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I’m not from Raleigh. I moved here in March 2006 from Miami, FL. Before that it was San Francisco, before that San Juan, Puerto Rico and before that Boston, MA. Why should anyone care? Beats me. I just like mentioning it.

I DO think that being an outsider provides you with a fresh view of the surroundings and allows you to see things how they really are. Example: when I moved to Miami from San Francisco I was frankly disappointed at the amount of litter on the otherwise lovely South Beach. When I brought this up to friends of mine who had lived in Miami for years, they couldn’t understand what I was talking about … they saw past it. Maybe the exposure to the sun had burned out a the part of their retina that allows you to see trash on the ground, but I always thought it was interesting to see how people adapt to their environments.

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I want to thank Jack Barto and the great group of folks at the local Raleigh Score chapter. I had a great opportunity to present at one of their well organized SCORE events this past weekend. SCORE develops educational programs for people starting or currently running a small business. My hour presentation was an overview of online marketing tools, focused on some of the pitfalls to avoid as well as best practices.

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The Raleigh construction market is extremely competitive. North Carolina is facing unprecedented growth that is driving commercial and residential development. This makes finding an experienced and trusted residential remodeling and construction company a challenge.

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