1 The Institute is one of the non-partisan applied research and community outreach centers of the university. Founded in 1969, the Institute provides a wide-range of services, including technical assistance and training related to operations and data management, public opinion surveys, land-use and natural resources consulting, economic development research and community planning to meet the needs of the region and its citizens. Doug Bacon webmaster@ui.uncc.edu http://cnn.com http://www.ui.uncc.edu 1 http://ui.uncc.edu benb The Institute is one of the non-partisan applied research and community outreach centers of the university. Founded in 1969, the Institute provides a wide-range of services, including technical assistance and training related to operations and data management, public opinion surveys, land-use and natural resources consulting, economic development research and community planning to meet the needs of the region and its citizens. 2008-12-12T00:00:00-05:00 1