GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Aug. 20 -- The city of Greensboro issued the following news: Longtime community housing advocate Michelle Kennedy has been named as the City's new Neighborhood Development Department director, effective September 16. Kennedy surpassed a pool of candidates selected from a national search and extensive interview process conducted by an executive recruitment firm. The candidate evaluation concluded Kennedy's background makes her the ideal candidate to lead the City's h  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 20 -- The North Carolina Department of Commerce issued the following news release: The North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority (RIA) has approved 21 grant requests to local governments totaling $5,916,198, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The requests include commitments to create a total of 1,200 jobs, 661 of which were previously announced. The public investment in these projects will attract more than $546 million in private investment. "Investments   more