Category: General Discussion

  • Join Online Grassroots Video Campaign for JOBS

    Hello small town America…Hello Northeastern North Carolina! Have you been waiting for jobs to come to your community? Have you been waiting a long, long, long time, for that one big thing to happen, and it has not? Countyimpact.com is launching a grassroots JOBS Campaign featuring everyday people living in the region telling their personal…

  • It’s Time for us to Fight for Jobs in the Northeast – Calling for All Stories

    It’s Time for us to Fight for Jobs in the Northeast – Calling for All Stories

    Who says our work ethic is less than desirable? Who says we are consumers only and not producers? No matter your economic position, all of us have benefited from government policies in some personal way. Yes, some of us have benefited more than others, but that does not reduce us to a community preference of…

  • Drones Create Jobs -a Call for One in Eastern North Carolina

    Drones Create Jobs -a Call for One in Eastern North Carolina

    Drones for civilian use is about to become a reality. The Federal Aviation Administration has made a request for proposals to create six drone sites across the US. With this request, comes a practical application of drones in civilian life. The demand from law enforcement agencies, farmers to monitor crops, to fire fighting, and nonmilitary…

  • 1 Billion Rising and Rural Women Too

    1 Billion Rising and Rural Women Too

    Rural women are included too. Today a world of women from over 200 countries took to the streets opposing violence against women. The smaller the community the less likely women are to stand against a system of treatment that is deplorable from its origin but sustaining within the context of economic dependence. Survival is wrapped…

  • Happy Valentine’s Day

    Happy Valentine’s Day

    Here’s wishing everyone a Happy Valentine’s Day. Celebrate the good endowed in you and the community in which you live. Loving is the pathway of those who find a bounty of goodness wrapped in simple conversation… no frills, just real transparency amongst friends.    

  • Presidential Hang Out- From Asheville to the Roosevelt to Northeastern, NC?

    Presidential Hang Out- From Asheville to the Roosevelt to Northeastern, NC?

    With fiscal challenges threatening the poor and partisanship driving human issues off the cliff, the President chose to visit North Carolina after the SOTU address, just before a “fireside chat” of sorts, engaging everyday citizens like you, in a “Presidential hangout”. The President’s trip to North Carolina is significant on a number of levels to…

  • State of the Union Address Opportunity for Rural Economic Growth

    State of the Union Address Opportunity for Rural Economic Growth

    President Obama delivered a passionate State of the Union address. His speech holds great potential for rural North Carolina. Look what’s within our reach… time to contact your local, state and national leaders to get them moving! 1. Manufacturing Innovation Institute – look to create 3 additional institute’s with a network of 15 hubs Lobby…