Main Street NC: Star's quest to replace 100-year-old infrastructure
About this episode
This episode is the fifth installment in our Main Street NC series from the WUNC Politics Podcast.
Dozens of small towns across North Carolina are struggling to replace aging, often failing water and sewer infrastructure. The upgrades are needed to attract industry and residents back to places where textile and manufacturing plants have closed down.
The tiny town of Star in Montgomery County, near Asheboro, is leading the way in addressing the problem -- securing more than $35 million in state and federal funds to replace water lines that break often as well as its water tower and sewer treatment plant. To hear more about Star's plans for what its leaders hope will be a bright future, powered in part by an arts complex, WUNC spoke with Star Mayor Bill Hudson and Town Commissioner Ray Mims.
Get every episode summarized
Each time WUNC Politics publishes, we email you a written briefing from the transcript — the topics, who appeared, and any specific claims, with the ad reads skipped.
Email me new episodesFree for 3 shows. No card needed.
Hosts & guests
No transcript yet
This episode has not been transcribed. Request it and it moves to the front of the queue.
More episodes
More from WUNC Politics
How Research Triangle Park became an economic juggernaut
WUNC Politics
Big changes for state workers and government hiring
WUNC Politics
Catching up with Rufus Edmisten at 85
WUNC Politics
A six-year-old's death prompts new child welfare safeguards
WUNC Politics