NCLM Volume 71, Issue 1, 2021

Southern City is a publication for and about North Carolina municipalities, published quarterly by the North Carolina League of Municipalities. Volume 71 Number 1 1st Quarter 2021 Executive Director & Publisher: Paul Meyer Editor: Jack Cassidy Writer: Ben Brown Writer: Scott Mooneyham www.nclm.org Southern City (USPS 827-280) is published quarterly for $25 per year ($2 per year to member municipalities, $1 for single copies) by the North Carolina League of Municipalities. Phone: 919-715-4000 Postmaster: Send address changes to: Southern City 434 Fayetteville Street, Suite 1900 Raleigh, NC 27601 Advertising & Design: Advertising Sales: Ronnie Jacko Design & Layout: Jon Cannon For advertising opportunities and deadlines, contact LLM Publications at 503-445-2234 or ronnie@llmpubs.com. ©2021 NC League of Municipalities All rights reserved. The contents of this publication may not be reproduced by any means, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of the publisher. PUBLISHED WINTER 2021 22 MARATHON RUNNER, PILOT, AND LOCAL LEADER—BILL DUSCH’S UNIQUE OUTLOOK GUIDES CONCORD’S EVOLUTION SC OITUYTHERN