…Community Enhancements for Economic Growth. The Downtown Revitalization category supports downtown development initiatives that help grow and leverage a community’s commercial core into an asset for economic growth and prosperity. Recipients include the following: Newton, Sanford, Old Fort, Lumberton and Spencer have been awarded $900,000 each. Tarboro and Greenville, $875,000…
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Bertie, Hertford chosen for economic development effort
…the RC2 campus curriculum and participate in the rural planning process will then be eligible to apply for Community Implementation Grants offered by the Rural Economic Development Division through the new Rural Transformation Grant Fund. “Success in economic development takes intentional preparation,” said Assistant Secretary for Rural Development Kenny Flowers….
Kirkman: Port Study Could Avert Controversy
…identify potential sites that could be used for economic development in their service territories. They are not advocates for any particular type of development activity, nor do they have any control over the development because they do not own or control the property. They offer the program as a service…
New Hanover To Tweak Development Rules
…way to more easily understand and communicate the development rules that you have.” While this is the first unified development ordinance format for New Hanover County, “the first true development regulations for the county were our zoning and subdivision ordinances that were adopted in 1969,” Roth said. She explained that…
Currituck again ranks as state’s least-distressed county
…Department of Commerce published Nov. 29 the “2024 North Carolina Development Tier Designations,” a ranking of all 100 counties every year based on economic well-being and relative economic distress. Currituck County Manager Ike McRee told Coastal Review Thursday that he questions the validity of this ranking system, especially as the…
NC could benefit $4.6B from offshore wind project: report
…development, according to the coalition. These findings were combined with a Jobs and Economic Development Impact, or JEDI, modeling tool to create a comprehensive analysis of the net economic benefits of offshore wind for the state. “Offshore wind is a necessary component to achieving carbon neutrality and provides a once-in-a-generation…
NC Project Shows Opportunity in Resilience
…detailed opportunities for economic development that enhances and protects the environment and culture of the region. That environment encompasses numerous rivers and tributaries with pristine, clear blackwater, filtered by the surrounding peat bogs and wetlands. In a broader NC LOW report, recommendations include development of five educational and recreational “water…
Pipeline Could Pose Threat to Coastal Region
…“We support its development,” Chaffee said about renewables. “We think when done properly, in an organized fashion, it’s a very good rural economic development strategy. Wind energy and solar energy provide a boost to those counties’ tax base.” Still, a growing number of residents and property owners are skeptical about…
Officials Tout Amazon Wind Farm Deal
…East, the first commercial-scale wind farm in the state. Photo: Elizabeth City and Pasquotank County Economic Development Commission Three weeks before Obama’s announcement on Monday about stricter carbon standards for power plants, the Amazon Wind Farm U.S. East, the first commercial-scale wind farm in the state, broke ground on 22,000…
‘Sick Buildings’ Add to COVID-Linked Inequity
…must also consider how economic incentives, business recruitment and retention, economic development, and infrastructure decisions either improve or disadvantage communities,” said DEQ Secretary Michael S. Regan, who serves as subcommittee chair, in a statement. “Together, we should have a standard analysis and decision-making process for how proposed projects could disproportionately…
NC Commerce announces new clean energy role
…Machelle Baker Sanders announced Wednesday the “important new role at the state’s lead agency for economic development.” Mundt’s appointment became effective Jan. 10. Mundt is to guide the state’s efforts to secure economic development and workforce opportunities in the clean energy industry sector, including development of the state’s resources for…
‘Oyster Summit’ Paying Dividends
…and mariculture development and public engagement and stakeholder leadership. Generally, according to a report prepared by the federation, participants in the summit agreed that “North Carolina has a great opportunity to spark considerable economic growth and environmental improvement by investing in its oyster fishery and coastal restoration,” through public and…