Source: CAROLINA PUBLIC PRESS, 7/8/22


The Carolina Civic Center in downtown Lumberton, as seen on July 7, 2022. The venue is set to be expanded through federal ARPA funding through North Carolina state government. Ben Sessoms / Carolina Public Press Last month, Gov. Roy Cooper’s office announced the recipients of the Rural Transformation Grant Fund, a program funded through state dollars received from the American Rescue Plan Act. ARPA is federal legislation passed in March 2021 for the purpose of funding recovery efforts from the COVID-19 pandemic. Four rural towns and cities in the counties around the Fayetteville area — Raeford, Lumberton, Elizabethtown and Pembroke...

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