Welcome to our new website
We hope you’ll find our website richer in information and easier to use than ever before. Visit often to stay up-to-date on news from the Rural Center and rural North Carolina. As always, we’ve kept the resources you use most often easily accessible. You’ll find the Rural Data Bank, Rural Resource Guide, grant applications and more in the right-hand menu. Please feel free to
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Rural Partners Forum coming Nov. 4-5
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 Plan to join us for the 2010 Rural Partners Forum on Ramping Up the Rural Economy: Five strategies to combat recession, grow jobs and create wealth in your community. More information and online registration will be available soon.
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Rural Center announces $5 million in grants
The N.C. Rural Economic Development Center has awarded 67 grants totaling $5.2 million to create jobs and address clean water needs throughout North Carolina. The grants will assist communities in 46 rural counties and create 375 jobs. The center’s board of directors approved the grants Aug. 25. The grants were made possible by appropriations of the N.C. General Assembly. Read the announcement here.
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Entrepreneurship seminar offered
The Rural Center’s Institute for Rural Entrepreneurship is offering an intensive daylong seminar Oct. 21 in Windsor. Energizing Entrepreneurship Express (E2) is designed to help rural leaders in northeastern North Carolina promote entrepreneurship in their communities. Read more.
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Print version of Rural Resource Guide available
The center has released the print version of its Rural Resource Guide, a popular online directory of nearly 200 agencies and organizations that provide financial and technical assistance for rural North Carolina communities. The publication contains information on federal, state and local programs that provide grants, loans, training, educational opportunities and other resources. The guide is available for $25 plus shipping and handling. |
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N.C. farmers to benefit from $18 million fund
Gov. Beverly Perdue has announced an $18.4 million Family Farm Innovation Fund to help North Carolina farmers rebound from the recession. Under the fund, five state and federal programs will help farmers with projects related to energy, value-added production and new sources of income. Read the press release. Learn more about the five programs. See videos from the announcement event.
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Entrepreneurship Summit, September 19-20
Registration has opened for the 2010 N.C. Entrepreneurship Summit. This year's summit, "Keys to North Carolina’s Economic Future," will be held Sept. 19-20 in Wilmington. Learn more or register online. The Rural Center, a cosponsor of the summit, is offering a limited number of scholarships to its rural partners. Download a scholarship application.
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Grants available for job-generating projects
The N.C. Rural Economic Development Center is making nearly $24 million in grants available to create jobs in North Carolina’s 85 rural counties. The grants will support job-generating building reuse and water-sewer projects. Read the news release. |
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Join the Small Towns Discussion Board
Our new discussion board is a place where people who care about small towns can share ideas and resources for economic improvement. Go to discussion board.
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