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). In previous posts I have highlighted ways that the Land … Read more

Matt Dudek is a graduate student in the UNC Department of City and Regional Planning, the School of Government, and a CERC intern working with the Cape Fear Council of Governments. Two weeks ago I wrote about the BEST STEP cluster in Bolton, East Arcadia, and Sandyfield (https://ced.sog.unc.edu/?p=1 … Read more

The development of municipal parks and recreation departments across the United States was founded in part on the belief that well-designed programs could promote physical and social well-being through exposure to nature and the provision of opportunities for physical activity and team sports.  Goal … Read more

Will Lambe is the Director of the Community & Economic Development Program and the Community-Campus Partnership. An article in today’s News & Observer profiles David Eckel, from Clayton, NC, who recently won the Great American Think-Off, a philosophy competition held in New York Mills, Min … Read more

Melvin McDermott III is a graduate student in UNC’s  Master of Public Administration program and a CCP intern working in Caswell County. One local official exclaims “Now, I can point to something in Yanceyville for our residents to do on the first Friday’s of every month”.  First Friday’s is the nam … Read more

Matt Dudek is a graduate student in the UNC Department of City and Regional Planning, the School of Government, and a CERC intern working with the Cape Fear Council of Governments. Eulis “Scrap” Willis has been the Mayor of Navassa for over twenty years. Navassa is a small town of just under 2,000 p … Read more

Will Lambe is the Director of the Community & Economic Development Program and the Community-Campus Partnership. Following the Institute for Emerging Issues Forum on Creativity (discussed in a previous post), we have had several inquiries about the role of arts in economic development, especiall … Read more

Lisa Stifler is a Research Associate with the Community & Economic Development Program. One area of community economic development in NC that is often overlooked is around the working waterfronts along the coast, sounds, and other waterways.  NC’s coast has seen a rapid increase in development o … Read more

The Mountains-To-Sea Trail (MST) is a nearly 1000 mile trail, which was designated as a North Carolina State Park in 2000.  With the exception of the Outer Banks, nearly all of the eastern trail section is along roadways, which presents a great opportunity for Kinston and Lenoir County to serve as a … Read more

My name is Kate Mulvaney and I am one of the Community-Campus Partnership interns in Yanceyville, NC.  I worked for the Partnership with Caswell County and the Town of Yanceyville over the summer and I am continuing to work with the Town of Yanceyville throughout the school year.  Yanceyville is a w … Read more