Category: CED News & Miscellaneous
Student Corner: A New Survey of WNC Clean Energy Businesses
Aaron Nousaine is a UNC-Chapel Hill graduate student pursuing a master’s degree in City and Regional Planning. He is currently working with the Land-of-Sky Regional Council in Asheville through the Carolina Economic Revitalization Corps (CERC). As described in an earlier post, the Land-of-Sky Region … Read more
Student Corner: Sustainable Communities Initiative Provides Rural Regions a Unique Opportunity to Plan for a Sustainable Future
Kendra Jensen is a UNC-Chapel Hill graduate student pursuing a master’s degree in Public Administration. She is currently working with the Kerr-Tar Council of Governments through the Carolina Economic Revitalization Corps (CERC). Of the $98,000,000 available for the Sustainable Communities Regional … Read more
Student Corner: The Rich and Interesting History of Caswell County
Joy Jackson is a graduate student in UNC’s Master of Public Administration program and a CCP intern working in Caswell and Lenoir Counties. As described in an earlier blog posting, CCP is working to collect information for a historical tour of Caswell County. It almost goes without saying that the f … Read more
Energy Financing Programs Hit Road Block
Jeff Hughes is Director of the School of Government’s Environmental Finance Center and a School of Government Faculty Member It’s not often that a local governmental finance tool gets in the middle of a heated national environmental policy debate, but that’s exactly what has happened in recent month … Read more
Student Corner: Virtual Public School
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. This summer, much work and emphasis have been pl … Read more
Student Corner: Lenoir County Healthcare Career Advancement Study Moving Along
Ben Houck is a graduate of the UNC Department of City and Regional Planning and a CCP Intern working in Lenoir County. I confess this is really my third attempt at this, but the lesson remains the same: occupations are complex. A Medical Technologist is not a Medical Technician, I now understand. An … Read more
Student Corner: House Bill 1744 Modifies Water and Wastewater Funding Criteria
Suzanne Julian is 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. A proposed law that affects water and wastewater infrastruct … Read more
Student Corner: Meeting the Educational Needs of Lenoir’s Migrant Youth
Andrew Guinn is a graduate student in UNC’s Department of City and Regional Planning and a CCP intern working in Caswell and Lenoir Counties. CCP interns recently attended a best practices meeting for North Carolina educators who provide services for out-of-school youth (OSY) in the state. The OSY … Read more
No Legislative Surprises in Community and Economic Development as General Assembly Adjourns
Tyler Mulligan is a School of Government faculty member. Following the 2010 session of the North Carolina General Assembly, local governments will see an essentially unchanged statutory landscape for community and economic development. Some of the highlights are discussed below. What’s the Same Nor … Read more
Hope, Health and Women’s Empowerment in Lenoir County
Salli Benedict is the HOPE Projects Director at the UNC Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Why is there a direct relationship between poverty and most health problems, including overweight and obesity? Have you noticed that the poorest rural counties in North Carolina also have th … Read more