Resource partners provide information, guidance and tools to help communities learn about options and strategies that promote sustainable economic development and resource stewardship.
Jackson County Green Energy Park captures methane gas from the old Dillsboro, NC, landfill for use as a fuel, transforming an environmental liability into economic opportunity. Read more>
Working for more than 20 years in economically distressed communities throughout North Carolina, Resourceful Communities follows the lead and wisdom of local leaders. Learn more about our partners.
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Resourceful Communities has helped partners establish NC's first community forest on a 532-acre parcel in Hoke County. Community forestry engages local partners in planning, management and stewardship. Adjacent to forestlands with the second largest US population of the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker, this community forest will restore habitat and provide economic, recreational and educational opportunities and more.
Watch the UNC-TV report about Hoke Community Forest and learn about benefits to the community and future plans for the forest.