Full Name: Chris Lawson
Date and Time: 6/6/2001, 8:29 PM
Comments: Dear City of Baghdad c/o Sign the Guestbook
Pass this e-mail to every Baghdad/Iraqi Website on the Internet!!!!
This e-mail is about helping us create a new Little Arabia community right
here in Goldsboro, North Carolina. It is growing very fast...
For the Arabian Community to invest and help us build and create a Little Arabia Community
here in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Many Arabian families are moving in and bringing a
little bit of their culture. Soon we will have the 1st Annual Wayne County, North Carolina
Arabian Festival in (Goldsboro, North Carolina)
This e-mail will be very helpful for the Beirut people and US! Your Baghdad Businesses
& Baghdad Cultural Centers will do great here!! If you know any who is interested in
restoring a syangogue call (919)-734-1111 (Look for the extension for David Weil, Weil
Enterprises) or e-mail ahleder@earthlink.net
which is Mr. Arnold Leder. This is a historical synagogue and is the 2nd oldest synagogue
in our state of North Carolina. It was built in 1886. If you know any Baghdad Jews who
would be interested, please contact these 2 people!!
APV Baker a big industry in Wayne County, NC might go out of business here. If you know
any in Baghdad who are interested in working at APV Baker, here is the following
information
Main Office 1200 W Ash St. Goldsboro, NC (919)-735-4570
Personnel 1200 W Ash St. Goldsboro, NC (919)-736-4573
Receiving 1200 W Ash St. Goldsboro, NC (919)-736-4537
Shipping 1200 W Ash St. Goldsboro, NC (919)-736-4309
The following information will be very helpful for the Baghdad people and US!!
Here are a list websites that will be very helpful for the Baghdad people:
http://www.ci.goldsboro.nc.us/ http://www.waynehealth.org/ http://www.esn.net/ http://www.goldsboro.net/ http://www.newsargus.com/
http://www.newsargus.com/classifieds/index.html/
http://www.esn.net/pacc10/index.html/
http://www.goldsboro.com/
http://www.bytebackinc.com/
http://www.esn.net/hart/ http://www.hbsystems.com/ http://www.samirsystems.com/ http://www.goldsboroonline.com/ http://www.waynecountyedc.org/
http://www.dgdc.org/ http://www.esn.net/waynecounty/ http://www.seymourjohnson.af.mil/
Also with Wayne Community College they also have base classes too if interested!! They
also have a great list of jobs available at the base,
ACTION temporaries
Goldsboro
2419 E. Ash Street
P.O. Box 1312
Goldsboro, NC 27533
(919)-734-2111
1-800-344-TEMP
Goldsboro Office Availability Line (919)-734-2168.
Please call and leave your name and phone number each day you are available for an
assignment!
Goldsboro Flea Market Information 2102 Wayne Memorial Dr Goldsboro (919)-735-6505
Office (919)-736-4422 or Toll Free Dial 1 Then 800-282-3532
Berkeley Mall Goldsboro's Mall
Mall Management Office at (919)-778-4616 or FAX (919)-778-8556
& the Downtown Flea Market & Auction 217 N Center St Goldsboro call them at
(919)-734-0641
Many of the Arabs here are from Yemen, and Lebanon, and other Arab nations!! There is a
girl I know at my Wayne Community College who is Gujarati and misses her Gujarati Culture
& Gujarati Heritage..Maybe you can help us..
In fact most of the Arabian families own most of the businesses on William
Street and Slocumb Street. There will soon be a Little Arabia District!! I am a
dreamer! There are also a lot of Hawaiians here in Goldsboro, North Carolina too!! There are a few Pakistani, Palestinian, Armenian, Turkish, Persian, etc. Maybe
you can help us. We would love to learn about Baghdad Culture & Heritage..There
use to be a Lebanese/Syrian Club here in Goldsboro, North Carolina because of so many
coming here, maybe in the future it will open up again!! There is also a Egyptian Coptic
family here who also miss their culture and heritage. There is a Armenian who has been
here in Goldsboro, North Carolina who owns a frame and art shop, and has been here for 20
years and was voted the best in Wayne County, North Carolina. Bring some more Baghdad
Businesses & Baghdad Cultural Centers, I know there are a lot of Armenians in Asia.
Tell them about him! His phone number is (919)-735-9128! Also there are a few Greek
familes here in Goldsboro, North Carolina who miss their culture and heritage. Maybe you
can help us..But I miss Baghdad Culture & Baghdad Heritage. Are there any Armenians in
Baghdad??
