The Mayor and Board of Commissioners for the Town of Blowing Rock met in special session on Friday, March 5, 2004 at 10:00 a.m. Present were Mayor J. B. Lawrence, Commissioners Barbara Ball, Terry Lentz, Keith Tester, Rita Wiseman, and David Wray. Also present were Town Manager Scott Hildebran, Town Attorney Allen Moseley, and Town Clerk Barbara Beach.

The purpose of the meeting was to convene in closed session to discuss real property acquisition as authorized by North Carolina General Statutes 143-318.11(5).

At the conclusion of the closed session, there was no other business, and Mayor Lawrence adjourned the meeting at 11:55 a.m.

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Barbara G. Beach, Town Clerk