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Proposals now being accepted for workforce housing funding

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC – New Hanover County is now accepting proposals from for-profit and non-profit developers and agencies to provide financial assistance for projects that improve the stock of workforce housing in the community. The Request ...

Commissioners adopt budget with half-cent property tax reduction for Fiscal Year 2023-24

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC – For the third straight fiscal year, the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners adopted a budget lowering the property tax rate for residents. The framework for Fiscal Year 2023-24 (FY 23-24), which was approved at Mon...

New Hanover County again earns Triple-A bond rating from Moody’s and S&P

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC – Moody’s Investor Services (Moody’s) and Standard & Poor’s (S&P), the nation’s top bond rating agencies, have both assigned New Hanover County a Triple-A bond rating on its general obligation bonds, the highest rat...

PUBLIC NOTICE: Surplus property for sale to non-profits then general public

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC – At its November 14, 2022 meeting, the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners adopted a resolution declaring certain personal property surplus to the county’s operations, allowing for the sale of the...

Non-County Agency Funding applications open November 10, training sessions held prior

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC – New Hanover County’s Non-County Agency Funding online application portal for the 2023-24 fiscal year will open on November 10. All applications must be submitted by January 9, 2023 to be considered.

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Lower taxes, expanded service – a budget committed to helping New Hanover County move forward

A little more, with a little less.

It sounds like an impossible task. But that was the challenge and opportunity presented to New Hanover County staff when talking with the Board of Commissioners about their goals for Fiscal Year 2022-23 budget.

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