Community Development Academy

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Community development practitioners will benefit from this intensive 6-day course, which is designed for community development practitioners and covers the concepts, methods, and strategies of community economic development. The course provides community development practitioners with significant perspective and practical skills surrounding community development in North Carolina.

Scholarship Information

Local Government Federal Credit Union

The Local Government Federal Credit Union offers scholarships to local government employees to apply towards tuition for conferences, classes, and seminars offered by the School of Government. There are five deadlines to submit applications: March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1.

Visit the LGFCU website for more information and to submit an application.

Additional information

Class if Full

To be added to the waitlist email:zuckert@sog.unc.edu

6 days total: 2 three day sessions March 13-15, and April 10-12, 2018

Registration Fee: 790.

Topics include:

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
Community Development Academy March 2018
Start date: 3/13/18
End date: 3/15/18
Last day to book: 2/11/18
Marriott hotel(s) offering your special group rate:
· Courtyard Chapel Hill for 109 USD per night
Book your group rate for Community Development Academy March 2018
Community Development Academy April 2018
Start date: 4/10/18
End date: 4/12/18
Last day to book: 3/11/18
Marriott hotel(s) offering your special group rate:
· Courtyard Chapel Hill for 109.00 USD per night
Book your group rate for Community Development Academy April 2018

Required Attendance Policy

The training enables each participant to receive a Certificate of completion, awarded by the School of Government. In order to receive a certificate, participants must attend the entire training course and successfully complete an open-book exam.

There currently are no scheduled offerings of this course.

2018 Community Development Academy Agenda (pdf, 173 KB)

2017 CDA Attendance Policy (pdf, 75 KB)

2018 CDBG Hud Presentation (pdf, 758 KB)

Additional Files

2017 CDA Attendance Policy (pdf, 76 KB)

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