Contributors

The Rural Center thanks its public and private partners for their generous support (2006).

N.C. General Assembly
N.C. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development
U.S. Department of Labor
U.S. Economic Development Administration
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Small Business Administration

Appalachian Regional Commission
North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund Commission
North Carolina Clean Water Management Trust Fund

Foundations


Mary Duke Biddle Foundation
The Duke Endowment
Golden LEAF, Inc.
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
The William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust
North Carolina Community Foundation
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation

Members of the Rural Partners Corporate Group 2006


Bank of America
BB&T Charitable Foundation
BellSouth
Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC
Central Carolina Bank
Cisco Systems
Duke Power
East Carolina Bank
ElectriCities of NC, Inc.
First Citizens Bank
Harvey Enterprises
Hobbs, Upchurch & Associates
Jordan Lumber
Macon Bank
McGill Associates
Mechanics and Farmers Bank
Miller Brewing, Eden NC
Murphy-Brown LLC
Murphy Electric Power Board
NC Farm Bureau
NC Mutual Life Insurance Company
NC Touchstone Energy Cooperatives
PBS&J
Piedmont Natural Gas
Progress Energy
RBC Centura
RJR Tobacco
Sanford Holshouser
Sprint
Verizon
Wachovia Foundation
Withers & Ravenel

Rural Partners Forum Sponsors 2006


Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad Co.
Bank of the Carolinas
Cavanaugh and Associates, P. A.
East Carolina Farm Credit
Family Dollar, Inc.
First Bank
Golden Corral Charitable Fund of the Triangle Community Foundation
Grady-White Boats
Green Engineering
Kimley-Horn & Associates
Lexington State Bank
McKim & Creed
Mt. Olive Pickle Company
NC Community Foundation
Nucor Steel-Hertford
O’Brien Atkins
Odom, Hollifield & Associates, Engineering
Randolph Bank
Regulator Marine
Rivers and Associates
SunCom
Vaughn & Melton, Consulting Engineers
The Wooten Company

Donors to the building fund 2006


Government/Corporate/Foundation donors


U.S. Economic Development Administration
AT&T North Carolina
Bank of America
BB&T Charitable Foundation
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation
Deutsche Bank
Duke Energy Carolinas
The East Carolina Bank
EMBARQ
E-NC Authority
First Citizens Bank
Hobbs, Upchurch & Associates, P. A.
Jordan Lumber
T.A. Loving Company
Macon Bank
McGill Associates, P.A.
Murphy Electric Power Board
Mutual of America
N.C. Touchstone Energy Electric Cooperatives
North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance
PBS&J
Progress Energy
RBC Centura
Southern Bank Foundation
Wachovia Foundation

Rural Center Board Donors


Andy Anderson
Edmund Aycock
Anita Brown Graham
Charles Brown
Velma Burnley
Brian Crutchfield
Sandra D. Gambill
Bill Gibson
Lenora Jarvis-Mackey
Bob Jordan
Alice Keeney
Tom Lambeth
Martin Lancaster
Valeria Lee
Allan Oocumma
Wayne McDevitt
Beverly Perdue
Dr. Alan Rice
Cleve Simpson
Mikki Sager
Joe Stanley
Bill Veeder
Barbara Vicknair

Rural Center Staff Donors


Mark and Anne Bacon
Rick Bain
Cathy Bock
Yolanda Burwell
Mary K. Clifford
Maurice G. Cook
Parmelia Cooke
Ashley Crane
Jean Crews-Klein
Susan E. Dunn
Julie Haigler
Billy Ray Hall
Art Jackson
Patricia F. Johnson
Courtney Kilpatrick
Dennis H. Lassiter
Larry & Elaine Matthews
William and Patricia McNeil
Jane Smith Patterson
Jerome & Carolyn Perry
Robin Pulver
Kristen Rice
Shirley Robinson
Stacey Starkey
Donna Sullivan
Sheila Swart
Michelle Taylor
Barbara Tribou
Deborah Watts and Brent Lane

To find out how you can become a supporter of the N.C. Rural Center, contact Shirley Robinson, Director of Development, at (919) 250-4314 srobinson@ncruralcenter.org.