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Stories of Impact

Learn more about how North Carolina’s business owners and business advocates are impacted by child care challenges and what they’re doing about it.

Design Element
Trant
Executive Champion

Erin Thomas Trant

“Hatteras has a storied past. It deserves a future, too. “

When construction finished on the Hatteras Lighthouse in the 1870’s, the striped black and white brick tower sat more than 1,500 feet from the shore.

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ExCEL NC - Boone-14
Case Study

Boone Area Chamber of Commerce

“We don’t have a workforce without child care.”

In the days following Hurricane Helene in September 2024, the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce, like many other organizations across Western North Carolina, began the recovery process.

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