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MediaThis section features community best practices in a video and case study format. The goal with best practices is to spread the word for what works in western North Carolina public policy. To tell us about a best practice, please email:
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Political boundaries often serve as roadblocks that keep economic entities from cooperating or collaborating. Regional economic development is premised on the notion that regions are defined through shared economic goals - not through arbitrary lines on a map. This case study - based on the successful merging of the Polk County (NC) and Landrum (SC) Chambers of Commerce - demonstrates how political boundaries can be overcome and how economic collaboration can take place across state lines.
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In this Best Practice, we profile a fresh food initiative in Rutherford County that allows local residents to earn extra income by growing crops for Charlotte-area gourmet restaurants. The restaurants get fresh food; residents of Rutherford County get additional revenues and - for a moment - the tides of globalization seem to have reversed.
As you might expect, the real value in this Best Practice comes not from what was done but from how the residents managed to work together to plan and then execute this endeavor.
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