Central Park N.C. Releases Podcast Exploring The Yadkin River's Economic Impact

RALEIGH, NC, October 11, 2012 (Press-News.org) Central Park N.C. (http://centralparknc.org/), a nonprofit organization designed to promote a new economy based on the sustainable use of natural resources in eight counties in Central North Carolina, has announced the release of a podcast with Executive Director Nancy Gottovi about the tremendous economic impact the Yadkin River provides to the state.

In the podcast, Gottovi talks about the Yadkin River's potential for providing employment opportunities, as well as energy creation and economic development if the state can recapture its usage rights to the river. North Carolina can use money generated by the dams on the Yadkin River to attract great businesses and put more than 30,000 people back to work. She offers insight into how citizens can bolster North Carolina's efforts to gain rights to the Yadkin River, and what the long-term effects on its water will be if the state cannot achieve this goal. The podcast is available for download at http://bit.ly/PSvuQV.

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"We now have an incredible opportunity for North Carolina to gain control of its natural resources and use them in a way that ensures that the state's citizens have clean and safe drinking water," said Gottovi. "Central Park N.C. believes the Yadkin River is a vital natural resource and an invaluable asset to the area's future. Conversations about water rights need to happen now in order to preserve something so near and dear to the hearts of North Carolinians."

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ABOUT CENTRAL PARK N.C.:
Central Park N.C. is a nonprofit organization designed to promote a new economy based on the sustainable use of natural resources in the eight counties in the center of North Carolina. Central Park N.C. focuses on the growth of small businesses and developing a strong and dependable regional infrastructure for the central region of North Carolina. In 2005, the organization launched the STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise to better serve the creative, agricultural and alternative energy sectors of the region's economy. Central Park N.C. hosts an annual gathering at the STARworks Center to discuss environmental stewardship, the critical elements of an emerging regional economy and utilizing the state's precious natural resources. For more information, visit the Central Park N.C. website at http://www.centralparknc.org.

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