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Mark Little provides expert testimony for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project

 

On May 11, 2022, the Sierra Club was among the parties who entered into a settlement agreement with Dominion Energy on their Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, specifically its Economic Development Plan, which will secure much-needed improvements on diversity, equity, and inclusive hiring practices. The Sierra Club submitted expert testimony from Dr. Mark Little in Dominion Energy’s request to the State Corporation Commission (SCC) for approval and certification of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project in March 2022. › Read More

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CREATE Participates in UNC Engagement Week with Four Community Engagement Stories

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UNC Chapel Hill’s Engagement Week highlighted statewide community-driven partnerships powered by state and local community leaders and Carolina faculty, staff and students. CREATE’s Jess Wilkinson shares her work supporting entrepreneurs in the Mount Olive Region in this Engagement Week panel. › Read More

 

NCGrowth Analyst Sam Wilkes honored with Thomas A. and Yolanda Kaye Stith Leadership Award

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A graduate of Buford High and Clemson University in South Carolina, Sam is described as a person of deep integrity and intellect, one who is eager to use his talents to help others thrive. His scholarship is likewise described as impeccable and his technical expertise cutting edge and highly practical. › Read More

 

Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Series – Capital Ecosystems: Seeding Smaller and Regional Funds to Increase Opportunity

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During Kenan Institute’s Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Series, Maryann Feldman joined a panel on Capital Ecosystems: Seeding Smaller and Regional Funds to Increase Opportunity. › Read More

 
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SBIR Turns 40: Evaluating Support for Small Business Innovation

 

Maryann Feldman provided testimony about the SBIR Program to the Research and Technology Subcommittee of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology › Read More

 

CREATE’s Nicole Outlaw featured in Substantial Magazine for her work helping businesses in Eastern Carolina

 

Dubbed a “substantial woman to know”, Nicole is featured among several other women in Substantial Magazine’s spring issue, in honor of Women’s History Month. › Read More

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SmartUp Client Marvin Ross of Peculiar Pig Farm featured in The New York Times

 

“One Huge Hog, One Long Day and a Nourishing Southern Tradition” features SmartUp Client Peculiar Pig Farm’s Marvin Ross at his farm in South Carolina, where Ross is carrying on the ritual of hog slaughters, a disappearing staple of Black agrarian life › Read More

 

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