The Rural Center holds a Rural Partners Forum each fall and a variety of conferences and regional workshops throughout the year. Please click on an event below to learn more about opportunities to participate and to view presentations and handouts.

Rural Partners Forum

2012 Forum--Enterprising Communities: Transforming local resources into powerful economic assets

2011 Forum--Reimagine Rural: Transforming North Carolina's rural communities through youth engagement

2010 Forum--Ramping Up the Rural Economy: Five strategies to combat recession, grow jobs and create wealth in your community

2009 Forum--Funding Our Rural Future: Growing the Resources We Need to Create the Communities We Want

2008 Forum--Innovation: Pioneering Change in North Carolina's Rural Communities

2007 Forum--North Carolina Rural Leaders: Lighting the Way Forward

2006 Forum--Creating Rural Advantage: Small Places, Big Ideas, Global Reach

2005 Forum--Small Town, NC: Embracing Change, Taking Charge

2004 Forum--A New Day Dawning for North Carolina’s Rural Workers, Communities & Small Businesses

Statewide Briefings/Conferences

North Carolina Capital Access Program Regional Briefings

N.C. Small Towns Economic Prosperity Program graduation, 2009

Small Towns Economic Prosperity Program ceremony, 2008

Rural Roundtable Discussion: Dropout Prevention in N.C.'s Rural Communities, 2008

Entrepreneurship Summit, 2007

Small Towns Economic Prosperity Program, 2006

Water 2030 Conference, 2006

Rural Dislocated Worker Summit, 2004

Regional Meetings

Regional Forums, 2002

Regional Small Town Workshops, 2005