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Yates McConnell ·

Shontea Smith, executive director of United Voices of Efland-Cheeks, stands next to a grave in her family's plot in Cheeks Crossing, North Carolina. Smith wrote a letter detailing the impact that development has had on the Cheeks community, and why the current development plans are harmful to her community.

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