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Allegra Westbrooks (Mar 16, 1921 – Apr 26, 2017) was a librarian in Charlotte Mecklenburg Library and the namesake for the Allegra Westbrooks Regional Library branch. [1] She first worked in Charlotte Mecklenburg Library's segregated library branch, the Brevard Street Library for Negroes.
The Nantahala Regional Library was founded May 1, 1937, when the Murphy Library Board entered into a contract with the Tennessee Valley Authority to provide library services at the construction site of Hiwassee Dam. The first regional librarian was hired at that time. The NRL started operation in the Carnegie library building in downtown Murphy ...
Johnston County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.As of the 2020 census, the population was 215,999. [1] Its county seat is Smithfield. [2]Johnston County is included in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC Combined Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 2,368,947 in 2023.
“A lot of the hotel development occurred in the ’80s and ’90s, so newer hotels are always appealing,” said Cary’s town manager.
Cary is linked to areas both in and out of North Carolina via the east–west running Interstate 40, the north–south running U.S. 1, and the east–west running U.S. 64. [163] State highways in Cary include NC 54, NC 55, and NC 540. [164] [165] [166] Another major route in the town is the Cary Parkway. [167]
A new mixed-use project is now part of the lineup for a fast-growing corridor of west Cary.. Heritage Capital Partners, a real estate private equity company with offices in Raleigh and Charleston ...
In 1936 the library employed its first professionally trained librarian, Miss Edith Montcalm Clark, who served as Director of Rowan Public Library for 36 years until 1972. [5] Ms.Clark was the person who made the library from cataloging the book collection to physical expansion of the library into Spencer, China Grove, Faith, Landis, and Rockwell.
North Carolina (/ ˌ k ær ə ˈ l aɪ n ə / ⓘ KARR-ə-LY-nə) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia to the southwest, and Tennessee to the west.