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Creating Prosperity
NCGrowth-SmartUp • Create Prosperity
Research Lab • Homegrown Tools
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The CREATE Strategic Council convened for the
first time in November. This Council will advise
our work (1) providing technical assistance to
communities and businesses in economically
distressed regions; (2) changing local, state,
national and international policy; and (3)
generating relevant research and new data.
Membership on the strategic council is a
three-year term.
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Mark Little, CREATE Executive Director joined
Susan Wente, President of Wake Forest
University, and Susie Shannon, President and CEO
of South Carolina Council on Competitiveness, on
the Dec. 3rd episode of Carolina Business Review
with Chris William.
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The inaugural Field Trips to the Future Cohort
sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
is composed of community leaders from across the
United States at the cutting edge of rural
community development. The primary goal of this
cohort is to infuse and strengthen the influence
of future-oriented thinking with those working
to ensure that communities and Native nations
across the rural United States are healthy
places where everyone belongs, lives with
dignity and thrives.
Thirty participants were selected from a pool of
138 nominees nationwide. “This is an amazing
group of visionary leaders that are shaping the
future of our country. I can’t wait to see how
their ability to strengthen their local
communities continues to expand with the
futurism skills and relationships they build
during this experience,” says Trista Harris,
program facilitator and President of
FutureGood.
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This investment will support rural businesses
and communities in rural Eastern North Carolina
that have been negatively impacted by the
COVID-19 pandemic. Through this project,
NCGrowth will provide direct technical
assistance to five growth companies affected by
COVID-19, a series of workshops to support
latino-owned businesses and two local
governments in rural North Carolina, which will
result in accelerated job growth.
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The NCGrowth-SmartUp Team recently travelled to
Green Pond, SC to visit new South Carolina
client, Joe Hamilton, Founder and President of
SS Hamilton Farms, a Certified Tree Farm.
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Congratulations to Kellye Whitaker,
NCGrowth-SmartUp South Carolina Program Manager,
on her recent graduation from the Center for
Heirs Property Preservation Woodland Community
Advocate Institute.
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NCDOR Business Recovery Grant deadline extended
to January 31, 2022. Grants available to NC
businesses that experienced a loss of at least
20% during the pandemic.
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Learning from Soul City by Kofi Boone
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Carolina Across 100 releases Community Listening
Survey Results
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UNC School of Government’s Community and
Economic Development Blog
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NC IDEA’s Spring 2022 Grants Cycle opens Jan
31,2022. NC IDEA MICRO awards $10K
project-based grants to young companies looking
to validate and advance their idea.
NC IDEA SEED offers $50K grants to
early stage companies, often the critical
funding they need to scale faster.
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› NC IDEA MICRO
› NC IDEA SEED
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CREATE ED interviewed by Scott Briggaman on WPTF
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$2M grant to UNC-Chapel Hill program will
rebuild, fortify local economies across North
Carolina and beyond
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CREATE's Nicole Outlaw featured in VoyageATL
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