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High Point Market wants to keep state funding

Money needed to promote furniture market, says Brian Casey

Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, February 25, 2009

RALEIGH, N.C. — The High Point Market's chief backer urged North Carolina legislators on Tuesday to continue contributing more than $1.36 million a year into marketing the furniture show, the Greensboro, N.C., News & Record reported.

Brian Casey, president of the High Point Market Authority, told the lawmakers that the funds are necessary to promote the market, which he said is a significant contributor to the state's economy. Rival shows, including markets in Las Vegas and Atlanta, are working hard to take a piece of the High Point business, he said.

But the market funding could be a tempting place for lawmakers to reduce spending as the state faces a budget deficit, the News & Record reported.

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