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The Carolinas Urban-Rural Connection: Strengthening ties to revitalize communities

Posted on August 28, 2019
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[Read the full report here] It was a cold January day in 2018 when eight researchers from UNC Charlotte’s Urban Institute stepped out into the brisk air in Hamlet, a small town in Richmond County, N.C. A dusting of snow from a surprise storm the previous day still covered the railroad tracks adjacent to the […]

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