Actual Location: Hyde Davis Business Enterprise Center
33460 US 264, Engelhard, NC 27824
MAIL: P. O. Box 295, Swan Quarter, NC 27885
Ph: (252) 925-1515, Fax: (252) 925-1516
Email: hydecocdc@embarqmail.com

The Hyde County Community Development Corp. (CDC) was incorporated in the State of North Carolina on May 19, 1995. Its purpose is to promote economic development through job creation; education and training; business development and assistance; community outreach and community development projects. The CDC works cooperatively with other rural and underdeveloped communities in northeast North Carolina; local, state, and federal agencies; and other organizations within Hyde County to promote economic growth opportunities for the citizens of the county. (Click for CDC brochure)

The affairs and management of the CDC are vested in its five-member Board of Directors who meet quarterly. The CDC’s non-discrimination policy is as follows: 

• No person shall be excluded from services because of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin or physical or mental disability.

• There shall be no discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin or physical or mental disability with regard to hiring, assignment, promotion or other conditions of staff employment.

• There shall be no discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin or physical or mental disability in membership on the agency’s governing body. 

The CDC operates the Hyde Davis Business Enterprise Center (HDBEC), a business incubator with office space for lease and many business services. (Click for HDBEC brochure)

The Hyde County Public Access Site is also located within the Hyde Davis Business Enterprise Center. High-speed Internet service is available to the public, free of charge

Michael A. Adams

Office & Program Manager

Current members of the Board of Directors are:

Margie Brooks, Chairman
P. O. Box 235
Swan Quarter, NC 27885
252-926-9171

Steve Bryan
119 Main Street
Swan Quarter, NC 27885
252-926-2851

Beatrice O. Emmert, Secretary/Treasurer
1338 Mackelyville Road
Scranton, NC 27875
252-926-8281

Isabelle Homes
279 White Plains Road
Engelhard, NC 27824
252-925-3856

Arthur H. Keeney, III, Vice-Chariman
P. O. Box 337
Engelhard, NC 27824
252-925-9411

James Shelton
P. O. Box 329
Engelhard, NC 27824
252-926-2830

e-Hyde Program 

The CDC serves as the administering agency for the county’s e-Hyde program. The e-Hyde program was funded with the assistance of the Rural Internet Access Authority. In August 2000, as a result of the findings of the Rural Prosperity Task Force, the North Carolina General Assembly created the Rural Internet Access Authority. The Authority was called on to study and report on North Carolina’s telecommunications infrastructure and to increase Internet use. They are the central planning body for rural Internet access policy in North Carolina. 

The “e-NC” [link to: www.e-nc.org ] campaign was officially launched during statewide regional meetings in September 2001. Members of the NC Rural Economic Development Center; the NC Legislature and State Government; community leaders in rural NC; captains of business and industry – especially those involved in telecommunications; small business owners and Internet service providers; public and private organizations; and individuals have been invited to participate. (Click here to download the e-Hyde Connectivity Plan) (7.7mb in size)

Alice Keeney, Hyde County Planner/Developer and Margie Brooks, Chairman of the CDC have been designated as “Connectivity Champions” for Hyde County. Right away they were faced with a quandary – how to bring Hyde County up to the 20^th century level – much less get them on the right road to the 21^st century? While the Internet may have been in existence for two decades, only in the past 5-6 years has rural Hyde County, North Carolina had this electronic technology available to them. And while the rest of corporate America has long since moved past the days of computer banks so large they took up rooms of space, Hyde County small businesses and individuals have just come-of-age with personal computers. And for the most part, many have never even seen a laptop or held a palm-size wonder, and don’t know a thing about networking, bandwidth, or chat rooms 

Hyde County’s e-Champions also discovered that not only does the community need to learn how to expand their horizons on the Internet, they need even much more basic help. How to hook up all those wires, how to turn the “thing” on, how to troubleshoot, etc. – all the ‘How do I do’ things that others take for granted and the grandkids know more about than they’ll every hope to know. 

To this end, the first e-Hyde Public Access Site has been established in the Hyde/Davis Business Enterprise Center in Engelhard. Additionally, digital and Internet training opportunities are available at the same site. For more information on types of courses, schedules and fees please call the CDC.