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Piedmont Conservation Council, Inc.

🌿Leveraging people & resources for innovative projects that promote conservation and sustainable communities across central NC.🌿

📍 Serving Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham, Guilford, Orange, Person, Randolph, Rockingham & Wake Counties📍 (PCC) is a community-based, regionally focused nonprofit working to build sustainable communities across central North Carolina. Since 1967, we have brought conservation from plan to practice by connecting people, resources, and innovative ideas. Our mission is to leverage people and resources for projects that promote conservation and sustainable communities. We partner with local governments, organizations, and community members to design and deliver projects that support:
🌿 Natural Resource Conservation & Management
💧 Water Quality Protection
🌾 Farmland Preservation
🚶 Recreation & Tourism
🏘️ Community Development & Improvement
💼 Job Creation & Retention

PCC provides expertise in grant writing, project management, strategic planning, and workshops to help communities turn their goals into action. We serve Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham, Guilford, Orange, Person, Randolph, Rockingham, and Wake Counties of North Carolina. As an independent, nonpartisan nonprofit, we are guided by our core values: resource conservation, equity, integrity, respect, collaboration, innovation, accountability, stewardship, and nimbleness.

02/11/2026

An Orange County planting day is this Saturday, November 7th! 🧑‍🌾🌱

Are you a high school student (ages 14-21) currently enrolled in an Orange County high school and wanting to take part in paid planting days in November? Register today at urbanss.org!

Piedmont Conservation Council is assisting with an upcoming planting day:
📅Saturday, November 7th
⌚1pm - 3pm
📍826 Creekstone Dr, Chapel Hill

29/10/2026

Piedmont Conservation Council, Inc. (PCC) announced that it has been awarded a $100,000 Community Impact Grant from MetLife Foundation. The funding will directly support the Good Hope Farm, a collaborative agricultural initiative in Cary, N.C., dedicated to empowering local farm entrepreneurs, strengthening the regional food system, and expanding access to fresh, healthy produce. The GHF mission is to marry Cary's agricultural past with an innovative future by connecting beginning farmers to affordable farmland and the Cary community to local food.

To watch the videos, visit our website (piedmontconservation.org) -> Good Hope Farm -> Good Hope Farm Media!

22/10/2026

Harvest Fest is in one month! This family-friendly event will take place on Saturday, November 21, from 12–4pm, at Good Hope Farm, a historic organic working farm in Cary. 🧑‍🌾🍂

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Harvest Fest information: https://www.carync.gov/recreation-enjoyment/parks-greenways-environment/community-gardens-urban-agriculture/good-hope-farm/harvest-fest #!/

18/10/2026

North Carolina is the Great Trails State! 🚶🏇🚣🚴

Great Trails State Day celebrates the diverse trail networks that span across North Carolina, and it is recognized on the third Saturday of each October.

A recent project of the Piedmont Conservation Council was helping to fund the Rockingham County and Person County Quilt Trails. The Quilt Trails project brought local art and tourism together by installing over 50 hand-painted quilt squares on barns, buildings, and public spaces across the two rural counties. With support from the NC Department of Commerce, the trails were marketed through brochures, ads, and community events to boost visitation and support small businesses.

A lot of work has been done in the past few years for NC trails! The Great Trails State Coalition consistently advocates for increased state investment in all types of trails, and the Great Trails State Program (GTSP) provides funding, with the first grant cycle in 2025 distributing $25 million dollars.

Want to learn more about Great Trails State Day or the Quilt Trails?
- https://greattrailsnc.com/great-trails-state-day/
- https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/3cccf50cc900459dae9129702454e374
- https://itsbetterinperson.com/quilt-trail/

Comment below how you celebrated Great Trails State Day!

16/10/2026

🌿ONGOING PROJECT: Haskett Creek in North Asheboro Park 🌿

This past Tuesday, PCC Full Council had a great time visiting an ongoing project in Randolph County. A big thank you to Backwater Environmental for the informational tour!

Haskett Creek is an impaired waterbody impacted by surrounding urbanization, excessive stormwater flows, streambank erosion, and a lack of streamside buffers. These challenges have contributed to poor benthic communities and declining stream health. Through stream restoration and stabilization, this project will help reduce erosion, improve water quality, and create a healthier watershed for the Asheboro community.

09/10/2026

Interested in farming at Good Hope Farm? Visit our website (piedmontconservation.org) and apply now for the upcoming 2027 season!

Good Hope Farm is a community-supported urban farm located in Cary, NC. It works to support the local food system through events and workshops, farm-grown produce, and resources for new farmers.

07/10/2026

We had a great time this past Saturday at the 51st Annual Asheboro Fall Festival! 🎪🍂🌧️

A big thank you to Randolph County Soil and Water for sharing your tent space and to the Asheboro Fall Festival for having us.

02/10/2026

Happy Food Waste Prevention Week! 🪱🗑️♻️

Reducing food waste is a pivotal part of conservation. This past month, Good Hope Farm held multiple Composting Workshops to teach the community about recycling food waste into organic compost through backyard composting.

However, composting isn't only one way to reduce food waste. Leave a comment on how you've prevented food waste this week!

Want to learn more? Visit the Food Waste Prevention Week website:
https://foodwastepreventionweek.com/?mc_cid=66250e0ee2&mc_eid=2ef0bd9750

24/09/2026

The pollinators need your help! Bellevue Branch Headwaters is planted with many beneficial native plants. On Saturday Oct. 3, volunteers are needed to help control and remove invasive species on the streambanks so these native plants will thrive next spring and provide habitat to pollinators and other wildlife.

All participants will receive a FREE native plant to take home.

Bellevue Branch Invasives & Natives Workday
Saturday, October 3, 9am to 12pm
Odie Street, Hillsborough
See the event link below for more info.

Please register for the event through Habitat for Humanity:
https://tinyurl.com/3s7s6sf9

This event is in partnership with Piedmont Conservation Council, Outdoor Science Labs, and Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, NC.

23/09/2026

The Piedmont Triad Regional Council is excited to share an upcoming free in-person workshop in collaboration with Heather Edwards as part of the Growing Food Finance Technical Assistance Hub.

REGISTER: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scaling-beyond-startup-tickets-1999806195163?aff=oddtdtcreator
DATE: Tuesday, October 6th, 2026 | Time: 9:30am-12:30pm
Piedmont Triad Regional Council: 1398 Carrollton Crossing Drive, Kernersville, NC 27284

Scaling Beyond Startup is open to local food retail (including markets and farm stores) and food hubs located in the Piedmont Triad Region. Workshop content will focus on practical strategies for growing and sustaining your business. You can find additional details on the registration page.

This workshop is facilitated by Heather Edwards who served as Executive Director of the McDowell Local Food Advisory Council from 2018–2023. She directed development and construction of the Foothills Food Hub and has led community initiatives focused on local food systems, food access, agricultural economic development, health equity, and farmer success.

Learn more about the Growing Food Finance program here:
https://www.ptrc.org/services/regional-planning/food-council/growing-food-finance

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201 E Main Street 5th Floor
Durham, QLD
27701

Website

https://piedmontconservation.org/

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