An update was given at the last city council meeting regarding the proposed and partially funded North Carolina Civil War History Center.
- Board of Advisors has changed the name to North Carolina Civil War & Reconstruction History Center
- Hired architect
- Archeological review in process
- Poe House has been purchased
- Phase 1 EPA study underway
- Obtained resolutions in support of the center from the North Carolina Board of Education and the North Carolina Secretary of Education
- Hired videographer
- Small ground breaking spring 2018 with the NC Secretary of Cultural Resources
- Meetings with private investors
- In 45 days have raised $300,000
- 200 jobs to be created with a 20 million dollar annual impact