Initiative for Community Growth and Development

NC State University launched the Initiative for Community Growth and Development to address issues, challenges and opportunities facing North Carolina communities related to real estate development, economic growth, infrastructure build-out, ecosystem conservation and other associated community development matters.

Our Goal:

Foster public dialogue about community growth and development, while forming interdisciplinary partnerships and fulfilling the land-grant mission of the university.

The Initiative for Community Growth and Development unites world-class scholarship, academic research, and community-based application to contribute to a vibrant, prosperous, equitable, and inclusive quality of life in North Carolina.

Key Focus Areas:

The Initiative will accomplish its work through four focus areas:

The Initiative for Community Growth and Development strives to research and test various community growth and development strategies, particularly in areas that intersect with economic, social and environmental impact and benefit.

Featured News

NC State’s Partnership With FUJIFILM Diosynth Supports North Carolina’s Growing Economy

Chancellor Woodson joined FUJIFILM Diosynth CEO Martin Meeson and statewide partners to commemorate the groundbreaking of the company’s Holly Springs facility. The expansion is the largest-ever life sciences investment in North Carolina’s history, creating 725 jobs and infusing $2 billion into the state’s economy. FUJIFILM Diosynth’s new campus will manufacture life-saving medicines and vaccines for a range of illnesses.

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FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies Expands Strategic Partnership with NC State

FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies expands its strategic partnership with North Carolina State University (NC State) to create future innovation opportunities through new research projects, sustainable facility design, and bioprocessing advancements at the future Holly Springs cell culture biomanufacturing site. The strategic partnership will focus areas of research and facility design to support FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies’ goal to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2030 for its new $2 billion site in Holly Springs.

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For questions, please contact:

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Charles A. Flink II, FASLA

Director, Initiative for Community Growth and Development; Leaders Council Member

caflink@ncsu.edu

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Adam Walters, PLA, ASLA

Associate Director, Initiative for Community Growth and Development

arwalter@ncsu.edu

Staff Office Hours

Staff will be available in Brooks Hall 117B during the following days and times:

• Chuck Flink, Director:
  • Mondays, 12:00 pm – 5 pm
• Adam Walters, Associate Director:
  • Wednesdays, 9 am – 3 pm
• Elizabeth Gabriel, Student RA:
  • Mondays, 9 am – 12:30 pm
  • Tuesdays, 10 am – 1:30 pm