
{"id":10561,"date":"2010-05-20T12:33:19","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T20:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=10561"},"modified":"2010-05-20T12:33:19","modified_gmt":"2010-05-20T20:33:19","slug":"biz-beat-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2010\/05\/20\/biz-beat-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BIZ BEAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Margot C. Lester<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n Support your local producers and purveyors<\/strong><br \/>\nIt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no secret that folks around these parts love their food \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and the more local, the better. Happily, with summer bearing down on us, the region\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rich bounty is already showing up at local markets (farmers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and otherwise). We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re truly blessed with a bumper crop of great local providers and purveyors of incredible ingredients and delicious dishes.<\/p>\n<p>There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s good news this season for lovers of Locopops, tho sse tasty paletas made with lots of local ingredients: Owner Summer Bicknell has added distribution points in Orange County. Stop by one of the stores (at 231 S. Elliott Road and 128 E. Franklin St.) or pick up a pop at Carrboro Beverage Co. (102 E. Main St.), Matthew\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Chocolates (107 N. Churton St., Hillsborough) or Harry\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Market (3300 N.C. 54, White Cross).<\/p>\n<p>In other local food business news, Kevin Callaghan at Acme Food &#038; Beverage Co. launched Sunday suppers last weekend. Limited to 16 people, the five-course, monthly meal is based on ingredients Callaghan purchases at the Saturday Carrboro Farmers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Market. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153People want the authenticity of an actual farm-to-table dinner \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the sense that a real person grew the food and that a real person made it,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Callaghan explains. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Sometimes economic downturns are deeply connected to people feeling un-rooted to the world around them. This helps that.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also a help to local food producers. <\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The recession is very real to a lot of them,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Callaghan says. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I want to be able to highlight the diversity of the growers and let people experience the season at the table.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>The next Sunday supper is June 27. To find out more or to make reservations (which are required), call 929-2263.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nEasier parking<\/strong><br \/>\nThose of you who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been complaining about the lack of free and easy parking in downtown Chapel Hill and Carrboro may have to find something else to kvetch about. The recent opening of a new municipal lot at South Greensboro and Robeson streets has eased the parking situation in the Paris of the Piedmont. And the very-popular free valet parking on Chapel Hill\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s West Franklin Street will be extended eastward beginning June 1, easing the parking burden for visitors to the Southern Part of Heaven. A new valet stand is located in front of Kidzu Children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Museum (105. E. Franklin St.) and operates from 5 to 11 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday. Depending on demand, the valets will work till 2 a.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. For more information, contact the Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership at 967-9440 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/downtownchapelhill.com\/\">downtownchapelhill.com<\/a>.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nGreener car care<\/strong><br \/>\nWhile BP and its colleagues are still trying to cap the gusher in the Gulf, many concerned citizens are more actively seeking ways to reduce their dependency on oil. Chapel Hill Tire Car Care Center is doing its part by launching Environmentally Friendly Oil (EFO) changes featuring a synthetic blend made from re-refined base motor oil. The formulation conserves resources by requiring up to 85 percent less energy to produce than oil refined from crude. Make an appointment for an EFO change at <a href=\"http:\/\/chapelhilltire.com\/contact.html\">chapelhilltire.com\/contact.html<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Agents certified<br \/>\n<\/strong>Kelsay Berland, Rachel Leber, Buffie Webber and Jeffrey Weinstock, licensed real estate brokers with Keller Williams Realty in Chapel Hill, received the Certified Negotiation Expert designation. The certification goes to agents who complete formal training in the art of negotiation from Negotiation Expertise LLC, a national negotiation training and coaching company. These skills help real estate pros get better results for buyers and sellers. <\/p>\n<p><strong>State holds steady<br \/>\n<\/strong>For the second consecutive year, the Old North State ranked second on Chief Executive magazine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s annual list of best states for business. The publication surveyed 651 CEOs on business conditions around the nation, including proximity to markets and resources, regulation, tax policies, workforce quality, education resources, quality of living and infrastructure. Texas retained the top spot for the fifth year in a row; California was last.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a good thing for all of us in the Research Triangle region,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d says Brad Broadwell, Orange County\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s economic development chief. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The fact that the [area] has had great investment over the last two years \u00e2\u20ac\u201c $1.9 billion with over 10,000 jobs committed to that growth in 2009 alone \u00e2\u20ac\u201c speaks volumes. But what holds Orange County back from completing deals is the necessary tools, such as incentives, stream-lined permitting and site-ready [with infrastructure] land.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Support your local producers and purveyors; Easier parking; Greener car care; Agents certified; State holds stead<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[275],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10562,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10561\/revisions\/10562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}