Business Beats Season 1

Business Beats: Season 1 Episode 9: Dec. 1- Dec. 5, 2025

By Staff Report, posted 3 months ago

Episode 9 is lookin' fine! We recap the ongoing Fayetteville PWC "Don't Drain Our Future" campaign, including a recent public hearing held in Fayetteville, NC where residents all gave comments in opposition to a proposal to remove 6.17 million gallons of water a day from the Cape Fear River Basin. We also give a recap of our final Power Breakfast of 2025 featuring the North Carolina Secretary of State and Carolina Small Business Development Fund as guests!

 

 

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