North Carolina's recipe for growth: regional profile. (Black businesses in the state)(The B.E. 100s)

Black Enterprise | June 1, 1996| | Copyright

Mix a booming banking industr, a biotech presence and an appetite for big-time sports with a legacy of black business, and you have the makings of the next hot mecca for business and career opportunities

TIRED OF TWO-HOUR COMMUTER TRAFFIC JAMS, high-priced housing and the stress of maneuvering in a big metropolitan city like Los Angeles, James H. Johnson Jr. jumped at the chance to relocate. A University of California geography professor, Johnson happily accepted a new post as endowed professor at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. It was an opportunity to ...

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