Small business owners, interested in becoming a vendor to large institutions in Central North Carolina? If yes, join us April 8-10, 5:30PM-7:30PM at the Dennis Wicker Civic Center in Sanford, NC to learn the process for becoming a vendor and connect directly with purchasers like Central Carolina Community College, Lee County, TriRiver Water and others. 

Register: https://go.unc.edu/CNCPS

NCGrowth is excited to host our 2nd Annual Analyst Alumni Dinner! Join NCGrowth staff and past analysts for an evening of great food and conversation at Hawkers. This is a wonderful opportunity to reconnect, network, and learn how you can stay involved with NCGrowth as an alum.

RSVP to elizabeth_basnight@kenan-flagler.unc.edu or respond to the calendar invitation.

This dinner follows our UNC Showcase Event at UNC Kenan Center from 12:00PM – 2:00 PM. We hope to see you at both events! If you're interested in attending the UNC Showcase, register here: https://uncch.givepulse.com/event/544411.

This drop-in style event will showcase the work of NCGrowth and the Kenan Institute for Private Enterprise, partners of the UNC Kenan-Flager Business School. Stations will be set up spotlighting client projects with small businesses and communities, new economic research initiatives, and student involvement. Tribally-led tourism development, outdoor recreation economies, Hurricane Helene recovery, and small manufacturers innovating in rural North Carolina – these are a few topics you can expect to dive into!

Lunch will be available for the first 100 attendees. The event is part of Carolina Engagement Week.

REGISTER HERE: https://uncch.givepulse.com/event/544411

This is event is generously sponsored by Partner Community Capital, a CDFI that supports businesses and non-profits located in underserved communities across Central Appalachia and the Southeast.  Learn more at https://partnercap.org/.

Over the next two decades, an estimated $72 -$84 trillion in assets will be inherited by members of Generation X, millennials, and Gen Z from baby boomers, representing the greatest wealth transfer in U.S. history. As the saying goes, "Those who fail to plan, plan to fail." ...

NCAIED’s annual conference, the Reservation Economic Summit (RES), is the preeminent event to attend for high-caliber networking, winning teaming opportunities, business development sessions, and one-on-one consulting for American Indian enterprise.

Save the date for inaugural NCGrowth Showcase: Engaging for Economic Prosperity in the Kenan Center! Don't miss out on engaging presentations and lunch from noon to 2 p.m. Feb 27.

To all of our former analysts and staff, NCGrowth staff invites you to our first alumni network event on February 27th in Chapel Hill from 5-7pm.

North Carolina is poised to received $1.5 billion from a series of national opioid settlements with 85% of funds going directly to local communities. In collaboration with the Center for the Business of Health, NCGrowth will conduct a series of community immersives in Winston Salem, Robeson County, in Western and Northeastern NC.

Please join NCGrowth and Carolinas-Virginia Minority Supplier Development Council (CVMSDC) on December 6th for a discussion on Inclusion in Higher Education!

Save the date for the Fall 2023 NCGrowth Showcase in Bertie County, NC! Join us for engaging presentations and lunch on Nov 30th, 2023, from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM.

June 5, 2023 | 12:30PM-3:00PM Jackson County Green Energy Park | 100 Green Energy Park Rd. Dillsboro, NC

Martin Community College

409 West Granville Street #2123 Windsor, NC 27983