Our Projects
Past Employment Projects
- Linking Education to Careers in Northeast Mississippi
- A Partnership Model for Better Jobs
- A Time of Reckoning: Testing the Will for Change in the Mississippi Delta
- Career Pathways for a Green South
- Creating a New Strategic Vision for the N.C. Rural Center
- Franklin/Southampton County Development
- Latino Pathways
- Middle Border Forward
- Mississippi Workforce Development
- Mistakes to Success: Applying Roadmap Tools
- National Fund for Workforce Solutions
- North Carolina JobLink Career Center System
- Program for the Rural Carolinas
- Redesigning the North Carolina Employment and Training System
- Women in Electronics
- Workforce Alliance in Mississippi
MDC worked with the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center to craft a new strategic vision for an organization that provided support to and a voice for Rural North Carolinians for more than 30 years.
MDC had helped craft the plan that created the Rural Center in the late 1980s and was invited to help the Center at a critical point in its history make important decisions on how best to use its resources to meet the needs of those living in rural North Carolina.
MDC solicited the input of rural experts and communities throughout the state to help the Rural Center create an effective vision in response to its new circumstances. Activities included:
- A statewide survey to better understand the critical issues facing rural communities.
- A series of roundtables in rural communities aimed at soliciting input from rural residents on how the Center can best meet their needs.
- Interviews with more than 60 partners of the Rural Center.
- Convenings of experts to discuss issues of high-importance to rural communities.
- Strategic visioning sessions with Rural Center staff and the Board of Directors.
MDC presented the new strategic vision created through the process at the Center’s annual meeting.
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For more information, contact Julie Mooney.