The NC General Assembly directs the Secretary of Commerce to develop a four-year Comprehensive Strategic Economic Development Plan with annual updates. For the 2020 plan, the Department engaged the ncIMPACT Initiative and the UNC Center for Urban & Regional Studies … Read more

Affordable Teacher Housing Research indicates teacher salaries don’t keep pace with rising housing costs in many parts of North Carolina. And teachers can’t afford to live where they work. Anita Brown-Graham takes a look at a Dare County partnership working … Read more

Renewable Energy in Rural Areas Renewable energy is increasingly championed as a new economy that brings jobs and energy security to a community while combating climate change. Anita Brown-Graham looks at how investment in a renewable economy can impact our … Read more