Q2 FutureWork prosperity tour.

• Position: Scene Setters: North Carolina's movers and shakers

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Stops in Statesville and Southern BHH Pines were part of a statewide tour that began in May and ends this month by the Institute for Emerging Issues at N.C. State University. The bus tour is designed to come up with solutions for a predicted loss of 1 million jobs due to automation.

Photos by Coco Keevan

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Julia Wilson from and Flora of GL Wilson Building Co. and Carol Johnson of Mitchell Community College,

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Donnie Charleston, left, of IEI and Southern Pines Councilman Jim Simeon.

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Anna Magnum of N.C. State's Industry Expansion S Pat Carso of Moore County Partners in Progress.

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