Wood Education and Resource Center (WERC) Seven Workshops Grant-2018
1-North Carolina Statewide Marketing for Forest and Wood Products Project
The US Forest Service has awarded NCSU Wood Products Extension a grant to work with the NC primary and secondary in North Carolina from now into 2022. Working with NCSU WPE is the NCFS and West65thInc on this project that has its goal to grow sales, profitabity and employment. In 2020 we are planning a series of thirteen regional meetings based on the thirteen NC Forest Service Districts that divide the one hundred counties into thirteen districts. We will be announcing these meeting dates and locations soon that will run from March to November. Additionally we will have an interest online survey asking for input for each meeting on topics to cover specific to each district. Harry Watt at NCSU WPE is the contact person for this meeting. Contact at harry_watt@ncsu.edu and cell at 704-880-3067.
Download pdf handout for project meetings for 2020.
| The NCFS breaks down the 100 NC counties into 13 districts that we are using to host regional meetings in 2020 for our project to support the forest and wood products industry.
The online Zoom meetings start at 10 am for the primary industry that uses roundwood. At 11 am the meeting switches to the secondary industry that takes lumber and panels to make value added products. The meeting ends at noon. The second have of each part of the meeting will be open to chat questions that we will discuss the problems and opportunities found in the NC forest and wood products industry. |
Covid 19 Virus has affected our planned on site meetings in 2020 in each of the NCFS Thirteen Districts in that we are moving towards Zoom online meetings and not on site. We have scheduled four online Zoom meetings for June and July for Districts 3,5, 2 and 13. Below are the details:
Zoom meetings are found at this link = https://ncsu.zoom.us/s/98430918629. The meeting opens up at 9:55 am using the link above. From 10 am to 11 am the meeting is focused on primary (roundwood) businesses while at 11 am the meeting switches to the secondary industry (value added). There are two call in phone numbers (code number)-phone 470-381-2552 (code 98430918629#) or phone 646-518-9805, (code 98430918629#) for those who wish to listen to the meeting by phone.
Meeting 1-NCFS District 3-Tuesday, June 9-Counties of Anson, Moore, Chatham, Richmond, Lee, Scotland, Montgomery, Stanly
Meeting 2-NCFS District 5-Tuesday, June 23-Counties of Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson, Franklin, Northampton, Greene, Warren, Halifax, Wayne
Meeting 3-District 2-Tuesday, July 14-Counties of Alexander, Burke, Alleghany, Caldwell, Ashe, Watauga, Avery, Wilkes
Meeting 4-District 13-Tuesday, July 28-Counties of Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington
Meeting 5-District 11-Tuesday, August 4-Counties of Alamance, Orange, Caswell, Person, Durham, Vance, Granville, Wake
Meeting 6-District 4-Tuesday, August 18-Counties of Beaufort, Lenoir, Carteret, Onslow, Craven, Pamlico, Jones, Pitt
Meeting 7-District 9-Tuesday, September 15-Counties of Cherokee, Jackson, Clay, Macon, Graham, Swain, Haywood
Meeting 8-District 6-Tuesday, September 29-Counties of Cumberland, Robeson, Harnett, Sampson, Hoke, Johnston
Meeting 9-District 10-Tuesday, October 13-Counties of Davidson, Randolph, Surry, Davie, Rockingham, Yadkin, Forsyth, Rowan, Guilford, Stokes
Meeting 10-District 7-Tuesday, October 27-Counties of Bertie, Gates, Perquimans, Camden, Hertford, Chowan, Martin, Currituck, Pasquotank
Meeting 11-District 1-Tuesday, November 3-Counties of Buncombe, Mitchell, Henderson, Polk, Madison, Transylvania, McDowell, Yancey
Meeting 12-District 8-Tuesday, November 10-Counties of Dare, Hyde, Terrell, Washington
Meeting 13-District 12-Tuesday, November 17-Counties of Cabarrus, Iredell, Union, Catawba, Lincoln, Cleveland, Mecklenburg, Gaston, Rutherford
In the Fall of 2019 we conducted a survey of opinions of the forest and wood products industry. Take this link to review about 300 comments on the survey.
Starting August 2019 the NCSU Wood Products Extension is leading the effort in North Carolina to grow sales, profitability and employment for the primary and secondary forest and wood products industries. This grant project is funded by the US Forest Service Wood Innovations Program for marketing. We were picked out of about 150 applications, only about 30 were funded. Our efforts will be undertaken in all 100 NC counties and will last into 2022.
Staff members of the project include:
- NCSU-Harry Watt-harry_watt@ncsu.edu, Phil Mitchell-phil_mitchell@ncsu.edu, Frederik Laleicke-frederik.laleicke@ncsu.edu-all Wood Products Extension
- NC Forest Sevice-Utilization Forester-Robert Ross-robert.ross@ncagr.gov
- West 65th Inc.-Carla Harper-carla@west65inc.com, marketing services company
We will be hosting thirteen regional educational/networking events were we invite professionals from all phases of North Carolina’s forest and wood products industry. These meetings will cover topics of interest and we will seek out opinions about the problems and opportunities for our industry. Stay tuned and we will be hosting these meetings from March through November.
Project staff county assignments by NCFS Districts:
Harry Watt-NCSU Wood Products Extension
-District 1- Buncombe, Mitchell, Henderson, Polk, Madison, Transylvania, McDowell, Yancey
-District 2-Alexander, Burke, Alleghany, Caldwell, Ashe, Watauga, Avery, Wilkes
-District 3-Anson, Moore, Chatham, Richmond, Lee, Scotland, Montgomery, Stanly
-District 9-Cherokee, Jackson, Clay, Macon, Graham, Swain, Haywood
-District 12-Cabarrus, Iredell, Union, Catawba, Lincoln, Cleveland, Mecklenburg, Gaston, Rutherford
Phil Mitchell-NCSU Wood Products Extension
-District 4-Beaufort, Lenoir, Carteret, Onslow, Craven, Pamlico, Jones, Pitt
-District 13-Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington
Frederik Laleike-NCSU Wood Products Extension
-District 5-Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson, Franklin, Northampton, Greene, Warren, Halifax, Wayne
Carla Harper-West65Inc-a marketing company
-District 10-Davidson, Randolph, Surry, Davie, Rockingham, Yadkin, Forsyth, Rowan, Guilford, Stokes
-District 11-Alamance, Orange, Caswell, Person, Durham, Vance, Granville, Wake
Robert Ross-NCFS-Utilization Forester
-District 4-Beaufort, Lenoir, Carteret, Onslow, Craven, Pamlico, Jones, Pitt
-District 8-Bladen, New Hanover, Brunswick, Pender, Columbus, Duplin
Information downloads helpful to forestry and wood products businesses in North Carolina: