The Partnership for Small Towns
The Rural Center has initiated discussions about the partnership with a number of organizations and agencies and will continue to enlist organizations in the partnership leading up to its first meeting in June 2006. To date, member organizations include:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Government
N.C. League of Municipalities
N.C. Economic Developers Association
U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Service
The Conservation Fund
Handmade in America
N.C. Department of Commerce