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In the News

UPLIFT generating local and regional media coverage that highlighted the program’s partnerships, initiatives, and community impacts.

Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage

Center Partners with UPLIFT to Develop Community-Based Tourism in North Carolina

Carolina Country

Uplifting Rural Tourism

NC Department of Commerce

North Carolina Tourism, Travel and Outdoor Recreation Industries to Receive $6 Million Investment: New Initiative to Support State's Hard-Hit Sectors

Appalachian State University - Walker College of Business

Hospitality professor helps elevate rural tourism across North Carolina through UPLIFT

Bladen Online

UPLIFT NC Rural Tourism Summit Celebrates Year of Local Community Alliances

Tourism-Boosting UPLIFT Meeting Scheduled January 18

UPLIFT Launches Interactions + Attractions, a New Podcast that Celebrates Rural Tourism Innovators

Richmond County Daily Journal

UPLIFT Program Seeks to Boost Tourism in Rural Communities

The Richmond Observer

Smithsonian Center Offers Festival Planning Advice in Richmond County

The Butner-Creedmoor News

Granville County Tourism Development Hosts Project UPLIFT Kickoff

The Caswell Messenger

UPLIFT to Get Tourism Moving County Forward

Rocky Mount Telegram

Program to Boost Rural Tourism to Kick Off in Edgecombe

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