Source: John Boyle, ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES, 9/1/18

In a little over a week, some 400,000 people, ranging from nearly a thousand world class equestrian competitors to spectators from around the world, will descend on this tiny community in Polk County for one of the biggest events in the horse world. The FEI World Equestrian Games open Sept. 11 and run through Sept. 23. Has it created a building boom? Since issuing the first building permit for TIEC in February 2014 — for a barn, naturally — Polk County has issued a total of 158 construction permits for the facility and conducted...

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