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Fall High Point Market Will Highlight Sustainability

This fall's High Point Market will feature interactive presentations on sustainable furniture design. PAUL GARBER/WFDD

The upcoming fall High Point Market will put a spotlight on sustainability in the home furnishings industry.

This year's Center Stage area will introduce an immersive program called “Sustainability Stories.” It will highlight the latest innovations in sustainable furnishings, materials, and design, and offer ideas on how businesses can grow by incorporating these concepts.

According to a news release, three featured designers with a background in sustainable products will deliver presentations in interactive room settings.

Participating designer Nancy Fire says it's important to raise awareness of sustainability in the industry, calling it more of a lifestyle than a trend.

And designer Laurence Carr says the industry is at an inflection point, with consumer demand influencing company decisions to improve their eco-footprint. 

The fall High Point Market is scheduled for October 16 through the 20.

Neal Charnoff joined 88.5 WFDD as Morning Edition host in 2014. Raised in the Catskill region of upstate New York, he graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1983. Armed with a liberal arts degree, Neal was fully equipped to be a waiter. So he prolonged his arrested development bouncing around New York and L.A. until discovering that people enjoyed listening to his voice on the radio. After a few years doing overnight shifts at a local rock station, Neal spent most of his career at Vermont Public Radio. He began as host of a nightly jazz program, where he was proud to interview many of his idols, including Dave Brubeck and Sonny Rollins. Neal graduated to the news department, where he was the local host for NPR's All Things Considered for 14 years. In addition to news interviews and features, he originated and produced the Weekly Conversation On The Arts, as well as VPR Backstage, which profiled theater productions around the state. He contributed several stories to NPR, including coverage of a devastating ice storm. Neal now sees the value of that liberal arts degree, and approaches life with the knowledge that all subjects and all art forms are connected to each other. Neal and his wife Judy are enjoying exploring North Carolina and points south. They would both be happy to never experience a Vermont winter again.

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