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Some Background Piedmont Community College North Central Piedmont of North Carolina Two County Service Area (District) Caswell County Person County “Big Tobacco Country”
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Dr. Jim Owen,PresidentPiedmont Community College
Roxboro, NC336-599-1181
RCCI and the 21st Century Communities Grants: Two
Projects – Same Goals
RCCAOctober 2004
Dr. Susan Scaggs
Some Background
Piedmont Community CollegeNorth Central Piedmont of North Carolina
Two County Service Area (District)Caswell CountyPerson County
“Big Tobacco Country”
RCCI• PCC got on board in 2003• Some Early Decisions• Because our Service Area is Diverse• A Caswell Project and a Person Project• With a unified Steering Committee• Targeting – Economic Development, Access
to Education, and Civic Engagement
Caswell County and RCCI
• County steering committee formed• Steering committee education process• Look at Columbus County, NC• Identification of need for Strategic Plan
21ST Century Communities
• Caswell involvement began in Fall ‘03• NC Department of Commerce• Community-based readiness program• Year long strategic planning process
Caswell’s 21st Century
• First step was a Situational Analysis• Conducted in November 2003• Interviews were conducted with 30
community members• Strengths and Weaknesses were outlined
Situational AnalysisResults Highlights
StrengthsPeople of the CountyLand/Natural ResourcesGood LocationPCCRich HistoryQuality of Life
WeaknessesNo Countywide VisionWorkforce (education)Low Tax BaseLimited OpportunityNo Zoning ordinanceLack of Infrastructure
The College as Leader
PCC was identified as a StrengthWe are able to position to help
address weaknessesAnd to directly impact economic
development
Synergy
RCCI
Economic DevelopmentAccess to EducationCivic Engagement
21st Century
Economic DevelopmentStrategic Planning
Community PanningLeadership Development
Infrastructure ImprovementWork Force Development
Intergovernmental Collaboration
A Marriage
RCCI/21st CenturyNew joint Steering CommitteeMonthly Meetings
PROGRESS and SUCCESS
Give and Take
Benefits$$$$$
Challenges“Getting’ Political”
Where are we now?
• Some projects in process• Tourism and Farmers’ Market• High Speed Internet Access• Ag-Expo
Our greatest successes are not structured or formalized…
TrustEducation
CollaborationUnderstandingCommunication
Real potential for CHANGE
Where are your local opportunities for partnership?