Category: CED News & Miscellaneous
Student Corner: First Fridays in Yanceyville: Glancing Back and Looking Ahead
Andrew Guinn is a graduate student in the UNC Department of City and Regional Planning and a CCP intern working in Caswell and Lenoir Counties. With Labor Day well past and the summer coming to an end, it’s worthwhile to look back on one of Caswell County’s CCP-supported projects: the initiation of … Read more
UNC assists Lenoir County with business plan to launch STEM East (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)
Thomas Stith is program director for economic development for the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at UNC. Lenoir County, in Eastern North Carolina, benefits from a diverse population and a unique mix of assets and economic incentives that are serving to attract a variety of moder … Read more
Student Corner: Economic Development in Gates County
Fredrick Davis is a UNC-Chapel Hill graduate student pursuing a master’s degree in City and Regional Planning. He is currently working with North Carolina’s Northeast Commission in Edenton as part of the Carolina Economic Revitalization Corps program. A major development is in the works for the town … Read more
Community-Campus Partnership Provides $20,000 Grant for Workforce Development Data Project in Lenoir County
Will Lambe is the Director of the Community & Economic Development Program and the Community-Campus Partnership. The Community-Campus Partnership (CCP) at UNC-Chapel Hill, a campus-wide initiative to forge effective partnerships with economically distressed communities in North Carolina, has awa … Read more
Student Corner: Pamlico County Joins the 21st Century! (…Communities Program, that is)
Suzanne Julian is a UNC-Chapel Hill graduate student pursuing a master’s degree in Public Administration. She is currently working with the STEP leadership team in Pamlico County as part of the Carolina Economic Revitalization Corps program. I’m pleased to report more good news from Pamlico County! … Read more
Boosting Exports as an Economic Development Strategy
Jonathan Morgan is a School of Government faculty member. One of the most fundamental theories of economic development is the idea that certain industry sectors will have a greater economic impact on a community or region because they sell goods and services outside the local economy thereby bringin … Read more
Student Corner: Kinston Promise Neighborhood Program: Not Just Sitting and Waiting
Danielle Parker is a PhD student in the School of Education and CCP Intern working in Lenior County Members of the Kinston Promise Neighborhood Program haven’t lost momentum since the submission of their Promise Neighborhoods application to the US Department of Education. Groups that applied for th … Read more
Student Corner: Lenoir County Career Mapping Initiative Wraps Up
Ben Houck is a graduate of the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of City and Regional Planning and a CCP intern working in Lenoir County. Career maps available here: Lenoir County Health Care Career Maps In North Carolina, employment growth in the health care sector has helped to buffer losses in manufactu … Read more
Student Corner: Kinston Promise Neighborhood Gears Up for Planning Year
Andrew Guinn is a graduate student in the UNC Department of City and Regional Planning, and a CCP intern working in Caswell and Lenoir Counties. Even though the Kinston Promise Neighborhood group has already successfully submitted its grant application to the Department of Education for a one-year p … Read more
Student Corner: Seniors and youth of Caswell County collaborate to complete a walkability assessment of Yanceyville
Peter Balvanz is a recent graduate from the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education at the UNC Gilling’s School of Global Public Health. Earlier this month three youth from Caswell County were partnered with senior citizens to assess the walkability of Yanceyville, the county seat. The ne … Read more