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		<title>A public hearing prior to mowing the grass in the county’s industrial park?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tyler Mulligan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Built Assets & Housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community Development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[G.S. 158-7.1]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[industrial park]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A county purchased real property with the intention of preserving it for use as an industrial park or for sale to a business seeking to locate within the county. Authority for making the purchase of land was G.S. 158-7.1. County officials followed the advice provided in this prior post and held a public hearing, properly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Business Access to Capital (Part IV): Funding Sources to Capitalize Revolving Loan Funds</title>
		<link>http://ced.sog.unc.edu/?p=4546</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CED Program Intern</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development Finance Initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Funding sources to capitalize revolving loan funds is the fourth topic in a series on tools local governments can use to assist small businesses. As discussed in Part II of this blog post series, local governments across North Carolina are using revolving loan funds to support their small businesses. A difficulty in establishing revolving loan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Community Development and a Sense of Place</title>
		<link>http://ced.sog.unc.edu/?p=4543</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 15:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human & Cultural Assets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Assets]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wendell Berry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The work of community development is very much tied to place. Even though today we speak of virtual communities or communities of practice that are disconnected from place, when we speak of community development we are talking about developing the capacity of local communities&#8211;neighborhoods, towns, regions. Wendell Berry is one of America&#8217;s preeminent thinkers and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mega Sites: Part II – Luring the Big Fish</title>
		<link>http://ced.sog.unc.edu/?p=4541</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CED Program Intern</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Built Assets & Housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial Assets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financing Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regional & Collaborative Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mega-site]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In Part I of the mega sites blog, we presented the “body-building” rationale for this industrial recruitment tool. In Part II, we’ll some risks of a mega site regimen and begin by introducing a new analogy: Attracting a major manufacturer with a mega site is a bit like fishing in a crowded pond. After crafting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Tool for Assessing the Triple Bottom Line in Economic Development</title>
		<link>http://ced.sog.unc.edu/?p=4539</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 20:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Morgan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainable Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[analytical tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainable development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[triple bottom line]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The so called triple bottom line (TBL) in economic development calls for promoting growth in ways that are environmentally sustainable and that yield positive social returns.  (See Portland State University’s Initiative on Triple Bottom Line Development.)  The TBL framework takes into account the economic, environmental, and social aspects of growth and development efforts and recognizes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What @sog_ced is reading on the web: May 2013</title>
		<link>http://ced.sog.unc.edu/?p=4525</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 14:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tyler Mulligan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Downtown & Main Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following are articles and reports on the web that the Community and Economic Development Program at the UNC School of Government shared through social media over the past month. Follow us on twitter or facebook to receive regular updates. Details emerging on possible transition to delivering economic development services through a public-private partnership at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mega Sites: Part I – Economic Body-Building</title>
		<link>http://ced.sog.unc.edu/?p=4527</link>
		<comments>http://ced.sog.unc.edu/?p=4527#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 15:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CED Program Intern</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economic Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regional & Collaborative Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mega sites]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[North Carolina is one of the few Southeastern states that do not host a major auto assembly plant. But for how much longer? With automotive manufacturing employment on the rise again, economic development officials are preparing to be the preferred destination for the next carmaker. In order to add mass to its industrial recruitment muscle, North [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Cost of Business: Water Pricing for Business in North Carolina</title>
		<link>http://ced.sog.unc.edu/?p=4522</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 02:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Tiger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economic Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incentives]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Municipal water systems across the state serve a wide range of customers. In the industry, retail water customers are typically classified as residential and non-residential &#8211;  the bulk of which are referred to as CII (commercial, institutional, industrial) customers. Each year, the UNC School of Government’s Environmental Finance Center and the North Carolina League of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Business Access to Capital (Part III): Loan-Loss Reserve Fund</title>
		<link>http://ced.sog.unc.edu/?p=4520</link>
		<comments>http://ced.sog.unc.edu/?p=4520#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 14:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CED Program Intern</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Downtown & Main Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial Assets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the third in a series of blog posts on tools available to local governments to assist small businesses. Previous posts have covered revolving loan funds (parts I and II). A second option is a loan-loss reserve fund. What is a loan-loss reserve fund? A loan-loss reserve fund (LLRF) involves a partnership between a non-financial institution, such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Role of Community Development Financial Institutions in North Carolina</title>
		<link>http://ced.sog.unc.edu/?p=4517</link>
		<comments>http://ced.sog.unc.edu/?p=4517#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CED Guest Author</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial Assets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financing Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CDFI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community development financial institution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entrepreneurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business loan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The main purpose of Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) is to expand access to capital in low-wealth and underserved communities in order to foster economic development and revitalization. Many of these communities have been left out of the financial mainstream, unable to access financial services and capital from traditional banks. In recent years, particularly after [...]]]></description>
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