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Bladen County and Elizabethtown have worked together for years to spur economic development with help from a local nonprofit aimed at bringing jobs and increasing the local tax base.

But new plans for a mixed-use development of homes and businesses have strained the three-way partnership, raising questions about the project and future collaborations at the Elizabethtown Industrial Park.

Bladen County gave Elizabethtown $100,000 toward the design of a 30-acre “live, work, play” project that initially called for about 20 single-family homes for sale, seven commercial facilities and an amphitheater to accommodate 5,000 people. READ MORE