The following links are resources recommended by session presenters, planning committee members, and past LNC speakers. Exploring those that interest you will enrich your experience both during and after the March Economic Development session.
General Economic Development Resources
- “Economic Development As If People Mattered: A More Qualitative Approach,: by Kevin Trapani
- “The Role of Partnerships in Economic Development and Labor Market in the United States, Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
- “State Workforce and Economic Development, Opportunities for Collaboration,” Urban Institute
- “Framework for Creating a Smart Growth Economic Development Strategy: A Tool for Small Cities and Towns,” EPA
- “Remaking Economic Development,” The Brookings Institution
- “What Is Community Economic Development?” NC Community Development Initiative
NC Economic Development Resources
- NCEDA Economic Development Handbook 2016
- NC County Tier Designations Map
- Demonstrating the Collective Economic Impact of the University of North Carolina System
- 2019 North Carolina Economic Development Guide
- Labor and Economic Analysis Division’s NCTOWER
- NC Chamber Vision 2030 Brochure
- The Geography of Job Growth in North Carolina, NC Department of Commerce LEAD Feed
- NC Community Development Initiative
- “North Carolina Economic Outlook:May 2017,” Wells Fargo
- NC Justice Center 2017 Poverty Report: How North Carolina Should Be Taking Advantage of the Recovery
- Site Selection Consultant Survey–Note especially the two tables in the bottom half that show the top site selection factors according to the corporate survey respondents and the top factors according to consultants (who represent corporations).
- NC Rural Center Small Business Issue Brief
- US Small Business Administration NC Small Business Profile
- NC Ports Capital Improvements Plan
- Making NC Count–Census Preparation Convening Agenda with Links to Presentations
Wages and Demographics
- “Raising The Minimum Wage Has Benefits Way Beyond Creating More Wealth For Workers,” Fast Company
- “The Status of Women in North Carolina: Employment and Earnings,” NC Department of Administration
- “The Minimum Wage Doesn’t Even Come Close to What Workers Need,” NC Policy Watch
- “Geography of job growth in North Carolina,” NC Department of Commerce Report
Rural Economic Development
- Rural North Carolina at a Glance
- “41 percent of NC towns are declining in population. The worst are in the northeast.” News & Observer, 7/5/2017.
- Smart Growth in Small Towns and Rural Communities, US EPA
- “A Brief When and How Rural Economic Development Should be Done,” The Journal of Regional Analysis & Policy
- “Infrastructure Fueling Rural Economic Development,” The Aspen Institute
- “Rural Economic Development,” National Rural Health Association Policy Brief
- “Rural North Carolina in the Aftermath of the Great Recession,” NC Rural Center Report
- NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- “Noran Sanford turns youthful lives around on old prison grounds,” N&O, March 11, 2017
- “How Do You Reinvent a Rural Economy? $100 at a Time,” The Daily Yonder, February 13, 2019
- Rural North Carolina at a Glance
Infrastructure and Disaster Recovery
- “Roads to nowhere: how infrastructure built on American inequality,” Johnny Miller, The Guardian
- “We can’t let hurricane damage hold back rural NC,” News and Observer Op Ed by Dan Gerlach
Wilmington and Eastern NC
