Eric Johnson, Author at The Assembly NC https://www.theassemblync.com/author/eric-johnson/ North Carolina's digital magazine on place and power Mon, 25 Aug 2025 14:22:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.theassemblync.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/cropped-TA_Mark_Black_Square-32x32.png Eric Johnson, Author at The Assembly NC https://www.theassemblync.com/author/eric-johnson/ 32 32 210991526 Looking Up in Chimney Rock https://www.theassemblync.com/place/chimney-rock-hurricane-helene-rebuilding/ Mon, 25 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.theassemblync.com/?p=53313 Eleven months after Hurricane Helene devastated the mountain town, tourists are trickling back. ]]>

Eleven months after Hurricane Helene devastated the mountain town, tourists are trickling back.

]]> 53313 Chimney Rock As We Know It is Gone. Long Live Chimney Rock. https://www.theassemblync.com/place/chimney-rock-mountain-towns-hurricane-helene-rebuilding/ Wed, 09 Oct 2024 17:16:01 +0000 https://www.theassemblync.com/?p=29197 Man looking at cracked roadTight-knit mountain towns face hard decisions about rebuilding after Hurricane Helene. ]]> Man looking at cracked road

Tight-knit mountain towns face hard decisions about rebuilding after Hurricane Helene. 

]]> 29197 The Short Track to the Governor’s Mansion https://www.theassemblync.com/politics/mark-robinson-governor-ace-speedway/ Wed, 26 Apr 2023 17:58:13 +0000 https://www.theassemblync.com/?p=6911 Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s official announcement that he’s entering the 2024 race at Ace Speedway was an appeal to a certain kind of nostalgia.]]>

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s official announcement that he’s entering the 2024 race at Ace Speedway was an appeal to a certain kind of nostalgia.

]]> 6911 Apple’s Big Bite https://www.theassemblync.com/business/apple-big-bite/ Wed, 05 May 2021 15:11:13 +0000 http://www.theassemblync.com/2021/05/05/apples-big-bite/ The tech giant’s proposed RTP campus, and its quieter investment in the foothills, demonstrates the unsettling power of global companies to shape a state like North Carolina.]]>

The tech giant’s proposed RTP campus, and its quieter investment in the foothills, demonstrates the unsettling power of global companies to shape a state like North Carolina.

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