- The center releases “Gaining a Foothold: An Action Agenda to Aid North Carolina’s Dislocated Workers.” The 10-step plan to help laid-off workers is a product of the center’s Rural Dislocated Worker Initiative, launched two years earlier.
- The Small Towns Initiative recognizes the key role of small towns in the economic well-being of the state. The Small Towns Action Agenda, with 17 policy recommendations to help small towns bolster their fiscal capacity and build their economies, will grow out of it, and a demonstration project in small town revitalization, called NC STEP, will become an important program of the center.
