News

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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
$44 Million to Protect Water Resources, Create Rural Jobs


Friday, May 02, 2008
Rural Center invests $8.7 million for rural jobs, water needs


Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Rural Venture Fund Announces First Investments


Friday, February 22, 2008
Rural Center invests $14.6 million to shore up rural economy, address water needs
Seven of state’s most drought-affected communities to get relief


Friday, December 21, 2007
Rural Center invests $3.5 million in rural revitalization projects


Monday, October 22, 2007
$130 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES
Workshops to explain new grant program


Friday, July 13, 2007
RURAL CENTER TO INVEST $4.7 MILLION IN RURAL AND DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES STATEWIDE


Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Initiatives to boost N.C. as 'the entrepreneurial state'


Thursday, September 14, 2006
Rural N.C.’s small businesses growing fast, according to new Rural Center study


Wednesday, September 13, 2006
N.C. leaders reflect on their roots, ponder the future of agriculture


Monday, September 11, 2006
‘Creating Rural Advantage’ in the global economy focus of two-day conference in Raleigh


Wednesday, March 01, 2006
North Carolina small towns chosen for revitalization program


Thursday, February 23, 2006
$1 Billion In Bonds Proposed To Fund Water, Sewer Improvements Statewide


Friday, November 04, 2005
N.C. Rural Center Launches Small Towns Initiative


Friday, September 09, 2005
Rural Center awards $4 million in grants for flood recovery in western business districts


Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Small business program generates loans worth $60 million in 10 years


Wednesday, May 25, 2005
North Carolina team wins $2 million Kellogg grant to boost entrepreneurship in rural, minority communities


Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Center awards 17 western communities planning grants to redevelop flood-damaged business areas


Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Rural Center, State Leaders Set Forth Action Agenda To Ease Plight Of Dislocated Workers


Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Rural Center awards last of 1998 Clean Water Bond funds, joins with state leaders to celebrate historic impact


Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Rural Center Study Finds North Carolina Facing $15 Billion In Water & Sewer Needs By 2030


Thursday, October 14, 2004
Rural Center Names Three New Members to its Board of Directors


Thursday, September 30, 2004
Rural Center, Legislative Leaders Announce $14.6 Million In Grant Awards As Part Of State-Funded Infrastructure Program


Monday, August 30, 2004
Rural Center awards $10.7 million to 46 rural communities for water and wastewater improvements.


Thursday, May 27, 2004
North Carolina Rural Profile Chronicles More Than a Decade of Progress, Ongoing Struggles in Rural Counties


Friday, May 14, 2004
Rural Center’s 14th Annual Leadership Institute Graduates Class of 2004


Monday, March 15, 2004
Rural Center, State Leaders launch Water 2030


Thursday, October 23, 2003
Institute for Rural Entrepreneurship To Spur Small Business Growth


Thursday, August 28, 2003
Rural Center awards $19.9 million for Clean Water Bond projects in rural counties


Tuesday, March 04, 2003
Rural Center awards $28.6 million for community water and sewer needs


Friday, December 20, 2002
Unemployment benefits to expire for 28,000 rural North Carolinians, Rural Center asking N.C. Congressional delegation for extension


Thursday, December 12, 2002
Rural Center awards $3.2 million to drought-stricken communities, joins with Gov. Easley and state agencies to address water shortages


Wednesday, October 30, 2002
Rural Center and banks announce $100 million loan program to increase small business growth, boost economy


Wednesday, September 04, 2002
Rural Center Awards $22.8 Million in Grants for Community Water and Sewer Needs


Friday, June 14, 2002
Rural Center responds to job losses in 13 communities with $5.04 million in water and sewer grants, money will help keep 2,914 North Carolinians working


Thursday, June 06, 2002
Water resource studies released: 15 eastern counties face shrinking groundwater reserves; alternatives could reach $216 million.


Friday, May 17, 2002
Community Leaders Graduate from 2002 Rural Economic Development Institute


Thursday, March 14, 2002
Rural Center awards more than $28 million in grants for community water and sewer needs


Tuesday, September 18, 2001
Local meetings to focus on new burley marketing center
Sept. 24–Mars Hill; Sept. 25–Jefferson; Sept. 26–Burnsville; Oct. 2–Waynesville


Monday, August 13, 2001
Rural Center awards more than $19 million in grants for community water and sewer projects


Monday, June 11, 2001
NOTICE: Rural Internet Access Authority Meeting


Friday, June 01, 2001
Rural Center gets $2 million grant to develop burley marketing centers


Wednesday, May 02, 2001
Internet Access Authority to award grants for rural telecenters


Tuesday, April 24, 2001
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS


Monday, March 26, 2001
Will all Internet service providers please step up!


Tuesday, March 13, 2001
NOTICE: Rural Internet Access Authority Meeting


Friday, March 09, 2001
NOTICE: Rural Internet Access Authority Meeting at the Northeast Partnership, Edenton


Tuesday, February 13, 2001
Rural Center awards more than $20 million in grants for community water and sewer projects


Friday, February 09, 2001
NOTICE: Rural Internet Access Authority Meeting


Thursday, January 11, 2001
NOTICE: Rural Internet Access Authority Meeting


Tuesday, December 05, 2000
Woodford Named Rural Leader of the Year


Wednesday, September 13, 2000
Regional meetings to address future of tobacco dependent communities


Friday, August 04, 2000
Rural Center awards more than $20 million in grants for community water and sewer projects


Friday, July 28, 2000
Workshops focus on solutions for tobacco-dependent communities


Tuesday, March 14, 2000
Conference on North Carolina Rural Communities in the Digital Economy


Thursday, December 02, 1999
Prosperity still out of the grasp of many rural communities