Business View Civil and Municipal l December 2022

22 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 12 art of the Inner Coastal Plain region of North Carolina, an area covered in rich, sandy soil that provides some of the state’s best farmland, Bladen County’s serene landscape, and coveted rural qualities support growth in all the ways that matter. Nicknamed the ‘Mother of Counties’—a moniker earned because of the 55 other counties that have been carved from its landmass since 1734—modern- day Bladen is synonymous with heritage and has a rich history. With several notable geographic features, including the Cape Fear, South, and Black Rivers, the Bladen Lakes State Forest, and some of the most well-preserved and intact Carolina Bays long- thought to be created by meteor strikes, Bladen County truly lives up to its motto ‘Mother Nature’s Playground’. “We have so many outdoor recreational assets here,” points out Terri Dennison, H CAROL I NA P WHAT: A diverse and growing community with development projects in the works WHERE: North Carolina with its county seat of Elizabethtown WEBSITE: https://bladennc.govoffice3.com AT A GLANCE BLADEN COUNTY, NC