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February 8, 2006

Heart of the Triad: Connecting with the community

At Wednesday's meeting of Heart of the Triad decision-makers, two topics that share a central theme occupied much of the discussion -- how to deal with folks who want to get involved and how to make sure surrounding counties and towns understand whats going on.

No real decisions were made on either one.

When it comes to involving people, which was an issue raised by Robbie Perkins, the board basically decided to try and come back next month with some ideas. They also discussed making sure people know about the April 3-8 "charette" -- planner lingo for a week-long, intense planning session. At that week-long session there will be several chances for the public to interact with the planners.

Arnold King brought up the need to keep lines of communication open with surrounding governments. King said he didn't want the rural counties to start feeling like Guilford and Forsyth were trying to corner the market on new development spurred by FedEx. He said it's important the project is seen as an economic boost for the whole region and not something that's competing. Tom Dayvault, of the High Point Chamber of Commerce, said his discussions with the chambers of commerce in the rural counties have been good and that he gets a sense that those groups are excited about the potential job growth that will come with Heart of the Triad

There will be a small story in tomorrow's News & Record about some financial decisions the Heart of the Triad folks are looking at.

Posted by Jonathan Jones at February 8, 2006 10:48 AM