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‘Smart Growth’ Fever Hits Jackson County

RALEIGH — Travis Lewis traces his family’s roots deeper into Jackson County, N.C., than most of the wildlife and plant life on the land that proposed “smart growth” ordinances seek to protect. But the way Lewis and thousands of other landowners see it, their heritage and livelihoods appear to be of secondary consideration to most officials and environmentalists pushing revolutionary changes in the county.

Richard Wagner

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