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Since 2009 the USDA has invested $6.3 billion in rural housing and businesses development, utility construction, and other community programs across North Carolina. More than $1.6 billion was invested in 2012, in which over 8000 families were aided through the Single Family Housing Program. [ 6 ]
Roosevelt transferred the Federal Emergency Relief Administration land program to the Resettlement Administration under Executive Order 7028 on May 1, 1935. [ 3 ] However, Tugwell's goal of moving 650,000 people from 100,000,000 acres (400,000 km 2 ) of agriculturally exhausted, worn-out land was unpopular among the majority in Congress. [ 4 ]
The church was formerly known as Wheeleys Meeting House (as well as once called Wheeley's Church and Upper South Hico Church [1] [2]). The church and its cemetery sit at a small rural crossroads about 1 mile south of North Carolina Highway 49. The church is known to locals simply as Wheelers and is located near Gordonton in Bushy Fork Township. [3]
Upper Town Creek Rural Historic District is a national historic district located near Wilson, in Edgecombe and Wilson County, North Carolina.The district encompasses 117 contributing buildings and 2 contributing structures on four contiguous farms near Wilson.
Colleges and Universities, many located in rural communities, have also played a key role in rural community development throughout United States history. The Morrill Land-Grant Act of 1862 provided funding for agricultural education. Since the passage of the Morrill Act, there has been significant demographic changes in the population of ...
The North Carolina chapter of the American Planning Association proposed reforms which were adopted in 2005. [2] The purpose of these reforms was to simplify, modernize, and make technical changes to the existing land use and planning laws. [2] The reform bills were sponsored by state Senator Daniel G. Clodfelter and Representative Lucy T ...
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All grants require performance measures. A regional research and evaluation program helps inform the agency's work. ARC emphasizes the leveraging of private-sector investments, relies on a broad network of public and private partnerships, and focuses on innovative, regional strategies to help communities help themselves.