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| Title | "A Population and Economic Analysis of the Asheville Metropolitan Area the Western North Carolina Region That It Serves" |
| Alt. Title | Population and Economic Analysis |
| Identifier |
http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/housing_authority_city_asheville/series_26_publications/population_economic_ analysis/population_economic_analysis.htm |
| Creator | Metropolitan Planning Board of the City of Asheville and Buncombe County |
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| Subject Keyword | Asheville, NC ; city planning ; civic improvement ; Department of Housing and Urban Development ; economic projection ; economy ; housing ; Housing Act of 1954 ; Housing Authority of the City of Asheville ; industrial development ; industry ; manufacturing ; metropolitan area ; Metropolitan Planning Board of the City of Asheville and Buncombe County ; modernization ; revitalization ; service industry ; Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) ; tourism ; urban planning ; Urban Planning Assistance Program ; urban renewal ; Urban Renewal Administration ; Western North Carolina ; |
| Subject LCSH |
City planning -- North Carolina --
Asheville
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| Date | 1966 |
| Publisher | Metropolitan Planning Board of the City of Asheville and Buncombe County |
| Contributor |
Housing Authority of the City of Asheville |
| Type | text ; maps |
| Format | Book 8 1/2 " x 14 " |
| Source | D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, Manuscript Collections M2005.12.1-3 (Alfred J. Miller Collection) |
| Language | English |
| Relation | Asheville Model City Records, Special Collections, D.H. Ramsey Library, UNCA ; Housing Authority of the City of Asheville ..., D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, UNCA. |
| Coverage | 1950s-1960s: Asheville, NC |
| Rights | Any display, publication or public use
must credit D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of
North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the authors of certain items in the collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. |
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| Description | This publication is an extended technical report prepared by the Metropolitan Planning Board of the City of Asheville and Buncombe County. The report compares Asheville and, to a lesser extent, Western North Carolina, to other metropolitan areas in the state, and to North Carolina as a whole. Included are dozens of charts, maps, graphs, and tables that illustrate the manufacturing and service industry data, as well as demographic information. A source of much concern was the out-migration of both the young and the highly educated and skilled residents of Western North Carolina, an event that the authors believed had grave implications for the future of Asheville. The report found that Asheville and Western North Carolina seriously lagged behind other areas of the state, and the authors suggest multiple ways to improve the economy, industry, education, tourism, and appeal of the area. Among its recommendations is "Metropolitan Asheville should do everything possible to get people out of the areas of Western North Carolina which have no growth potential and will never have enough available jobs." The report closes by saying, "Metropolitan Asheville should break the bonds of extreme caution which have retarded and strangled it since the Great Depression. It should study and, where feasible, emulate the successful deeds and projects of other Metropolitan Areas and innovate new projects of its own." |
| Acquisition | 2007- |
| Citation | Alfred J. Miller Collection, "A Population and Economic Analysis of the Asheville Metropolitan Area and the Western North Carolina Region That It Serves" D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville |
| Processed by | Special Collections staff 2008 |
| Last update | 2008-08-12 |
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