by Wadesboro | Apr 27, 2022 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. As a writer, I tend to be a tinkerer. I want to rewrite and rewrite forever and ever. That’s why I like writing this column every week for the Speckled...
by Wadesboro | Apr 20, 2022 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. The Easter pictures from Ohio in my family’s Facebook posts were of the winter wonderland variety; my hometown got three inches of snow over the weekend....
by Wadesboro | Apr 13, 2022 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. Economic developers have a long-running joke that if a community has absolutely nothing going for it – no infrastructure, no businesses, no skilled workers –...
by Wadesboro | Apr 6, 2022 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. It is common to see semi-trailers emblazoned with “Atlantic Packaging” chugging down U.S. 74 through Wadesboro. But I was under a...
by Wadesboro | Mar 29, 2022 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. It is surprising to some that a weekly column written by an economic developer rarely ever directly addresses economic development. The fact is, much of what I...
by Wadesboro | Mar 23, 2022 | Wadesboro
The author, John Marek, is a writer and executive director of the Anson Economic Development Partnership. On Feb. 15, 1978, Leon Spinks shocked the sports world, beating defending heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali in a nationally televised fight. Although...
