Bringing a bit of Branson Down East.

PositionEASTERN - Developing entertainment complex - Brief Article

Entertainer Randy Parton teamed with local developer Michael Dunlow, the Northeast Partnership regional economic-development group and others to launch a 700-acre entertainment complex near Interstate 95 in Roanoke Rapids. Parton is brother of entertainer Dolly Parton. The first phase, to open in 2007, would consist of a $9 million, 1,500-seat music theater and a $14 million nautical theme park with an aquarium. Backers acknowledge they face skepticism but say they have patterned the project after a...

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