You are invited to participate in an economic development workshop scheduled for March 6 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at North Carolina State University-College of Natural Resources (Jordan Hall Addition, Room 1216). The workshop agenda is attached to this email message, "Wood to Energy II: Promoting BioEnergy in Your Neck of the Woods".
Participants in this single day workshop will learn about biomass and biofuel resources within North Carolina, the economic benefits and job creation from bioenergy projects, bioenergy industry trends, public and private partnerships, policy and market development, port authority updates and opportunities, and available resources and tools to help recruit sustainable bioenergy industries to North Carolina. Participants from the first workshop included economic developers, county commissioners, military growth task force members, biomass industry entrepreneurs and experts, university professors, and representatives from the North Carolina Biofuels Center and Division of Environmental and Natural Resources.
Online registration and additional details are posted here or contact: Natasha James, NCSU-FEOP Program Assistant, NC State University Extension Forestry, at (919) 515-9563.
