- The center collaborates with North Carolina banks to establish the N.C. Capital Access Program to increase financing for small- and medium-sized businesses in rural areas. It will run for 14 years and support 1,850 loans totaling $103 million. The loans will create and retain more than 27,000 jobs.
- The center sponsors the state’s first Rural Tele-Forum, a live video teleconference involving nearly 850 people at five sites for a first-hand lesson in telecommunications.
