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Commerce Department provides more resources for rural economic development
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2023 @ 5:05 pm
By: Governor's Office
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$19.7 million from federal American Rescue Plan awarded for rural economic development
Published: Friday, December 16th, 2022 @ 4:32 am
By: Governor's Office
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Commerce Department fund provides resources for rural economic development
Published: Friday, June 17th, 2022 @ 6:46 pm
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority approves more than $4.5 million in funding to support economic development
Published: Monday, October 19th, 2020 @ 2:33 pm
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority approves more than $4 million in funding to support economic development
Published: Friday, August 21st, 2020 @ 2:32 pm
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority approves more than $2.8 million in funding to support economic development
Published: Friday, June 19th, 2020 @ 5:26 pm
By: Governor's Office
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North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority approves more than $5.5 million in funding to support economic development
Published: Wednesday, February 26th, 2020 @ 1:47 am
By: Governor's Office
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Today, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) supported passage of the bipartisan Farm Bill, which included an amendment co-sponsored by Senator Tillis supporting rural economic development. The bipartisan legislation passed the Senate by a vote of 86-11
Published: Friday, June 29th, 2018 @ 11:33 pm
By: Thom Tillis
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80 of North Carolina's 100 counties are considered rural, understanding the definition to be a county in which the population density is less than 250 people per square mile
Published: Wednesday, April 4th, 2018 @ 4:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Two rural North Carolina counties will see a total of 85 new jobs and $6.3 million in private investment from economic development projects with manufacturing companies in Cherokee and Stanly counties, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Saturday, February 24th, 2018 @ 4:05 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Gov. Cooper this week declared that "not enough is being done to help rural N.C. counties build roads, expand high-speed internet, train people in job skills and find other ways to improve the economy."
Published: Saturday, February 3rd, 2018 @ 6:35 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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North Carolina will work toward a renewable energy future and rural economic development with the establishment of a new fund, Governor Roy Cooper said Friday
Published: Saturday, January 27th, 2018 @ 3:28 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Three rural North Carolina counties will see a total of 71 new jobs and $23.2 million in private investment from economic development projects with manufacturing companies in Caldwell, Clay and Wilson counties, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Friday, December 15th, 2017 @ 1:27 am
By: Governor's Office
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Governor Pat McCrory, Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III, and Assistant Secretary for Rural Economic Development Dr. Patricia Mitchell announced today that the North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) approved 15 grant requests totaling $3,039,244.
Published: Friday, January 29th, 2016 @ 12:16 am
By: McCrory Communications
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Earlier this year, we got bombarded with information about what a cronyism-infested money-wasting mess the state's Rural Center was.
Published: Wednesday, October 30th, 2013 @ 11:26 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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State legislators racked their brains trying to come up with ways to recoup $20 million in interest the Rural Economic Development Center had earned - primarily on state tax dollars the center deposited in a private bank account.
Published: Sunday, August 25th, 2013 @ 9:02 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory announced that the Office of State Budget and Management (OSBM) has authorized payments for 34 grants funded by the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center.
Published: Saturday, August 10th, 2013 @ 1:06 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Rural Center is getting the axe. The waste, incompetence and tangled interests that your inane economic development schemes have forced on this county have likely lost their inspiration.
Published: Friday, July 19th, 2013 @ 10:12 am
By: Warren Smith
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Governor Pat McCrory has requested the Office of State Budget and Management suspend dispersement of state grant money to the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center immediately.
Published: Thursday, July 18th, 2013 @ 6:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) issued the following statement regarding the recent audit of the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center by State Auditor Beth Wood.
Published: Wednesday, July 17th, 2013 @ 7:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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An audit by State Auditor Beth Wood released today has come down on the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center for gaining $20 million in...
Published: Wednesday, July 17th, 2013 @ 3:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Valeria Lee, chair of the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center board of directors, has announced a plan of action for reviewing the organization's procedures for awarding, monitoring and reporting grants.
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 1:21 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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These are issues that must be addressed by the entire board to fulfill our fiduciary and legal duties to every taxpayer in our state. The board should immediately hire an independent forensic auditor to begin a review process.
Published: Monday, June 24th, 2013 @ 5:08 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The N&O and Char-O ran an in-depth two part series examining the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center.
Published: Monday, June 24th, 2013 @ 9:32 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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To go over all the instances of favoritism over the center's past 26 years would be overwhelming. The following examples are from the last year alone, when the Rural Center was involved in over 800 projects.
Published: Saturday, June 22nd, 2013 @ 5:06 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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What if I were to coax you into accepting a loan with money I stole from you? You'd probably call the police and have me arrested as a thief and a con artist.
Published: Wednesday, June 19th, 2013 @ 9:14 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory issued the following statement today in response to the News & Observer article on the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center on Saturday's front page.
Published: Wednesday, June 19th, 2013 @ 2:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N.C. Rural Economic Development Center faces the most uncertainty since it was created in 1987.
Published: Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 @ 6:12 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's interesting that they are finally noticing The Rural Center 26 years after its establishment while the GOP controls the state's executive and legislative branches.
Published: Monday, June 17th, 2013 @ 3:53 am
By: Brant Clifton
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I am not always Mr. Negative (as some folks like to claim). I'll hand out kudos to folks who do good things.
Published: Sunday, June 16th, 2013 @ 11:33 am
By: Brant Clifton
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