Skip to content

New Strategic Vision

Man in glasses with a microphone writes on a flip chart filled with handwritten notes.
  • The Rural Center embarks on a six-month process to converse with a wide range of rural people across the state. After receiving 1,100 survey responses and speaking directly with more than 600 people, the center releases its new strategic vision for rural economic development during the inaugural N.C. Rural Assembly.
  • After a year as interim president, Patrick Woodie succeeds Billy Ray Hall as the second president of the NC Rural Center.