A new study tells us that the number of older citizens in North Carolina will double by the year 2030. Tune into this upcoming edition of OPEN/net and we’ll talk about the impact of this growing population on public policy, public services and the state’s budget.

Tuesday
July 21, 2009
8-9p.m.

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Guests:

Ran Coble
Executive Director, N.C. Center for Public Policy Research

Mebane Rash
Editor of North Carolina Insight, a publication of the North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research

Dennis Streets
Director of the North Carolina Division of Aging and Adult Services

Charles Dickens
Speaker of the Senior Tar Heel Legislature

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