by Myra | Jan 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
By Mark Scott, director, Market MontGOmery Chamber & Tourism • One morning on the way to work I heard about a tourist spot in Northern Ireland that is so popular they’re limiting visits to 180 tourists a day so the land doesn’t get trampled and ruined. The day...
by Myra | Jan 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
By Bob Tedder • “No Such Thing as a Free Gift: The Gates Foundation and the Price of Philanthropy” by Linsey McGoey is a massively researched amalgamation of data, interviews and selected reasonings all designed to skewer one of the world’s fastest growing industries...
by Myra | Jan 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
This year-in-review report was prepared by Town Manager Matthew Christian:
by Myra | Jan 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
By Mark Scott, director of Market Montgomery Chamber & Tourism • The Uwharrie National Forest is having an anniversary this month as it was designated as a national forest on Jan. 12 in 19?? (You have to complete the quiz below to find out what year.) The Uwharrie...
by Myra | Jan 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
By Bob Tedder • F. Van Wyck Mason’s “The Winter at Valley Forge,” published in 1953, is a landmark book on levels not necessarily connected to its content. Foremost, it really is a Landmark Book. There in the upper righthand corner of the book’s cover is the unique...
by Myra | Jan 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
By Mark Scott, executive director of Market MontGOmery Chamber & Tourism • Whether 2018 was a great year, mediocre year or bad year, everyone would like 2019 to be better. How do we make that happen? One of the most misapplied sayings in life is “No pain, no...
