| 9:00 a.m. - 9:10 a.m. | Welcome |
| Billy Ray Hall, Rural Center |
| 9:10 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | Overview of Small Towns Initiative and NC STEP Demonstration |
| Robin Pulver, Rural Center |
| 9:30 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. | Purpose of Workshop |
| Robin Pulver, Rural Center |
| Anita Brown-Graham, UNC-CH, Institute of Government |
| 9:40 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Assessing Readiness for Economic Development |
| Leslie Anderson, UNC-CH, Institute of Government |
| 10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | Preparing through Visioning and Planning |
| Anita Brown-Graham, UNC-CH, Institute of Government |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Community Leadership |
| Vaughn Upshaw, UNC-CH, Institute of Government |
| 12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | NC STEP Guidelines and Building Reuse Grants Program |
| Robin Pulver, Rural Center |
| Rick Bain, Rural Center |
| 3:30 p.m. | Adjourn |
