10Thor Daily Tar HeelThursday, October 2, 1986
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Dy LEE ANN NECESSARY
Staff Writer
A recent decision to relocate
fashion shows from Charlotte to
Greensboro will generate approxi
mately $100 million for the down
town Greensboro area by the end of
the 1980s.
This decision by the 20-member
Carolina-Virginia Fashion Exhibi
tors, a Charlotte-based women's
apparel trade group, will go before
1lerChart
Contempory Fashions for
Men and Women
University Mall
On Thursday, November 6th,
you're invited to join
and a distinguished group of musicians headed by
Charlotte's award-winning composer, Loonis
McGlohon, in celebrating the North Carolina
400th 1 This special program of music and
remembrances of the Old North State has been
hailed by Governor Martin as "a great artistic
accomplishment" and "a labor of love." So make
plans now for
Thursday, Nov, 6 at 7:30 p.m.
memorial Hall, UNC campus, Chapel Hill
Join Charles, Loonis and
musicians and singers in
ana treasures oi our state.
. . .and help North
brighter future
aisunguisnea career.
All proceeds from this preformance will be presented to the
okhooi oi oociaj wont toward tne establishment of a
chair in that School to be named in honor of Charles father,
Wallace H. Kuralt, Sr., whose career as director of Welfare
Services in Mecklenburg County is well known.
BE ONE OF THE "400"
Special seating has been nlanned for 40n
benefactors and patrons,
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friends following the performance. Momentos of
the evening will be presented to reception
attendees.
Benefactors $1,000 and more (call for further information)
Patrons $50 each fsoecial reserved seatm.
Sponsors $25 each
Students $5 each, tickets available
For further information call the UNC Development
Office 962-2336 in Chapel Hill.
To obtain tickets and make donations, call
TICXXET DEPAnTESSOT:
In Chapel Hill 929-0413 In Charlotte 332-9185
In Raleigh 790-0725 Elsewhere in N.C. 1-800-642-7001
In Durham 688-5127 Outside N.C l-ftm.M.9fiQ
Visa and ESasierCerd accepted
the general membership at a meeting
in October.
If the board's decision is passed,
five women's trade shows will be held
in Greensboro beginning in January
1989, each running Friday through
Tuesday. It is estimated that 4,000
extra people will be in the downtown
Greensboro area on the weekends
because of the shows.
The Carolina-Virginia Fashion
Exhibitors currently have 600
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a wonderful group of
recalling the heritage
Carolina to a
in honoring a
who will also receive
from Student Union nrt ai
members who sell women's clothing
and accessories at the Carolina Trade
Mart in Charlotte, The Tri-States
Children's Market and the Men's
Apparel Club of the Carolinas also
hold their shows at the Charlotte
Merchandise Mart, five miles away
from the Carolina Trade Mart.
In 1961, all three shows were held
at the Charlotte Merchandise Mart.
Due to a disagreement in show dates,
the women's group left this mart in
1971 and moved into the Carolina
Trade Mart.
Recent problems, including
limited parking and small office
spaces, spurred the women's group
to look to the Triad cities, after
conducting a survey to find prom
ising new areas that would fit their
needs. They narrowed their choices
to Greensboro and Winston-Salem,
after both cities put together prop
osals including new marts, better
parking facilities and a commitment
to promote the trade shows.
The major factor in choosing
Greensboro was the "proximity to
major textile manufacturers commit
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to a report in The Greensboro News
& Record.
John Connaughton, an economics
professor at the University of North
Carolina at Charlotte and coordina
tor of a study involving the Charlotte
apparel shows, said, "Greensboro
promised the women's apparel group
more than Charlotte (did)."
In a study he worked on six
months ago, Connaughton estimated
that, altogether, the apparel markets
bring an estimated $383 million to
Charlotte over a five-year period.
Because the study was conducted a
few months ago, Connaughton said
he could not estimate how much
Charlotte stands to lose with the
departure of the Carolina-Virginia
Fashion Exhibitors.
Other factors that may have
influenced the group's decision to
move was the enthusiasm and sup
port of the local textile executives in
Greensboro and the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro.
According to the News & Record
article, the UNC-G department of
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clothing and textiles will conduct
fashion merchandizing and other
educational programs in cooperation
with the apparel group.
Yet, many fear that the division
of the markets in North Carolina will
send buyers to the competing fashion
market in Atlanta, Ga.
Atlanta's market has shown con
siderable growth in the past few
years, and according to Con
naughton, "Atlanta has a whiz-bang
operation.
"The reason for the growth of
Atlanta's market is due to its city and
county's cooperation with each other
to help build up the apparel market,"
Connaughton said.
But Connaughton said he believes
the market's being located in different
cities will not affect the Charlotte
market. He disagreed with the com
plaint that the Charlotte shows were
losing business because they were not
held simultaneously.
"The Charlotte shows benefit from
having the shows at different times,
because the city can handle the
crowds better with the shows going
on at different times than if all three
shows were going on at once,"
Connaughton said.
The project Greensboro has pro
posed includes a $62 million exhibi
tion hall, $10 million parking garage
and 12-story office and showroom.
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