Category: CED News & Miscellaneous
Student Corner: Local restaurant to create tours of Yanceyville
Joy Jackson is a graduate student in UNC’s Master of Public Administration program and a CCP intern working in Lenoir and Caswell Counties. This summer, interns from the Community Campus Partnership will be working with the owners of the Yancey House restaurant create historical tours of town it … Read more
Student Corner: A Necessary Investment
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. North Carolina’s Northeast Commission is compris … Read more
Student Corner: CCP assists Yanceyville with Tax Rate Analysis and Community Development Block Grant Process
Melvin McDermott III is a graduate student in UNC’s Master of Public Administration program and a CCP intern working in Caswell County. CCP created a benchmark report for the Town of Yanceyville comparing the tax rates of similar municipalities across North Carolina. The town used this information … Read more
Student Corner: Collaboration and Momentum in Pamlico County
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. It’s 7:30 a.m. on a hot Thursday morning in Arapahoe, North … Read more
Countervailing Trends
Rick Morse is a School of Government faculty member. “Practical futurist” Michael Rogers recently gave a keynote speech at a Triangle J forum in Durham about how technological innovations are transforming society. It was an excellent and thought provoking speech. At the same time, I’ve also been rea … Read more
Student Corner: Kinston moves forward with Promise Neighborhoods Grant Application
Danielle Parker Robinson is a PhD student in the School of Education and CCP Intern working in Lenoir County. Kinston, NC- A group of community partners have focused efforts to begin work to apply for the Promise Neighborhoods Planning Grant. This grant is a product of the U.S Department of Educati … Read more
Student Corner: An Update on Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd. in Kinston
Adam Parker is a Masters in Public Administration alumnus at UNC Chapel Hill. Parker is entering UNC Law in the fall and currently works with Lenoir County, North Carolina. UNC students performed excellent work over the past year with the Martin Luther King corridor. A UNC MBA STAR team began the pr … Read more
Student Corner: CCP works with the Caswell County Partnership for Children on a Community Needs Assessment
Joy Jackson is a graduate student in UNC’s Master of Public Administration program and a CCP intern working in Lenoir and Caswell Counties. This summer, CCP will be working with the Caswell County Partnership for Children to design and implement a community needs assessment. The assessment aims t … Read more
Student Corner: UNC City and Regional Planning Workshop on Direct Care Workforce (Final Report)
Adam Parker is a Masters in Public Administration alumnus at UNC Chapel Hill. Parker is entering UNC Law in the fall and currently works with Lenoir County, North Carolina. During the spring 2010 semester, Professor Nichola Lowe and several students from the Department of City and Regional Planning … Read more
Carolina Economic Revitalization Corps (CERC) Set to Serve State
Jason R. Nelson is the Project Director of the Carolina Economic Revitalization Corps (CERC). Six UNC-Chapel Hill graduate students will fan out across the state this summer to serve low-capacity and distressed communities as members of the Carolina Economic Revitalization Corps (CERC). This progra … Read more