News & Hot Topics

 Studies and Articles Related to

Health, Obesity and Diet

• Shell Building Feasibility Study, Edgecombe County, North Carolina (August 1, 2011): http://twincountiesvisioning.skeo.com/sites/default/files/Edgecombe%20Shell%20Building%20Feasibility%20Study%20%208-1-11.pdf

• Multiple Strategies are needed to help fight obesity, study shows (USA Today): http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/wellness/story/2012-05-09/obesity-epidemic-strategies/54813912/1

• Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity: http://www.yaleruddcenter.org/

• Businesses blast big gulp soda ban (Crain’s New York Business): http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120531/HOSPITALITY_TOURISM/120539977

• Diabetes on the Rise Among Teenagers (NY Times): http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/diabetes-on-the-rise-among-teenagers/

• Alliances for Obesity Prevention: Finding Common Ground – Workshop Summary (Institute of Medicine): http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2012/Alliances-for-Obesity-Prevention-Finding-Common-Ground.aspx

• Obese Children Navigate Minefield of Calories and Bad Ads (Bloomberg): http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-31/obese-children-navigate-minefield-of-calories-and-bad-ads.html

• Obesity Could Affect 42% of Americans by 2030 (USA Today): http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/story/2012-05-07/obesity-projections-adults/54791430/1

• Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention: Solving the Weight of the Nation (Institute of Medicine): http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2012/Accelerating-Progress-in-Obesity-Prevention.aspx

• The Poor Pay More – Poverty’s High Cost to Health (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation): http://www.rwjf.org/files/research/thepoorpaymore2009.pdf

• 2011 North Carolina Economic Index: http://www.nccommerce.com/Portals/0/Research/EconIndex/2011%20Economic%20Index.pdf

NAACP Lauds Locals During 37th Banquet

Susan Perry Cole was given The Freedom Fighter Award.

Click here for the full article

Foreclosure Settlement Update

 April 25, 2012 

• Funds used to supplement not supplant existing funds;
• Support multi-year funding of foreclosure counseling;
• Some funds set aside to pilot a service delivery model.

Click here for more 

Foreclosure Settlement Reached

February 9, 2012, Attorneys General reached agreement on foreclosure settlement.  See link below for our press release and the NC Attorney General's summary of how the money will break down.

  Press Release

Foreclosure Settlement Benefits

 NC Sustainable Communities Resources webpage

Our Partners

NC Rural Center 

NC Community Development Initiative

NC Institute for Minority Economic Development

NC Minority Support Center

Neighborworks America

NC Housing Coalition

NC Housing Finance Agency

NC Department of Commerce Division of Community

Legal Aid of NC