Feb 11, 2019
This is part five of a five-part series focused on innovative rural leadership in North Carolina. To read the other profiles in this series, go here. “I always thought what I thought was right and that everybody thought the same way as me. I’ve learned we can get to...
Jan 9, 2019
This is part three of a five-part series focused on innovative rural leadership in North Carolina. To read the other profiles in this series, go here. There are varying creative or even practical ways to address a thing, whatever that thing is, that issue, that...
Dec 27, 2018
This is part three of a five-part series focused on innovative rural leadership in North Carolina. To read the other profiles go here. I heard ‘rural’ and I knew I had to attend because that’s what I’m all about. -Jesus Padilla Jesus Padilla remembers what it was like...
Aug 21, 2018
“We knew that we wanted to expand. We felt like this was an opportunity to do that, and it’s proven itself. Now we’re out of space and are going to have to add an additional building onto this one.” -James Stroud James Stroud has a lot he wants to accomplish. “You...
Aug 2, 2018
NC Rural Center mentioned in the New Bern Sun Journal article “Patrick Woodie: Weaving a new era of entrepreneurship in North...
Jul 26, 2018
“This loan allowed us to jump to the next level in our capabilities.” -Steve Yauch It’s quiet here, perhaps surprisingly so, on the manufacturing floor of CEA Manufacturing’s 55,000-square-foot headquarters in Smithfield. The room is brightly-lit and spotless....
