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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

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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

Foster Grandparent Volunteers partipated in a Opioid PSA produced by Buncombe County Goverment and Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. The nationwide crisis affects people in every community. - WLOS Story, August 2, 2019
Foster Grandparents: Project brings together kids, elders with all the love of real thing. - Citizen Times, February 28, 2019
Stepp Enjoys Being A Senior Companion - The Transylvania Times, February 15, 2018
Navigating WNC’s Long-Term Care Options - Mountain Xpress, February 9, 2018
The National Association of Foster Grandparent Program Directors (NAFGPD) announced the appointment of Stacy Friesland as one of two southern cluster board members. Full Press Release
Music as medicine at local long-term care facilities - Mountain Xpress - November 10, 2016
The Mountain Coailition for Healthcare Decisions have produced a new PSA - Why Advance Care Planning is Important: Featuring Sharon West. View it here.
The Area Agency on Aging's Family Caregiver Program has developed a new resource for caregivers in our region. The Caregiver Resources Directory provides information on adult day programs, support groups, in-home assistance agencies, and much more!
In honor of Older Americans Month, Land of Sky Regional Council will collect items for local congregate nutrition programs during the month of May: Marshall Senior Center has a food pantry which is low on non-perishable food items. Canned soup is the most requested item. WCCA Quebec Lunch Plus at Quebec Community Center needs bingo prizes. Paper towels, Kleenex, dish detergent, bar soap, and hard candy are popular prizes. Items can be dropped off at Marshall Senior Center/Madison County Department of Community Services, WCCA - Brevard, or Land of Sky Regional Council.
The Family Caregiver Support Program provides information, assistance, education, and respite for people caring for a frail older adult. We need to hear from family caregivers in order to provide services that meet their needs. If you are caring for an older person or have cared for one please take a few minutes to complete our Caregiver Needs Survey. For more details on the survey read the full Survey Announcement. (Download and save the survey before completing)
Buncombe County TRIAD present a workshop "Know Who To Trust" at AB Tech on March 27. Senior citizens are often targeted in scams by con artists. Experts met to talk about ways to protect them. WLOS - March 28, 2013

Volunteer Services

Foster Grandparents: Project brings together kids, elders with all the love of real thing. - Citizen Times, February 28, 2019
The Volunteer Services Department of Land of Sky Regional Council (LOSRC) collected more than 1050 toiletry items and bottles of hot sauce for North Carolina military personnel stationed oversees. The items will be put into holiday boxes and distributed through Operation North State, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC. Click here for the complete article.
The Senior Companion Program is celebrating 40 years! Senior Companions are volunteers age 55 and over who make a difference by providing assistance and friendship to adults who have difficulty with daily living tasks. LOS has hosted the Senior Companion Program since 1985. A letter from the Director of Senior Corps. The 40 Anniversary Video.
Carolynn Cohron Receives the 2014 Kathleen Godwin Cole Award. Click here for the full story.
Bob Tomasulo receives Kathleen Godwin Cole Award
Nationwide Day of Recognition Brings Together Hundreds of Mayors to Mark the Impact of AmeriCorps and Senior Corps Programs. More than 830 mayors from all 50 states are standing together in support of AmeriCorps and Senior Corps programs by participating in the first-ever Mayors Day of Recognition for National Service. Together, these mayors represent nearly 100 million citizens or one-third of Americans.

Economic and Community Development

Why Invest in Economic Development? An overview of federal economic development. From Jeff Finkle, CEcd, International Economic Development Council
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Celebrates New Alternative Fuel Equipment for Use by Park and Visitors - GRSM Becomes First National Park to Install Public Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Equipment - Press Release
Asheville's Strive Not To Drive Week is May 15 - Friday, May 22, 2015. ‘Walking the Talk': Strive Not to Drive points out pedestrian dangers - Mountain Xpress
Every year Land of Sky Regional Council holds an Ozone Kickoff event to let people know when ozone air quality forecasts begin, and the current state of air pollution in our region. This video is a news update featuring the speakers of this event, summarizing our current state of air quality in Western North. Full Ozone Kickoff Video
Beginning in 2012, Land of Sky Regional Council, ASAP, and UNC Asheville's National Environmental Modeling and Analysis Center (NEMAC) started working on a collaborative project to better understand what communities need to foster successful and sustainable local food system growth. Read more here.
HandMade in America and Land of Sky Regional Council Selected for the WealthWorks Economic Development Program - NADO - March 30, 2014
Asheville Area Drives Clean Air Movement- The Laurel of Asheville - March 2014
Renewable Energy Law- WLOS - March, 19, 2013
CSA fair to showcase variety of farm bounty - ASAP hosts CSA event for third year - Citizen-Times - March 18, 2013

Mountain Area Workforce Development

Mountain Area Local Workforce Development Area's Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Plan - Program Year 2015/16 - is now available for public comment.

Mountain Mobility

Notice to the Public of Rights under Title VI

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