Transforming Ideas into Action
Since its creation in 1987, the Rural Center has served as North Carolina's leading organization for rural innovation. The center carries out this role in two ways:
- By undertaking its own large-scale research and demonstration initiatives; and
- By providing R&D grants to organizations to test their own ideas. (more)
Following are selected major research and demonstration initiatives that have been led by at the Rural Center since 2000. Click on each title for more information.
