FRC Newsletter, Dec. 13, 2021

Notice of the Dec. 14 Board of Directors meeting, a plethora of “this week’s wins,” the NC Department of Commerce’s development tier designations for 2022, and more — catch up on these items in this week’s Foothills Regional Commission newsletter, available here.

FRC Newsletter, Dec. 6, 2021

Foothills Regional Commission seeks its next executive director, an upcoming job fair, a free COVID vaccine drive-through event and more — read up on all of this in this week’s Foothills newsletter, available here.

FRC Newsletter, Nov. 22, 2021

This week’s wins, social security vs. Medicare, a new low-income utility resource, and warm Thanksgiving wishes — all of this and more are in this week’s Foothills Regional Commission newsletter, which you can find here.

FRC Newsletter, Nov. 15, 2021

Some “wins” for the week, upcoming events and opportunities, and the results of a regional housing study — read about these topics and more in this week’s Foothills Regional Commission newsletter, available here.

Foothills Regional Newsletter, Nov. 8, 2021

Catch up on the latest in Foothills news and opportunities with this week’s newsletter, available here.

FRC Newsletter, Nov. 1, 2021

Read a local success story, learn about Rutherford County rental assistance, get the details on some upcoming learning opportunities and more — all in this week’s Foothills Regional Commission newsletter, available here.

FRC Newsletter, Oct. 25, 2021

McDowell’s Kitsbow earns an NCWorks award, Rutherford County Senior Center is holding several events, and a chance to offer input on new NFIP standards — read about all this and more in this week’s Foothills Regional Commission newsletter, available here.

FRC Newsletter, Oct. 18, 2021

McDowell Tech, ICC, and partners share the details of their grant-funded “Foothills Forward” project, Social Security announces a 5.9% benefit increase, the upcoming Operation Medicine Drop take-back event, and more — catch up on these items in this week’s Foothills Regional Commission newsletter, available here.

FRC Leadership Changes

On October 12, 2021 at 10:00 am, Executive Committee Members Fred Baisden and Max Hopper met with Executive Director Steve Lockett. At this meeting, Mr. Lockett asked to resign his position and cited personal reasons for his resignation. The Foothills Regional Commission Executive Committee has named the Finance Director, Thadd Hodge, as the Interim Executive […]

FRC Newsletter, Oct. 11, 2021

Polk County receives a PARTF grant, details of the North Carolina Rural Center’s 35th annual Rural Summit, a newly created North Carolina Senior Hunger Initiative, and more—read about these in this week’s Foothill’s Regional Commission newsletter available here.