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CITY PORTRAIT

City Portrait: Washington
Eastern

City Portrait: Washington

In this beloved town at the heart of the Albemarle-Pamlico estuary, everything begins and ends with the water.

by Robyn Yiğit Smith
Tuckasegee Brings Opportunity for Bryson City's New Generation
Western

Tuckasegee River Brings Opportunity for Bryson City’s New Generation

For a new generation in Bryson City, the mountain river that once washed away whole homesteads is now the source of simple pleasures, natural wonders, and new businesses.

by Leigh Ann Henion
City Portrait: Salisbury
Central

City Portrait: Salisbury

In Rowan County, a few dozen working-class folks invested a little bit of money in a fledgling grocery store. Decades later, their investments were worth millions, and helped preserve their small town.

by Jeremy Markovich
greensboro flowers
Central

City Portrait: Greensboro

This Piedmont city wasn’t named for the lush foliage that lines its roadways — but it could’ve been. See Greensboro from its curbs, where streets and nature meet.

by Drew Perry

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