North Carolina Outdoor Recreation Coalition

Exciting news breaking in the Swannanoa Valley yesterday with announcement of a world-class Velosolutions Bike Park coming in 2024! Just as exciting is the commitment of the new owners to preserve an adjacent 10 acre site for clean and sustainable manufacturing as part of a unique partnership with the EDC. The rebirth of the Beacon Mill site is ideally suited for a high growth employer in the regions thriving Outdoor Products Manufacturing economy. This is the Power of Partnership.

Bang! The outdoor recreation economy is booming in WESTERN North Carolina, with $4.9B in economic output! (that's not even the entire state, just the Western region of 25 counties). Hard numbers made available yesterday here: Thank you Amy Allison and WNC: MADE X MTNS! Chuck Millsaps Matthew Brucker Thomas Dempsey Christopher Chung Nathan Ramsey Julie Mayfield Jennifer Billstrom, CPA Jeffrey Kaplan Russ Stoddard Jimi Combs Eric Henry Grayson Barnette Dan Barkin Earl B. Hunter, Jr

NCGrowth is hiring a new Program Manager! This position will be primarily responsible for managing client projects providing technical assistance and consulting to business, government and non-profit clients with a focus on leveraging outdoor recreation for economic growth in small North Carolina communities. Learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/eUxTxm7v #economicdevelopment #outdooreconomy

I spent yesterday in Winston-Salem for the annual review and strategy retreat for the Board of Directors of North Carolina Outdoor Recreation Coalition. We'll have more to say in the coming days about the stunning progress made in outdoor recreation in 2023, and we'll also be soliciting your input for 2024 outdoor recreation projects, legislative action, and initiatives. But for now, I simply wanted to recognize and appreciate all these hard-working folks taking an entire day out of their busy lives to continue to develop outdoor recreation in North Carolina (and beyond): Thank you Chuck Millsaps, Ron Pinks, Thomas Dempsey, Noah Wilson, Amy Allison, Matthew Brucker, Will Morgan, Louis King, and Mary Selvidge p.s. curious about NCOREC? More here: https://NCOREC.com