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Governor’s Small Town Competitiveness Forum — Martin County

September 30, 2011

Will Lambe is the Director of the Community & Economic Development Program and the Community-Campus Partnership. Governor Perdue is holding three forums on Small Town Competitiveness, the first of which was held at Martin County Community College on September 16. … Read more

Celebrating ‘Common Ground’ in Kinston, NC

September 22, 2011

Kendra Cotton is a project director with the Community-Campus Partnership. Founded in 2010, Common Ground of Eastern North Carolina, Inc. established Kinston’s first community garden in an effort to “create opportunities for youth of limited resources to engage in personal … Read more

The High Costs of Rural High School Dropouts

August 18, 2011

Judith Meece is a School of Education faculty member. National Public Radio recently featured a series of reports on the high cost of high school dropout. Only one of the six reports focused on students in rural communities. The lack … Read more

CCP Stakeholder Meeting – Update

July 14, 2011

Kendra Cotton is a Project Director with the Community-Campus Partnership Program. On Thursday, July 7, approximately 30 campus and community stakeholders convened in Chapel Hill to discuss how to continue to work together in support of bettering communities in Caswell … Read more