North Carolina Rising

Featured Projects

• Preserving Coastal Traditions
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  • A group of dedicated commercial fishermen banded together to form the Ocracoke Working Waterman's Association.
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• Revitalizing Small Towns
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  • Hookerton is working to reinvent itself and use its small-town charm to do draw visitors and residents.
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• Building Eco-Tourism
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  • Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Breeding Center is home to the largest captive waterfowl population in North America.
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• Promoting Cultural Tourism
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  • A Cherokee community is focusing on tourism as a way to preserve their heritage and grow their economy.
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• Building a Home for the Arts
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  • The mission of Pocosin Arts impacts educational, social, environmental, and economic development issues all at once.
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• Reviving the Craft Industry
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  • HandMade in America provides a major support system for craftspeople and the craft industry.
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• Preserving Jobs with Military Contracts
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  • The NC Advisory Commission of Military Affairs promotes new economic opportunities for the state.
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• Empowering Students with Laptop Computers
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  • The 1:1 Laptop Initiative seeks to reform high schools by providing laptop computers to students and teachers.
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• Training a Skilled Workforce
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  • The Cherokee County Center for Applied Technology provides facilities for classes and short-run manufacturing.
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• Luring Business with Venture Funds
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  • The NC Rural Ventures Fund promotes development in rural communities through business investment.
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• Improving Rural Health Care
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  • Brody School of Medicine works to improve the state of rural health care.
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• Alternative Farming
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  • North Carolina farmers look to alternatives to tobacco for profitable agriculture.
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This project is funded by the Golden LEAF Foundation, a nonprofit corporation created in 1999 to receive one-half of the funds coming to North Carolina from a master settlement agreement with cigarette manufacturers. In turn, the Foundation is helping North Carolinians make the transition from a tobacco-dependent economy through grants and investments that will positively affect the long-term economic advancement of the state. Golden LEAF gives priority in its grantmaking to tobacco-dependent and economically distressed counties.