Click on the dates below to see the individual releases.
- Friday, May 02, 2008
- Rural Center invests $8.7 million for rural jobs, water needs
- Tuesday, February 26, 2008
- Rural Venture Fund Announces First Investments
- Friday, February 22, 2008
- Rural Center invests $14.6 million to shore up rural economy, address water needs
Seven of state’s most drought-affected communities to get relief - Friday, December 21, 2007
- Rural Center invests $3.5 million in rural revitalization projects
- Monday, October 22, 2007
- $130 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES
Workshops to explain new grant program - Friday, July 13, 2007
- RURAL CENTER TO INVEST $4.7 MILLION IN RURAL AND DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES STATEWIDE
- Tuesday, February 27, 2007
- Initiatives to boost N.C. as 'the entrepreneurial state'
- Thursday, September 14, 2006
- Rural N.C.’s small businesses growing fast,
according to new Rural Center study
- Wednesday, September 13, 2006
- N.C. leaders reflect on their roots,
ponder the future of agriculture
- Monday, September 11, 2006
- ‘Creating Rural Advantage’ in the global economy
focus of two-day conference in Raleigh
- Wednesday, March 01, 2006
- North Carolina small towns chosen for revitalization program
- Thursday, February 23, 2006
- $1 Billion In Bonds Proposed To Fund Water, Sewer Improvements Statewide
- Friday, November 04, 2005
- N.C. Rural Center Launches Small Towns Initiative
- Friday, September 09, 2005
- Rural Center awards $4 million in grants
for flood recovery in western business districts
- Tuesday, August 30, 2005
- Small business program generates loans worth $60 million in 10 years
- Wednesday, May 25, 2005
- North Carolina team wins $2 million Kellogg grant to boost entrepreneurship in rural, minority communities
- Wednesday, May 04, 2005
- Center awards 17 western communities planning grants
to redevelop flood-damaged business areas
- Wednesday, April 27, 2005
- Rural Center, State Leaders Set Forth Action Agenda To Ease Plight Of Dislocated Workers
- Tuesday, February 22, 2005
- Rural Center awards last of 1998 Clean Water Bond funds,
joins with state leaders to celebrate historic impact
- Wednesday, December 15, 2004
- Rural Center Study Finds North Carolina Facing $15 Billion In Water & Sewer Needs By 2030
- Thursday, October 14, 2004
- Rural Center Names Three New Members to its Board of Directors
- Thursday, September 30, 2004
- Rural Center, Legislative Leaders Announce $14.6 Million In Grant Awards As Part Of State-Funded Infrastructure Program
- Monday, August 30, 2004
- Rural Center awards $10.7 million to 46 rural communities for water and wastewater improvements.
- Thursday, May 27, 2004
- North Carolina Rural Profile Chronicles More Than a Decade of Progress, Ongoing Struggles in Rural Counties
- Friday, May 14, 2004
- Rural Center’s 14th Annual Leadership Institute Graduates Class of 2004
- Monday, March 15, 2004
- Rural Center, State Leaders launch Water 2030
- Thursday, October 23, 2003
- Institute for Rural Entrepreneurship To Spur Small Business Growth
- Thursday, August 28, 2003
- Rural Center awards $19.9 million for Clean Water Bond projects in rural counties
- Tuesday, March 04, 2003
- Rural Center awards $28.6 million for community water and sewer needs
- Friday, December 20, 2002
- Unemployment benefits to expire for 28,000 rural North Carolinians, Rural Center asking N.C. Congressional delegation for extension
- Thursday, December 12, 2002
- Rural Center awards $3.2 million to drought-stricken communities, joins with Gov. Easley and state agencies to address water shortages
- Wednesday, October 30, 2002
- Rural Center and banks announce $100 million loan program
to increase small business growth, boost economy
- Wednesday, September 04, 2002
- Rural Center Awards $22.8 Million in Grants
for Community Water and Sewer Needs
- Friday, June 14, 2002
- Rural Center responds to job losses in 13 communities with $5.04 million in water and sewer grants, money will help keep 2,914 North Carolinians working
- Thursday, June 06, 2002
- Water resource studies released: 15 eastern counties face shrinking groundwater reserves; alternatives could reach $216 million.
- Friday, May 17, 2002
- Community Leaders Graduate from 2002
Rural Economic Development Institute
- Thursday, March 14, 2002
- Rural Center awards more than $28 million in grants for community water and sewer needs
- Tuesday, September 18, 2001
- Local meetings to focus on new burley marketing center
Sept. 24–Mars Hill; Sept. 25–Jefferson; Sept. 26–Burnsville; Oct. 2–Waynesville - Monday, August 13, 2001
- Rural Center awards more than $19 million in grants for community water and sewer projects
- Monday, June 11, 2001
- NOTICE: Rural Internet Access Authority Meeting
- Friday, June 01, 2001
- Rural Center gets $2 million grant to develop burley marketing centers
- Wednesday, May 02, 2001
- Internet Access Authority to award grants for rural telecenters
- Tuesday, April 24, 2001
- REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
- Monday, March 26, 2001
- Will all Internet service providers please step up!
- Tuesday, March 13, 2001
- NOTICE: Rural Internet Access Authority Meeting
- Friday, March 09, 2001
- NOTICE: Rural Internet Access Authority Meeting at the Northeast Partnership, Edenton
- Tuesday, February 13, 2001
- Rural Center awards more than $20 million in grants for community water and sewer projects
- Friday, February 09, 2001
- NOTICE: Rural Internet Access Authority Meeting
- Thursday, January 11, 2001
- NOTICE: Rural Internet Access Authority Meeting
- Tuesday, December 05, 2000
- Woodford Named Rural Leader of the Year
- Wednesday, September 13, 2000
- Regional meetings to address future of tobacco dependent communities
- Friday, August 04, 2000
- Rural Center awards more than $20 million in grants for community water and sewer projects
- Friday, July 28, 2000
- Workshops focus on solutions for tobacco-dependent communities
- Tuesday, March 14, 2000
- Conference on North Carolina Rural Communities in the Digital Economy
- Thursday, December 02, 1999
- Prosperity still out of the grasp of many rural communities
