by Emily Jessup | Mar 31, 2026 | Blog
Nearly every economic development strategy focuses on the same familiar priorities: recruiting industry, supporting existing businesses, and generally making the community more attractive to the next developer/investor. But that’s no longer enough. More and more often...
by Robert Jessup | Mar 26, 2026 | Blog
Here’s one for the lawyers – is the Local Government Commission a “tribunal” within the scope of Rule 3.3 of the lawyers’ Rules of Professional Responsibility, which requires “candor toward the tribunal”? And if it is, then how does the “duty of candor” manifest in...
by Sanford Holshouser | Mar 25, 2026 | Blog
We recently returned from three days at the annual NC Main Street Conference, held this year in beautiful New Bern. It was great to connect with familiar faces and meet some new ones, and we walked away having learned so much from the sessions. While there’s far more...
by Robert Jessup | Feb 18, 2026 | Blog
I’ve read several articles recently (including this one) that talk about the “straitjacket” of municipal finance – how the requirements of the bond market reduce the ability of local governments to provide enhanced public goods, such as better schools, more housing,...
by Emily Jessup | Feb 5, 2026 | Blog
This is the next installment of our series spotlighting the different ways communities across North Carolina are tackling their housing needs. Here, we are highlighting the use of General Obligation Bonds for affordable housing projects. In North Carolina, local...
by Robert Jessup | Feb 5, 2026 | Blog
Some high percentage of businesses looking to locate new business operations, or relocate existing operations, say they are looking to move into an existing building for their operations. Although a much lower percentage of those businesses ends up using an existing...
