders based their entire application for flood revitalization money from the state on aiding just one business owner.
Dillsboro misses out on lion’s share of flood relief
It appears Dillsboro is getting the short end of the stick in state grant money intended to revitalize business districts that flooded during the hurricanes of 2004 that swept across Western North Carolina.
