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Sep 1, 2026·StrategicPlan
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Western North Carolina Resiliency Plan 2026
This plan outlines a strategic framework for enhancing communications resilience in Western North Carolina, developed in response to widespread failures during Hurricane Helene in 2024. It proposes 42 actionable solutions organized under eight goals, emphasizing the establishment of a Regional Emergency Communications Coordination Framework. Key focus areas include redundant communications systems, cross-agency coordination, technology access and training, pre-disaster alerts, resilience hubs, infrastructure hardening, regulatory improvements, and continuous monitoring. The ultimate vision is to achieve stronger mitigation, faster disaster response, economic sustainability, and durable community resilience.
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Mountain Area Workforce Development Board Local Area Plan 2026-2027
This document serves as the Program Year 2026 annual modification to the comprehensive four-year plan under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) for the Mountain Area Workforce Development Board. It outlines strategic efforts to address regional workforce needs, focusing on engaging with economic developers, fostering career pathways in key industries (advanced manufacturing, healthcare, construction, hospitality and tourism, information technology, and skilled trades), and ensuring performance accountability for WIOA services across adult, dislocated worker, and youth programs. The plan emphasizes increasing access to education and skills training, promoting employer leadership, and expanding work-based learning opportunities to build a job-ready workforce, strengthen local companies, and ensure economic prosperity.
Nov 1, 2025·StrategicPlan
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Land Of Sky Regional Council Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy 2025-2030
This Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for the Land of Sky Regional Council outlines a five-year roadmap to guide long-term economic development, strengthen regional coordination, and support federal funding eligibility for the four-county region of Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, and Transylvania. The plan is built upon four strategic goals: supporting a dynamic regional economy, promoting health, wellness, and quality of life, ensuring opportunity and prosperity for all, and fostering prepared and recovering communities. It emphasizes regional collaboration to enhance economic competitiveness, quality of life, and long-term resilience, particularly in response to impacts from Tropical Storm Helene, aiming for an innovative, welcoming, and resilient economy.
Jun 25, 2024·BoardMeeting
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Mountain Area Workforce Development Board Meeting
The board meeting agenda focused on several key items, including a consent agenda covering performance reports and program budgets. Special presentations were scheduled regarding Construction Career Day, regional recovery-friendly workplace programs, and workforce development initiatives. The board reviewed committee updates and received reports on labor market trends, including unemployment rates and job growth data. Budget proposals and recommendations for the 2024-2025 program year for Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth programs were also presented for review and approval.
Extracted from official board minutes, strategic plans, and video transcripts.
