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Media and Awards


Awards

  • 2019 NADO Impact Award - Building Regional Economic Resilience
  • 2019 NADO Impact Award - Mountain Area Careers
  • 2019 NADO Impact Award - Congestion Management Process (CMP)
  • 2018 NADO Innovation Award - UpSkill WNC
  • 2018 NADO Innovation Award - WestNGN Broadband Initiative
  • 2017 NADO Innovation Award - The Asheville Terrace Community Health Worker Project
  • 2017 NADO Innovation Award - R.I.D.E. (Ridership Independence for the Disabled and Elderly)
  • 2017 NADO Innovation Award - Community Led Fall Prevention
  • 2018 NADO Innovation Award - B2B: Backpacks to Briefcases
  • 2016 NADO Innovation Award - CEDS for a Changing Landscape
  • 2015 NADO Innovation Award - Transportation Resource Center - Expanding Local Services
  • 2014 NC APA Marvin Collins Outstanding Planning Award - GroWNC - Together We Create Our Future Plan
  • 2014 NADO Innovation Award- GroWNC
  • 2014 NADO Innovation Award- Refresh - Making the Land of Sky Regional Council Brand
  • 2014 NADO Innovation Award- 2014 MLK Day of Service Project
  • 2013 NADO Innovation Award- Brownfields Glen Rock Project
  • 2012 NADO Innovation Award – WNC Forest Products Cooperative Marketing Project
  • 2012 Air Quality Excellence Award – presented by the WNC Regional Air Quality Agency for Outstanding efforts to improve air quality in Western North Carolina
  • 2012 US Department of Energy Recognition - to LOSRC for Achieving Clean Cities Designation for the Asheville Metro Region
  • 2010 NADO Innovation Award – Recycle This Site
  • 2010 NADO Trailblazer Award- Regional Brownfields Program
  • 2004 NADO Innovation Awards – Investing in our Sense of Place Assets and Children Weigh Less
  • 2003 NADO Innovation Award – Regional Brownfields Award
  • NADO Awards for: Mills River Watershed Protection Program; Black Mountain Wellhead Protection Program; Household Hazardous Waste Management Program (2001)
  • NADO Award: Pockets of Rural Poverty
  • 2000 NADO Award: Regional Strategic Assessment
  • NADO Award: From Cradle to Construction
  • NADO Award: Madison County Recreation Map
  • NC APA Marvin Collins Planning Award -  Haywood County Bike Map and Health Impact Assessment

Media

The following media relate to the work of the LOSRC departments. Jump to department:
Administration | Area Agency on Aging | Volunteer Services | Economic and Community Development | Mountain Area Workforce Development | Mountain Mobility


Administration

  • Land of Sky is partnered with the Local Government Federal Credit Union is host a Shred and Protect event for Buncombe County residents at Land of Sky's Parking Lot on June 12 from 11 am - 2 pm. The event was a huge success, shredding 3,400 lbs!

Area Agency on Aging


Volunteer Services


Economic and Community Development


Mountain Area Workforce Development


Mountain Mobility