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Oral history interview with Raymond Rapp, November 17, 2000 Interview K-0253. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007). Cover Image E-book

Oral history interview with Raymond Rapp, November 17, 2000 Interview K-0253. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

Interview K-0253. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) (other title)
Interview with Raymond Rapp, November 17, 2000 (portion title)
Rapp, Raymond. (interviewee). Amberg, Rob (interviewer). Southern Oral History Program. (Added Author). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project) (Added Author). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. (Added Author).

Summary: In this interview, Mars Hill mayor Raymond Rapp outlines his vision for planned development in Mars Hill and Madison County. He is seeking balance -- between the desire for a small-town feel and a big-town economy; between the need for routes in and out of the area and the need to preserve the environment; and between the insularity of a small community and the need to bring in new residents. Rapp is an optimistic and active manager who started small -- with the construction of a gazebo -- but aims to make Mars Hill the gateway to a thriving, but still naturally beautiful, area. The interview provides a valuable look at the way a community faces the prospect of growth as well as at efforts toward responsible expansion. By making Mars Hill attractive, Rapp hopes to lure new businesses and residents as well as to maintain an atmosphere that will encourage community solidarity and a small-town feel. The interview emphasizes how important extensive planning is in preserving towns against aggressive, wasteful, and ugly development.

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  • Edition: Electronic edition
  • Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2004.

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Duration: 01:34:24.
Interview participants: Raymond Rapp, interviewee; Robert Amberg, interviewer.
Text encoded by Apex Data Services, Inc. and Natalia Smith.
This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digital library, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection Oral histories of the American South.
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Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file) and audio (MP3); 2 files: 153 kilobytes, ca. 172.9 megabytes).
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Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series K. Southern Communities, interview K-0253, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Transcribed by L. Altizer, March 28, 2001. Original transcript: 44 p.
Funding Information Note:
Funding from the University of North Carolina Library supported the electronic publication of this interview.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Subject:
Rapp, Raymond Interviews
Mars Hill College.
Civic improvement North Carolina Mars Hill
Community life North Carolina Mars Hill
Landscape protection North Carolina Madison County
Mayors North Carolina Mars Hill Interviews
Rural development North Carolina Madison County
Social change North Carolina Mars Hill
Social planning North Carolina Mars Hill
Interstate 26
Madison County (N.C.) Social conditions
Mars Hill (N.C.) Social conditions
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