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Community Development Academy

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

The Community Development Academy alternates each year between “in person” classroom format and “online via Zoom.” In 2025, the Academy will be held in person for 6 days: March 18-20 and April 15-17.

Dates for 2025

In-person for six days. March 18-20 and April 15-17

Scholarship Information Civic Local Foundation Scholarship

Members of Civic Federal Credit Union (Civic) and Local Government Federal Credit Union (LGFCU), who are local government employees, are eligible to apply for a scholarship towards tuition for conferences, classes, and seminars offered by the School of Government. There are four deadlines to submit applications:

March 1 (for courses starting between April 1 and June 30)
June 1 (for courses starting between July 1 and September 30)
September 1 (for courses starting between October 1 and December 31)
December 1 (for courses starting between January 1 and March 31)

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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

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.