News & Updates
Innovative Rural Leadership: Kathryn Jenkins and Megan Reyes
REDI was probably the best program I've ever been in. -Kathryn Jenkins, Director, Small Business Center, Tri-County community College Nearly a decade after Kathryn Jenkins moved to Murphy, North Carolina, from Georgia, she began to think of how she could...
Innovative Rural Leadership: Randolph Keaton
What I've gained through REDI are connections. If I need something here in my rural community, I've got someone I can call on. -Randolph Keaton On any given weekday, in an unassuming building on Dream Avenue, men and women face computer screens to fill out...
Jones Street Journal
It’s two days after the 2018 midterm election and I’m sure we’re all still on the struggle bus from staying up late to watch the results come in. But there’s a lot to talk about, let’s just jump right in. North Carolina showed up to the polls in historic numbers,...
Zero Barriers Policy Roundtables
From its very beginning, the Rural Counts advocacy program has been committed to taking its lead from the wisdom of local champions and Rural Center partners. After collaboratively developing our 10 strategies agenda in 2016, we spent a year on the road hosting...
Impact Stories: Centre for Homeownership & Economic Development Corporation
“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...
In the News: Weaving a new era of entrepreneurship in North Carolina
NC Rural Center mentioned in the New Bern Sun Journal article “Patrick Woodie: Weaving a new era of entrepreneurship in North...
Impact Stories: CEA Manufacturing
“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....
In The News: State officials press to raise rural N.C. fortunes
NC Rural Center mentioned in the Business NC article “State officials press to raise rural N.C....
In The News: Road to recovery
NC Rural Center mentioned in the Wilmington Biz article “Road to recovery“
In The News: Small business owner named winner in statewide photo contest
NC Rural Center mentioned in The Warren Record article “Small business owner named winner in statewide photo contest“