Air Station Elizabeth City

U. S. Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City was commissioned on August 15, 1940 with four officers, 52 enlisted men and ten aircraft. The old Holowell Plantation near Elizabeth City was selected by the Coast Guard in 1938 for its potential strategic value as a seaplane base. During World War II, the Air Station was under U. S. Navy control conducting Search and Rescue (SAR), anti-submarine and training missions. Since then the Air Station's missions and assigned aircraft have shifted and grown with changing national priorities and technologies. In 1966 Air Station Elizabeth City expanded after absorbing the Air Stations in Bermuda and Argentina. In addition to the Air Station, Elizabeth City's Coast Guard complex includes the Aircraft Repair and Supply Center (AR&SC), Aviation Technical Training Center (ATTC),  Support Center, and Boat Station Elizabeth City.

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Buy Now, Rates AND Home Prices are LOW

The first time that home prices are low and rates are too. This makes for a great time to buy.

The real estate meltdown and credit crisis have slammed a huge segment of society, but first-time homebuyers could be in the best position to take the leap into homeownership.

A few years ago, information inundated potential first-timers about how to take the leap via first-time homebuyer programs and other avenues that would make down payments affordable and escalating home prices feasible.

In today's turbulent real-estate environment, renters might think the days of first-time home-buying assistance are over. But that couldn't be further from the truth, experts say.
"The programs for first-time homebuyers that were always tried and true are still there," says Robert Baker, education manager for Housing and Credit Counseling Inc. in Topeka, Kan. Combine that availability with low interest rates and low home prices, and you have one of the best times in recent history for first-time buyers to take advantage of these programs.

Great Time for First Time HomeBuyers!

North Carolina Appliance Rebates

The State of North Carolina will implement a two-phase rebate program to help residents replace older, inefficient appliances with ENERGY STAR^® qualified appliances. The first phase of the program, tentatively scheduled to begin in April 2010, will be a limited-time, instant rebate for refrigerators, freezers, clothes washers, and dishwashers. A Phase 2 mail-in rebate for several types of water heaters, as well as gas furnaces, and central air conditioners is tentatively scheduled to begin in June 2010 and will continue until remaining funds are depleted.

Eligible products include

• Refrigerators
• Freezers
• Clothes washers
• Dishwashers
• Gas storage water heaters
• Gas tankless water heaters
• Electric heat pump water heaters
• Solar water heaters
• Gas furnaces
• Central air conditioners

Retailers are required to recycle old appliances in accordance with state laws.

Contact: North Carolina Department of Administration, State Energy Office

Total Funding: $8,849,000