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.
FRC Newsletter, Oct. 4, 2021
Regional grant recipients, an invitation for local government input, a free class on American Rescue Plan basics, and more — read about these in this week’s Foothills Regional Commission newsletter, available here.
FRC Newsletter, Sept. 27, 2021
The Foothills Regional Commission board of directors meets this week, two communities in the region rank high on a NC best retirement list, Golden LEAF launches a new program and more — read about it all in this week’s Foothills newsletter, available here.
FRC Newsletter, Sept. 20, 2021
The U.S. Census Bureau delivered 2020 redistricting data in an easier-to-use format, the Asheville Business Inclusion Office is reaching out to businesses that are owned and/or operated by women and BIPOC in two Foothills counties, and ARC highlighted an Old Fort company in its “Stories of Change” — read up on all of this and more in […]
FRC Newsletter, Sept. 13, 2021
Foothills Regional Commission receives a $210K grant, how to get your U.S. Census questions answered, interesting N.C. reports, and upcoming opportunities to learn — all of this and more is in this week’s newsletter, which is available here.
Gov. Cooper proclaims National Senior Center Month 2021
N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper has proclaimed September National Senior Center Month 2021 in North Carolina. The proclamation can be viewed in full here.
FRC Newsletter, Sept. 6, 2021
Find out about UNC School of Government office hours for ARP questions, the upcoming Livable Appalachia Summit, and more in Foothills Regional Commission’s weekly newsletter, which you can view here.
FRC Newsletter, Aug. 30, 2021
Notice of the rescheduled executive board meeting, registration information about the Appalachian Regional Commission’s upcoming virtual conference, and more local data from the 2020 U.S. Census — read up on all this and more in this week’s Foothills Regional Commission newsletter, available here.
