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32226
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Thomas W. Willis, director of East Carolina University Regional Development Institute, discusses how rural North Carolina communities can stop rural decline. The rural farm population is decreasing and undergoing drastic changes, as more people migrate to urban area. Rural and smaller communities should form an alliance in the pursuit of economic development and better opportunities of growth.
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3673
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Deciding what is urban and rural might depend on who is answering the question. The U.S. Bureau of the Census, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, and the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center each have differing definitions.
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North Carolina Insight
(NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 17 Issue 2 and 3, Dec 1997,
p103, il
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31150
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The North Carolina State Grange, at work since the 1870s, continues its commitment to improving the quality of rural life through community service, legislative activities and youth leadership programs. The State Grange recently made a case that rural North Carolina and farm families in particular, are going through an economic depression. This article discusses some of their hardships and how Hyde County farmers are expanding their market.
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