Jan 13, 2021
NC Rural Center Announces New Board Chair and Four New Members From Across North Carolina Raleigh – The NC Rural Center’s Board of Directors has announced the addition of four new members, as of January 2021. Joining the board are Jose Alvarez...
Oct 5, 2020
NC Rural Center Announces New Executive Director of Recently Launched National Nonprofit Raleigh – Armeer Kenchen, appointed member of the Durham Planning Commission, has joined the NC Rural Center as the executive director of the new nonprofit...
Sep 29, 2020
NC Rural Center forms Task Force to Support Small Businesses With the support of a grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the NC Rural Center has launched a Small Business Policy Task Force, led by a group of entrepreneurs, small-business advocates, and...
Sep 23, 2020
Applications Open for NC Rural Center’s Homegrown Leaders Training Program in Eastern North Carolina The application period for the NC Rural Center’s Homegrown Leaders training is open for individuals who live and/or work in the following counties in...
Apr 23, 2019
BB&T and the NC Rural Center Announce Recipients of Inaugural Community Improvement Grants RALEIGH – On Monday, March 25, alumni of the NC Rural Center’s Rural Economic Development Institute (REDI) and Homegrown Leaders programs gathered at the Governor’s...
Jan 23, 2018
RALEIGH – The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded the NC Rural Center a $100,000 grant to increase regional leadership development in North Carolina’s 29 Appalachian counties. The grant will allow the Rural Center to expand its Homegrown...