There are a lot of Chinese families here in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Majority are from
Hong Kong and mainland China, up to 150 families and still growing. Many miss their
Chinese culture and heritage. Maybe you can help us.. Your Baghdad Businesses will do
excellent here and along with Baghdad Cultural Centers, and people will learn and enjoy as
well...I can already see a Little Hong Kong Section here in Goldsboro and even Little
Chinatown or Little Baghdad!! There are a lot of families from Korea, Lebanon, India,
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and a Sikh family also a Parsi lady here in Goldsboro,
North Carolina! People do not know how to fun! Your Baghdad music is beautiful!! There are
a few Hispanic families from Central America, South America, and the Caribbean familes
here in Goldsboro, North Carolina..
I have some more important information that will be very helpful for the Baghdad people! I
live the subdivision of Deerwood here in Wayne County, North Carolina USA! We have some
houses for sale and a spot of land for sale here in Deerwood, here is the list:
(919)-751-1942; (919)-778-4139 & (919)-778-3300 These 3 phone numbers are houses for
sale in the subdivision of Deerwood. The last phone number is land for sale here in
Deerwood, here is that phone number (919)-751-8550!
I have two more important websites for houses for sale here in Wayne County, North
Carolina. Enjoy...
Thank you and I wish the Baghdad people good luck here in Wayne County, North Carolina in
the wonderful U.S.A.!!
I am writing from Goldsboro, North Carolina in! the United States of America. I have some
websites that will be very helpful for the Baghdad people of and US!! Here is the list:
(This organization does business with thousands of international companies around the
globe. Many have been very successful in boosting our economy and bringing excellent jobs
for workers! Your Baghdad businesses will do excellent here). The other website is This
organization helps restore old buildings in our downtown area, you can invest in this
property and use it for Baghdad businesses & Baghdad Cultural Centers too!). Your
Baghdad businesses & Baghdad Cultural Centers will do excellent here and people will
learn and finally enjoy life once again. We would like to learn about Baghdad's history,
languages, religions, foods, dances, etc.
Also I have a few more websites that will be very helpful for the Baghdad people and US!
Here is the list: This website has excellent choices for jobs and employment services. The
other website is: (We need well-educated doctors and nurses in every medical field!) &
www.carolinaturkey.com Their phone number should be on the website.
Thank you and your people shall do excellent here.
Chris
P.S. Write back as soon as possible!! Also I have another important address that will be
helpful for the Baghdad people:
Chamber of Commerce of Wayne County
308 N. William St.
P.O. Box 1107
Goldsboro, NC 27533
(919)-734-2241
Fax: (919)-734-2247
e-mail:johnp@waynecountychamber.com
John S. Peacock, Pres.
I have one last website that will also be helpful:
& one last one:
I have a very important article that will be very helpful for the Baghdad
people and us! Here is the article: Updated on Sunday, January 14, 2001 12:04:35
AM.
Wayne needs more industry sites, EDC told ATLANTIC BEACH -- Wayne County is running out of
products to sell in the fast-paced, competitive game of
industry recruitment, consultants say. And it's time to build up the inventory. The
products are industrial sites -- land and vacant buildings the county can use to attract
companies. "You need sites in a hurry," said consultant Robin Spinks of
Greenfield Associates. "There is very little product in your inventory right
now."
Ms. Spinks and Mary Lilley of Greenfield Associates in Wrightsville Beach have been taking
stock of potential industrial sites in Wayne County under a $10,000 study
commissioned by the Economic Development Commission. The consultants, who are often
hired by companies to find sites, presented their preliminary findings
during an EDC retreat Friday. The weekend retreat was the first one by the EDC in three
years. It was held at Atlantic Beach, with 27 government, education and business leaders
in Wayne County attending. The consultants recommended that the county! prepare four
types of sites to attract companies: one with 500 or
more acres, one with 100 to 500 acres, one with 50 to 100 acres and several sites of 5 to
50 acres. The consultants found nine potential sites, all of which are vacant land:
Two are in northwestern Wayne, one with about 500 acres and another with about 200
acres. One is south of Pikeville with about 350 acres. Three are west of Goldsboro,
ranging in size from 100 to 250 acres. One is at Grantham with about 375 acres. One is
between Goldsboro and Mount Olive with about 130 acres.
