Why am I reading a growth in Cumberland County in the Daily Tar Heel? Oh well, I’m not picky. The article covers the changes expected by the BRAC (Base Closure and Realignment Commission) and notes “Eleven counties and 73 municipalities surrounding Fort Bragg formed the BRAC Regional Task Force, which encourages economic development and addresses the challenges presented by the growth.” This region is supposed to expand by almost 41,000 people by 2013, and will include active-duty military, Army civilians, and all their families.
The Regional Task Force already has a Web site at http://www.bracrtf.com/. There’s an extensive amount of information here — unfortunately mostly in PDF format — and a PACKED community activities calendar.
Categories: Demographics · NC
Tagged: cumberland county, NC
I like The Rhino Times, but I’ll confess that this quote from a recent article gave me pause:
“There are about 97 different languages being spoken in North Carolina according to estimates from the state.”
Apparently the Guilford County Sheriff’s department is okay with English and Spanish, but after that doesn’t have much in the line of resources. A grant is going to let the department experiment with handheld translators that will broadcast phrases officers need to speak — but the translators only cover 40 languages. Are we still 57 languages short?
“Sharon Harrison-Pope, grants manager for the Sheriff’s Department, said about 36,000 Guilford County residents – roughly 8 percent of the population – speak a language other than English as their primary language.”
Spanish, right? Not necessarily…
“… some of the more popular recent additions to the county’s language menagerie were Vietnamese, Laotian, Korean and Farsi.”
Categories: Demographics · NC
Tagged: languages, NC
Categories: Demographics · NC
