Economic Development Positions

Economic Development Positions

Issues on which NCCBI has taken positions are listed below and linked to the position paper on that topic.

Workforce Preparedness
Support for Community Colleges
Support for Travel and Tourism
North Carolina State Ports
Support for Economic Development and Expansion Incentives

Economic Development Committee focuses on issues that are vital to good economic health in North Carolina.

Chair:	James T. Broyhill, former U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative, Lenoir
Vice Chair:	Lewis Myers, consultant, Durham

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The N. C. Senate and House Committees that address the issues related to the NCCBI positions above are shown below with links to each committee member.

Senate Appropriations on Natural and Economic Resources Meets Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays At 8:30 a.m. in 423 LOB
Chair	R. L. Martin
Ranking Minority Member	Betsy L. Cochrane
Vice Chair	David F. Weinstein
Members	Hamilton C. Horton, Jr., Stephen M. Metcalf, Eric Miller Reeves, Dan Robinson

Senate Commerce Meets Tuesdays, Thursdays At 11:00 a.m. in 1027 LB
Chair	R. C. Soles, Jr.
Ranking Minority Member	Patrick J. Ballantine
Vice Chair	Betsy L. Cochrane
Vice Chair	David W. Hoyle
Vice Chair	Howard N. Lee
Vice Chair	R. L. Martin
Vice Chair	Ed Warren
Members	Frank W. Ballance, Jr., Robert C. Carpenter, John H. Carrington, Charles Carter, Walter H. Dalton, James Forrester, Virginia Foxx, Luther Henry Jordan, Jr., John H. Kerr III, Stephen M. Metcalf, Kenneth R. Moore, Aaron W. Plyler, William R. Purcell, Anthony E. Rand, Eric Miller Reeves, Robert A. Rucho, Robert G. Shaw, Larry Shaw

House Economic Growth and Community Development Meets Tuesdays At 10:00 a.m. in 544
Chair	Mary Long Jarrell
Vice Chair	Larry W. Womble
Members	Gordon Philip Allen, Gene Grey Arnold, Daniel Wilson Barefoot, Jerry Braswell, Lanier M. Cansler, James Calvin Carpenter, Stanley Harold Fox, George Wayne Goodwin, Howard J. Hunter, Jr., Theodore James Kinney, Paul Luebke, Daniel Francis McComas, David Morris Miner, Richard T. Morgan, Amelia A. H. Morris, Jean Rouse Preston, Trudi Walend, Thomas E. Wright

House Travel and Tourism Meets Wednesdays At 10:00 a.m. in 415
Chair	Larry W. Womble
Vice Chair	Daniel Wilson Barefoot
Vice Chair	Thomas E. Wright
Members	Rex L. Baker, Lyons Gray, Howard J. Hunter, Jr., Margaret Moore Jeffus, Martin Luther Nesbitt, Jr., Jean Rouse Preston, John Melvin Rayfield, Ronnie Neal Sutton, W. B. Teague, Jr., Joe Pat Tolson