Upcoming events

    • December 08, 2026
    • 10:00 AM
    • December 10, 2026
    • 3:30 PM
    • Online

    Development Finance Toolbox

    December 8-10 | Online  |  10:00am-3:30pm | Course Cost: $370

    How do local governments use public-private partnerships for development? What finance tools are available to local governments to revitalize Main Street?

    North Carolina communities can select from a wide array of financing tools in their efforts to attract and grow businesses, improve real estate, and build community assets. In order to select the right approach for your development project, it helps to understand the options.

    Participants in this course will learn the basics of development finance tools used by North Carolina local governments to achieve their community and economic development goals. 

    What You'll Learn:

    • Federal tax credit financing
    • Public-private partnerships for redevelopment
    • Local government capital financing
    • Tax increment financing (TIF) and synthetic TIF
    • Business improvement districts
    • Attracting private investment to Main Street
    • Grant identification and management
    • Fundamentals of developer real estate financing

    Click here to go to the course page and register.


    • March 09, 2027
    • 9:00 AM
    • April 08, 2027
    • 5:00 PM
    • Chapel Hill, NC

    Community Development Academy

    March 9-11 and April 6-8, 2027  |  9:00am-5:00pm | Chapel Hill  |  Course Cost: $935

    This intensive course targets community development practitioners and explores the concepts, methods, and strategies of community economic development. It offers practical skills and perspectives tailored to North Carolina.

    What You'll Learn:

    • Community development finance
    • Affordable housing strategies and tools
    • Role of economic development
    • CDBG and related grant programs
    • Environmental finance
    • Visioning and citizen participation
    • Tools for group decision-making
    • Purchasing and contracting
    • Measuring success
    • Grants management

    Click here to go to the course page and register.


    • May 26, 2027
    • May 28, 2027
    • Asheville, North Carolina


Past events

October 28, 2026 UNC School of Government - Legislative Update
October 28, 2026 UNC School of Government - Grants Made Manageable
October 09, 2026 UNC School of Government - Affordable Housing Seminar
May 20, 2026 Spring Annual NCCDA and PHRANC Event - Sponsor Registration
May 20, 2026 2026 Annual NCCDA/PHRANC Training Registration
May 21, 2025 Spring Annual NCCDA and PHRANC Event - Sponsor Registration
May 21, 2025 2025 Annual NCCDA/PHRANC Training Registration
December 03, 2024 UNC School of Government - Development Finance Toolbox
October 04, 2024 UNC School of Government - Affordable Housing Seminar: Tools, Strategies, and Case Studies for Local Government Leadership
October 02, 2024 UNC School of Government - Historic Resilience Workshops
May 22, 2024 Spring Annual NCCDA and PHRANC Event - Sponsor Registration
May 22, 2024 2024 Annual NCCDA/PHRANC Training Registration
May 01, 2024 NCDA Region IV Conference
November 15, 2023 Piedmont Triad Regional Housing Summit
May 24, 2023 NCCDA/PHRANC 2023 Training Conference SPEAKER FORM
May 24, 2023 2023 Annual NCCDA/PHRANC Training Registration
April 19, 2023 UNC School of Government: Performance Management in Community Development
July 28, 2022 City of Fayetteville - Developer Workshop
May 25, 2022 2022 Annual NCCDA/PHRANC Housing Solutions Training Registration
April 28, 2022 Performance Management in Community Development
April 06, 2022 NCCDA/PHRANC Training Conference SPEAKER FORM
May 27, 2021 NCCDA 2021 Virtual Spring Workshop
May 20, 2020 2020 NCCDA/PHRANC Conference SPEAKER FORM
May 20, 2020 2020 Annual NCCDA/PHRANC Spring Training Registration
March 10, 2020 Community Development Academy
December 10, 2019 School of Government - Development Finance Toolbox
October 29, 2019 CDBG Basics: Training for Practioners
October 17, 2019 NCCDA Fall Mini-Workshop (Western North Carolina)
September 26, 2019 NCCDA Fall Mini-Workshop (Eastern North Carolina)
May 08, 2019 2019 NCCDA/PHRANC Conference SPEAKER FORM
May 08, 2019 2019 Annual NCCDA/PHRANC Spring Training Registration
March 09, 2018 Data to Knowledge
May 24, 2017 2017 Annual Spring Conference
November 04, 2016 Data to Knowledge: Community Development for Place-Based Projects

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