This drop-in style event will showcase the work of NCGrowth and the Kenan Institute for Private Enterprise, partners of the Kenan Flager Business School.  Stations will be set up spotlighting client projects with small businesses and communities, new economic research initiatives, and student involvement. Tribally-led tourism development, outdoor recreation economies, Hurricane Helene recovery, and small manufacturers innovating in rural North Carolina – these are a few topics you can expect to dive into!

Lunch will be available for the first 100 attendees.

Contact: Carolyn Fryberger, Associate Director of Economic Development, Carolyn_fryberger@unc.edu

This is event is generously sponsored by Partner Community Capital, a CDFI that supports businesses and non-profits located in underserved communities across Central Appalachia and the Southeast. Learn more at (https://partnercap.org/).