Press

Emily Edmonds Presentation
 
Farmers attend food hub interest meeting
Jacksonville Daily News | 03/04/2015

About 20 farmers from surrounding counties including Carteret, Duplin and Lenoir attended an interest meeting on Tuesday to help determine the feasibility of creating a food hub in Onslow County.

NC East Alliance Logo
 
Two groups join forces on analysis
The Daily Reflector | 01/31/2015

There could be more to the auto industry’s support network than meets the eye in eastern North Carolina, and two organizations will take a closer look in 2015 at its growth potential.

Bertie County Community Members
 
Community participation key to Bertie County’s new economic development plan
NC Association of County Commissioners | 09/22/2014

Residents of Bertie County are invited to help create a vision for the county’s economic future during four public forums to be held in July.

Carolyn Fryberger in Duplin County
 
Waste overload to energy mother-lode
Duplin Times | 09/04/2014

Carolyn Fryberger of the Kenan Institute’s Center for N.C. Strategic Economic Growth presented the findings of her study on waste digesters to business owners, members of government and others last month at the Duplin County Airport in Kenansville.

Congressman Butterfield
 
UNC initiative brings together students, companies, communities
The Herald Sun | 08/06/2014
Carolina Wild
 
Carolina Wild selected to participate in the new entrepreneur technical assistance program
Kinston.com | 02/06/2014

Carolina Wild of Pink Hill has been selected to participate this spring in the new Entrepreneur Technical Assistance Program at the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Where is Bertie going to be in 2020 - Flyer
 
Bertie County economic visioning project seeks community input
WindsorNC.com | 07/01/2013

Residents of Bertie County are invited to help create a vision for the county’s economic future during four public forums to be held in July.

What Our Partners Are Saying

The entire experience from the very first phone call to the project’s completion with E-TAP was stellar. The attention to detail that the entire E-TAP staff and students performed set a bench mark that we will admire for a lifetime.
Steve Lane, President, InteliPort
I am very pleased to have the assistance of Mayank to help us explore growth opportunities for the company.  The caliber of students selected by the Kenan Institute, coupled with the type of training they receive at UNC gives me high hopes that we will discover some significant avenues for growth here at Best Diamond.
Kevin Thorne, President, Best Diamond Packaging
We were honored to be included in the initial E-TAP program via referral from Beaufort County Community College. Being an extremely young company (less than one year old), and venturing in an entirely new career and business in the area, E-TAP helped us to focus and gain connections that will no doubt lead to many important decisions as we grow our business at Raised In A Barn Farm. All of the participants from UNC-CH were very supportive and encouraging in all aspects of our dreams and goals. Though I have been a business owner for decades, all of my experience has been self-taught and definitely consists of many flaws. Raised In A Barn Farm is a tremendous career change, a labor of love for both myself, my family and the community we serve, and it is my hope that by continued association with UNC-CH E-TAP, we will grow to become a very valuable service to our local community, both for recreational purposes and providing local fresh foods from our farm and others.
Jane Boahn, Owner, Raised in a Barn Farm

More Quotes

Latest NCGrowth Updates

More Updates

NCGrowth

NCGrowth’s mission is to help businesses create good jobs and to help communities create sustainable and equitable opportunities for their people.

Building Logo

An initiative of the Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise | kenaninstitute@unc.edu | 919.962.8201

Other Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise Affiliates