North Dakota Association of Regional Councils

Founded in 2017, the North Dakota Association of Regional Councils (NDARC) represents and supports North Dakota’s eight regional councils. NDARC strengthens regional capacity by encouraging collaboration, sharing resources, and addressing the state’s most pressing challenges. The association assists councils in serving their members, provides a forum for exchanging ideas, educates the public and partner organizations on the role of regional councils, and represents councils before state and federal agencies and legislators.

NDARC offers programs that promote collaboration and knowledge-sharing statewide, including the regional connection resource calls, monthly calls focused on rural innovation, regional collaboration, and economic development.

NDARC also has a monthly newsletter featuring news, funding opportunities, and success stories from across North Dakota. To sign up to receive the newsletter please email communications@ndarc.com.