Join Us On Our 2026 Statewide Listening Tour
Our 2026 Rural Listening Tour is an opportunity for us to hear and learn from our partners across the state about the issues and challenges facing rural North Carolina communities and regions today.
Your listening tour feedback will help us inform and shape our updated Rural Center 2027 policy platform and offer guidance on topics for our 2027 Rural Summit in March.
To join us on the tour, register below.
Tour participants do not have to live in the county where the session is being held to attend. You may attend any of the sessions below as well as more than one session.
Can't Join Us On the Tour?
We've also developed a 2026 Rural Issues Poll to collect data that will augment meeting feedback.
2026 Rural Center Listening Tour Stops
To register to attend a listening tour date below, click on one of the following underlined dates. We look forward to seeing you!
- September 15: Lenoir, J.E. Broyhill Civic Center, 10 a.m.-noon
- September 16: Mars Hill, Mars Hill Public Library, 1-3 p.m.
- September 17: Sylva, Southwestern Community College, 10 a.m.-noon
- September 22: Buies Creek, Campbell University, 10 a.m.-noon
- September 23: Asheboro, Randolph Community College, 10 a.m.-noon
- September 24: Ansonville, The Caraway Business & Learning Center, 10 a.m.-noon
- October 6: Oxford, Richard H. Thornton Library, 10 a.m.-noon
- October 7: Murfreesboro, Murfreesboro Public Library, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
- October 13: Elizabethtown, Bladen County Public Library, 10 a.m.-noon
- October 14: Maysville, Maysville Town Hall, 10 a.m.-noon
