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Hyde looks to IBX Arts for financial growthOn March 20th Christina Vitale of WITN reported that Hyde County has the highest unemployment rate in the entire state.The high rates continue to be a concern for many local residents, especially those who have been forced to close up shop." reports Vitale, and further states that Economic developers are encouraging people bring business into the county. link. Margie Brooks of The Hyde County Community Development Corp. (CDC), has pro actively produced a plan of action for a Hyde County website that will promote and offer sales of Hyde County products and services. Local artisans and craftsmen are encouraged to call the CDC for more information and learn how they can become involved more info here.

Inner Banks Creating an Artistic Economy

The Inner Banks (IBX) began a quest to create an artistic economy on Friday, February 29, 2008. The Foundation of Renewal for Eastern North Carolina (FoR ENC) hosted a workshop entitled "Creating an Artistic Economy" at the Imperial Centre in Rocky Mount, NC. Keynote Speaker Becky Anderson of Handmade in America spoke on the economic decline of western region in the 1970s and 1980s and the region's incredible rebound after Ms. Anderson and her colleagues created a thriving new industry by tapping into an overlooked asset, the artistic heritage of the region. After organizing WNC's artists and craftspersons as entrepreneurs, Handmade in America grew the business to the point that it now contributes over $122 million to the economy of western North Carolina. At the FoR ENC workshop, panelists and facilitators included leading artists and arts professionals in ceramics, enameling, jewelry design, painting, furniture making, music, film making and education. Also present were community leaders, citizens, and merchants from Eastern North Carolina, including those looking to identify and cultivate their artists crafts communities. Feather Phillips of Pocosin Arts Folk School in Tyrrell County led a workshop on promoting and supporting the arts locally. Frank Dooley of FoR ENC expanded on the workshop to encourage communities to identify their "found objects," the people who create the art that makes the Inner Banks distinctive and unique. As quilters, potters and chair makers have been found to be assets of the NC mountains, so too boat builders, net makers, and woodcarvers--in addition to traditional arts and crafts makers--may become some of the many artistic "assets" of the Inner Banks. (Picture- Becky Anderson presenting a banner with each western NC towns logo affixed, symbolizing that solidarity between communities is essential to economic success in rural North Carolina.)