Our full array of valuable membership benefits and services includes:
- A professional lobbyist representing our industry's interests in the NC General Assembly.
- Visibility for your organization on the web, electronically, and in print
- Free or reduced cost professional and capacity building training sessions featuring knowledgeable and noteworthy instructors
- Cutting edge research publications on issues important to the community economic development field
- News and information regarding community economic development locally, regionally and nationally
- Access to free and/or pro bono attorney services through a partnership brokered by NCACDC with the statewide Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC) organization
- Participation in NCACDC's measurement initiative, sponsored in collaboration with NeighborWorks America, that uses a state of the art system to document outcomes in housing, economic development and community building
- Eligibility for customized, intensive, and hands-on technical assistance, including access to CED experts, university-based researchers and pre-development financing
- Access to model policies, such as NCACDC's Project and Financial Management Procedure for Boards and staff, that are designed to promote effective and efficient oversight and implementation of programs and projects from inception to closeout
- And much more
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