Having problems with message search?
=======================================================================
Regional Community News - January 13, 2004
"Community precedes cooperation. Regional community makes regions work."
=======================================================================
=======================================================================
Tinkering at the margins. That’s how one economic development expert described Rockford’s efforts at making
the Rock River Valley more attractive for businesses seeking a new home, or for those pondering whether to move
away. The pending loss of CLARCOR Inc.’s corporate headquarters, announced Thursday, is the latest in a series
of similar setbacks in the region during the past five years. ... Stop worrying about if they have 21 colleges in
... would oppose what he called an "open, blatant run to get more money for Denver," which he expects the
Denver Regional Council of Governments -- an association of 50 county and municipal governments in the Denver
area -- to make during the next couple months....
... Most cities are wanting to do it to promote themselves," said Duane Dankesreiter, North Central Texas Council of Governments Internet manager...
... In mid-2002, the MTC acquired a $127,000 grant from the Mid-Willamette Valley Council of Governments' Community Development Partnership to study the issue, and ...
... development. In more general terms, he said, people need to keep in mind that good planning equates to economic development. ... Yellowstone County Billings, MT
DEVELOPERS planning to build wind farms in the Highlands and Islands could abandon the area if communities or councils get too greedy, a new report has warned. The region is seen as a prime target for renewable energy schemes with a series of plans being lodged with Highland Council and Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council).
... toured Firestone as someone who might stop the division of the county .... During the late 19th century, California evolved from a handful of very large counties to 58 smaller ones for largely the same reasons that drive Mission County advocates. It's the same desire for home rule that has sparked the creation of dozens of new cities in California in recent decades. If it happens here, along the Gaviota Pass, California might see a flurry of such divisions -- exactly the opposite of the regional governments that academic theorists consistently advocate.
The system, created because of an alarming rise in abuse cases, is to be used by municipal governments, hospitals, welfare facilities and related organizations ... Municipal governments will decide which parents need help with child care by observing them when they come to government offices to apply for maternity passbooks and to complete other necessary procedures.
A regional long-term growth strategy being promoted by the Southern California Association of Governments fails to recognize the realities that already exist ...Urban planners and those who live in cities and suburbs often are at odds about what constitutes quality of life, said Palm Springs-based engineer Marvin Roos. "People want to get into their cars, drive to the stores and park, with no one in front of them," Roos said. "Opposite to that quality of life is asking ‘what time does the bus get here?’…" With road congestion increasing and air quality decreasing, Roos said Southern Californians have to change their thinking....
Cibola County Manager David Ulibarri said recently that news reports stating commissioners plan to sue the City of Grants over disputed intergovernmental fiscal agreements are incorrect. ... Horacek noted that the city has already attempted to iron out its fiscal disagreements with the county through a series of joint facilitation meetings with the Northwest New Mexico Council of Governments last summer. Two meetings took place and a third was planned, Horacek said.
Yahoo News -- The Beacon Council is pleased to confirm that Kraft Foods International, Inc. will relocate its Latin American regional headquarters to Miami ... The Beacon Council, Miami-Dade County's official economic development partnership, is a not-for-profit, public-private organization that focuses on job creation and economic growth by coordinating community-wide programs; promoting minority business and urban economic revitalization; providing assistance to local businesses in their expansion efforts; and marketing Greater Miami throughout the world. ..
... At the Osceola County Commission meeting Monday, Shipley said he was moved to work toward a regional solution to growth problems by a recent announcement ...
... A Coromandel case study presented to the New Zealand Landscape conference last July says both Environment Waikato (the regional council) and the Thames-Coromandel District Council have failed to identify outstanding landscapes on the peninsula, a first step to protecting them. ... The national coastal policy statement encourages councils to concentrate subdivision in existing settlements and leave untouched areas alone. Regional councils can specify landscapes worth protecting through regional policy statements. District councils can develop specific policies for areas in district plans.
... Allison, six regional county commission presidents and Birmingham Mayor Bernard Kincaid shared concerns and visions during a "State of the Region" forum Friday ...
NORTH COUNTY ---- Even before the devastating firestorms of October 2003, area fire agencies had taken steps toward combining resources to better fight fires. By the end of 2004, they may go even further and form a super regional fire department. ... Dropping city boundaries for emergency calls is part of a move toward regionalizing fire services, a process in which jurisdictions work together and share resources such as fire engines, and rescue equipment, but maintain their autonomy.
Where is North County? It appears to be part of the County of San Diego, CA. Other items of interest from the County website:
Where is North County? It appears to be part of the County of San Diego, CA. Other items of interest from the County website:
Creation of a regional fire fighting helicopter fleet. Office of Strategy and Intergovernmental Affairs.
...the regional Minimum In-Stream Flow Committee... After a preliminary study on the main stem of the Shenandoah through Clarke County was completed, the Northern Shenandoah Valley Regional Commission sponsored a more in-depth look at the river’s North Fork.
Press Information Bureau (press release), India - ... table member planning commission, Shri NK Singh apprised the participants
of the initiatives taken up and under pipeline for better planning and development of of infrastructure in the country. ...
18. PROBE clears TCOG billing - Sherman Denison Herald Democrat, TX
Frances Pelley and other Texoma Council of Governments employees are breathing a sigh of relief now that the
TCOG Governing Body has met and determined there ...
... The agenda is a collaboration of the chamber, the Arts Council of Greater New Haven, South Central Regional Council of Governments, Regional Growth Partnership, South Central Connecticut Regional Alliance, Regional Workforce Development Board, Greater New Haven Convention & Visitors Bureau, and the New Haven Manufacturers Association. ...
=======================================================================
Regional Community News is published electronically Tuesday and Friday.
- To read and search previous issues go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/regions_work/messages
For a free Yahoo subscription send an e-mail to: regions_work-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
- To unsubscribe from this Yahoo group send an e-mail to: regions_work-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
- Questions, comments or items to feature in Regional Community News? Please e-mail the editor,
Tom Christoffel, regional@adelphia.net © 2003 Thomas J. (Tom) Christoffel, AICP - To unsubscribe from this Yahoo group send an e-mail to: regions_work-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
"Think globally, act locally." - That was an innovative paradigm in its time. The problem is
that the local sale is too small for today's problems. "Think local planet, act regionally," is a
new paradigm. Regional community acts to avoid the tragedy of the commons.
Making regions visible for Leaders and Problem-solvers. www.regions.ws
========================================================================
Offline 
Send Email