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1. www.lakegastongazette-observer.com › news › articleEd Fitts Charitable Foundation continues Littleton revitalization

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   Mar 27, 2024 · The first Fitts Charitable Foundation project opening for business was Daphne’s Coffee Shop in December 2020. The site is named after Ed’s mother. Other projects followed. Affordable housing is another aspect the Fitts Foundation will soon bring to Littleton with the 142-unit Odell-Littleton Road Village.

2. businessnc.com › fitts-love-for-littleton-sparksFitts’ love for Littleton sparks revitalization - Business ...

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   Jan 1, 2022 · Fitts’ love for Littleton sparks revitalization. By Colin Campbell. 01/01/2022. Retired packaging executive Ed Fitts and his wife, Deb, lead a renaissance of a Halifax County hamlet. As Ed Fitts stands in the grass behind the old Littleton High School, he can still point out where the goalposts stood when he was a high school student playing ...

3. www.charlotteobserver.com › news › stateLittleon NC is seeing a rebirth, thanks to one wealthy couple ...

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   Sep 6, 2021 · Ed Fitts grew up in Littleton, then left to make his fortune. Now he and his wife, Deb, have come home and are revitalizing the town. ... lost 17% of its population from 2010 to 2020.

4. www.lakegastongazette-observer.com › news › article'Significant' growth in downtown Littleton begins with Daphne's

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   Jan 14, 2021 · Still, Friday was Daphne’s day. And the fact the coffee shop is named for Ed’s mother, with her painted portrait overlooking the entrance from the building’s brick walls, made it more poignant. “She was a big part of this community,” Ed Fitts said. “She was pretty well known in her artistic field.”

5. spectrumlocalnews.com › nc › charlotteLittleton native returns to help rebuild his dwindling hometown

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   Dec 8, 2021 · Ed Fitts was born and raised in Littleton, North Carolina, but in 1957, he left the town for N.C. State and went on to make a fortune selling packaging to fast food companies. Now, Fitts has returned to the tiny town that has dwindled to less than 600 residents. He is investing with high speed internet, a school, a coffee shop and more to try ...

6. ise.ncsu.edu › blog › 2022/10/24They Put Their Money Where Their Hearts Are | Ed and Deb Fitts

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   Oct 24, 2022 · This loss really sunk in when The Fittses would pass Littleton High School, where Ed had played football for the Blue Jays. “It pulled at the heartstrings, and we said, ‘We can’t allow this to just fall apart,'” Deb Fitts told Business North Carolina. A mural painted on the side of a building on Main Street in Littleton.

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   Who is Ed Fitts?

   • Retired packaging executive Ed Fitts and his wife, Deb, lead a renaissance of a Halifax County hamlet. As Ed Fitts stands in the grass behind the old Littleton High School, he can still point out where the goalposts stood when he was a high school student playing football on this exact spot.

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   How much is Ed Fitts investing in Littleton?

   • Ed Fitts won’t say how much he’s investing in Littleton. But he hinted that it’s similar to how he’s given back to his alma mater, N.C. State. There, he joined with another famous alum, former DuPont CEO Ed Woolard, to contribute $25 million for the Fitts-Woolard Hall engineering building that opened in 2020.

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   How did Ed Fitts help Littleton?

   • Funding through the Ed Fitts Charitable Foundation helped provide gigabit Wi-Fi through the downtown area and adjacent neighborhoods. Now, businesses can easily add a repeater and secure free internet service. Littleton also needed more community gathering spaces.

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   What are the next Fitts projects?

   • The next Fitts projects are the renovation of neighboring buildings on Main Street into an art gallery/office space and the new Timber Waters Brewing Co. The latter is expected to open in late 2022, but the couple have already bought the brewing equipment and hired a head brewer from a prominent North Carolina brewery.

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   Who is John Fitts?

   • Fitts, 82, grew up in the small town about 90 miles northeast of Raleigh before earning a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from N.C. State in 1961. He worked for Hartsville, S.C.-based packaging company Sonoco for decades, eventually promoted to vice president of paperboard packaging.

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   Fitts' love for Littleton Sparks Revitalization. Record #: 43199. Author (s): Campbell, Colin. Abstract: "Retired packaging executive Ed Fitts and his wife, Deb, lead a renaissance of a Halifax County hamlet." The couple have already given generously to projects at North Carolina State University. An outcome of the 2020 Pandemic has meant more ...