Growing Practical Solutions for North Carolina
Our Strategies
In the future, GPS NC plans to widely disseminate data and resources, and connect communities to the work of faculty and entrepreneurial initiatives at the School whose work intersects with key drivers of change. This work will include:
- Developing resources and tools for local communities to understand disruptive forces and plan their response
- Supporting innovative research and partnerships on forces of disruption conducted by SOG faculty and staff
- Offering local leaders more support for ideation and implementation through training and coaching
- Building cross-sector networks across the state for designing and scaling solutions
- Facilitating collaborative engagements with communities that result in tool and knowledge-sharing and connections to experts and between communities
- Determining how to evaluate success and collect feedback from communities
Our Funder: Civic Federal Credit Union
GPS NC Advisory Committee
GPS NC has convened a team of SOG representatives, local government practitioners, and statewide subject matter experts to inform the direction of the program. This group provides insights and expertise from the field to ensure that GPS NC monitors the most significant challenges facing the state and develops resources and programming to equip communities for innovative responses. We are grateful to the following individuals for their contributions to GPS NC:
Brandy Bynum Dawson
Senior Program Director for Rural Prosperity and Investment
MDC
brandy.bynumdawson@mdcinc.org
Casey Harris-Pratt
Assistant Director of Administration and Finance, City of Durham
harriscaseyj@gmail.com
Rafael Baptista
Director of Strategy and Innovation, Buncombe County
rafael.baptista@buncombecounty.org
Jeff DeBellis
Director of Economic and Policy Analysis, NC Dept. of Commerce
jeff.debellis@commerce.nc.gov
Kim Nelson
Professor, School of Government
knelson@sog.unc.edu
Frank Muraca
Assistant Director, Development Finance Initiative
muraca@sog.unc.edu
Jacquelyn Greene
Associate Professor
School of Government
green@sog.unc.edu