And one is south of Mount Olive with about 100 acres. The exact locations were not
revealed to the public, because the study is still under way. No property owners have been
contacted, and neither the EDC nor the county commissioners have decided to act on the
recommendations. But those attending the retreat seemed receptive to the idea. The
sites would serve as alternatives to ParkEast ! Business and Industrial Park off Martin
Luther King Expressway.
Economic leaders say different types of property are needed to attract companies that are
not interested in being in an industrial park or that may want to be in a park that has
fewer restrictions than ParkEast. The sites could become industrial parks, or they could
stand alone. "Economic development is selling," Ms. Lilley said. "You are
selling product, and your product is your site." The message of having
industrial sites isn't new to EDC members, who have been told the same thing over and over
by state officials and by visiting company representatives. But the problem comes
with finding land suitable for industrial development and getting the amount of investment
needed to prepare it. Land with all the amenities that companies want, like sewer and
water lines, highway access
and natural-gas service, is not easily found in rural Wayne, Ms. Spinks said. The land
should b! e close to utility lines. And most important of all, it must have fast access --
now, or in the future -- to Interstates 95 or 40. All of the potential areas are close to
existing highways or future ones like the future
U.S. 117 and the proposed U.S. 70 Bypass. Companies also want to be away from residential
areas, to avoid potential conflicts, Ms. Lilley said. Only about
one-third of the county has zoning, which means that in most of the county, people can
build whatever they want, where ever they want.
Many companies are reluctant to build a plant where residential development could grow
near them, Ms. Lilley said. They foresee neighbors complaining about noise, traffic or
other problems. The consultants said the nine sites are far enough from residential areas
to avoid conflicts.
Some county leaders have pressed for zoning that would provide orderly growth and preserve
potential industrial sites. Without zoning, the other option to ! buy enough land to
provide a buffer between the business and surrounding property, Ms. Spinks said.
Then comes the problem of how to obtain the land. So far, the county commissioners have
been the lead organization in funding industry-recruitment projects. One possibility is
for the county to buy the land like it did with the back portion of the ParkEast Business
and Industrial Park.
Ms. Spinks said another way may be to take out options. This works by the county paying a
certain percentage of the price of the land. The property owner gets the rest of the money
when the property is sold to a company. The
property owner also agrees to let the county market the land to industry. Ms. Spinks
recommended that the county take out options for at least five years with automatic
renewals.
The county could also obtain a letter of intent from the land owner guaranteeing the
property's sale. But some companies are uncomfortable with that, she said! .
Once the property is available for sale to companies, it must be prepared. Companies want
land that is ready to be built upon, Ms Lilley said. That means conducting surveys,
preparing maps, soil tests and other preparations. It costs about $50,000 to prepare each
site. The county can get state grants to pay for it, she said.
But the bottom line, the consultants said, is that companies expect cheap -- or free --
land and buildings. And once they own them, they want to be able to act fast to construct
a new building or to move into an existing one. "They're in a hurry," said Ms.
Spinks. "And they want to be able to get it as cheap as possible." These
community leaders attended the two-day, EDC retreat at Atlantic Beach: >From Wayne
County government -- Arnold Flowers, county commissioner and EDC member; Borden Parker,
county attorney; Ken Gerrard, county commissioner and EDC member; Efton Sager, county
commissioner; Connie Price, planni! ng director. >From Goldsboro government -- Chuck
Allen, city councilman and EDC member; Hal Plonk, mayor; Lee Worsley, assistant city
manager; and Richard Slozak, city manager. >From Mount Olive government -- Town Manager
Ray McDonald; Mayor Louis Pate; Commissioner Ora Truzy;
and Paul Smalley, town commissioner and EDC member.
>From the chambers of commerce -- John Peacock, president of the Wayne Chamber; Patti
O'Donoghue, executive director of the Mount Olive Chamber; and Dave Quick, Wayne Chamber
member.
>From the EDC -- President Joanna Thompson; Dr. Ed Wilson, EDC chairman and president
of Wayne
Community College; Jimmie Edmundson, EDC member and member of the state economic
development board;
Dr. Bill Byrd, EDC member and president of Mount Olive College; George Kornegay; Buddy
Pope; and Jimmie
Ford.
>From Seymour Johnson Air Force Base -- Steve Wagoner, commander of the 4th Support
Group.
>From Carolina Power & Light Co. -! - Fred West, community relations manager, and
Dan Oliver, with Progressive
Energy.