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CO <br />ou <br />T <br />Vibrant Communities -Robust Region <br />What: <br />Creating a regional framework for growing vibrant communities in a robust region <br />that will promote growing jobs and the economy, quality of life and controlling cost <br />of government. <br />Communities, businesses, educators, economic developers, non - profits, and organizations <br />coming together across jurisdictional borders to work on shared challenges. <br />A Consortium of more than 100 organizations guides the process and facilitates extensive <br />regionwide public engagement. <br />Extensive community -based public engagement to develop a regional growth framework <br />to help communities and organizations, building on needs, existing plans and strategies. <br />Understanding relationships and trade -offs among choices forjobs and the economy, <br />housing, transportation, land use, energy, natural resources and public health. <br />The 14- county bi -state region which includes: Anson, Cabarrus, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, <br />Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly and Union Counties in North Carolina, and Chester, <br />Lancaster, Union and York Counties in South Carolina. <br />So that we CONNECTforOurFuture - Vibrant Communities in a Robust Region! <br />CONNECT Our Future <br />Sushil Nepal, CONNECT Project Manager, CCOG (704) 372 -2416, snepal @centralina.org <br />Wendy Bell, Senior Planner, CRCOG, (803) 327 -9041, wbell @catawbacog.org <br />Land Use • • • • Housing Natural Resources <br />• <br />Jobs /Economic Development Transportation Energy Public Health <br />CONNECT Our Future is a Sustainable Communities initiative, funded by a grant from <br />the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. <br />Attachment number 5 <br />G -2 Page 315 <br />