Eastern Native CDFI is being created to help specific underserved communities overcome systemic barriers to entrepreneurial success, such as a lack of physical, legal, and telecommunications infrastructure, access to affordable financial products and services, and limited workforce development strategies.

Dr. Jim Johnson was the keynote speaker for NC Housing Works’ 2022 NC Affordable Housing Conference this September. North Carolina is facing a series of demographic headwinds that can potentially quell future growth and demand for real estate, as well as our ability to create and sustain more inclusive and equitable communities…

Jeanne Milliken Bonds has been appointed and is searving as Chair. The Committee was created to provide guidance on issues of affordable and workforce housing, homelessness, and related services.

True community development is fostered by community leaders who have a clear vision for a greater community. Learn from the current mayor, John Gettys on how he helped establish a strategic that is leading Rock Hill into the future.

Even after the hard work required growing and harvesting quality fruits, vegetables, meats and seafood, farmers face a host of challenges financing the processing and packaging and accessing the supply chains for distribution. Join panelists for presentations and discussions about financing and fostering regional food economy collaborations.

Dr. Jim Johnson and Jeanne Bonds give a presentation on the vitality of community land trusts

The Task Force, established by the Governor’s Executive Order 143, will address the social, environmental, economic, and health disparities in communities of color that have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

“North Carolina initially failed to prioritize testing for people who were exposed to #COVID19 because of where they live or work.” – Jeanne Milliken Bonds, Professor of Social Impact Investing at the University of North Carolina.

This recent opinion editorial in the Fayetteville Observer encourages the governor to use American Rescue Plan funding to build equity by boosting minority owned businesses.

The pandemic has underscored the relationship between our childcare systems and our nation’s economic and social health. A North Carolina project looks at how we need to improve.