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Presentation to the Cabarrus Coun _ty Commission <br />Dr. Richard Brownell, President <br /> Rowan-Cabarrus Communi _ty College <br /> Tuesday, January_ 13, 2004 <br /> <br /> ~ntroductio~ <br /> We appreciate the opportunity of appearing before you to present the <br />support your community college needs to serve Cabarms County citizens. <br /> <br /> With me tonight are Chairman of the Board Ray Paradowski, Vice <br />Chairman Irvin Newberry, Trustee Wayne Troutman, as well as Vice <br />Presidents Jerry Chandler and Ann Hovey and Tim Foley. Tim will assist <br />me in this presentation and present charts showing facts and figures. <br /> <br />~Fhe Community College Role in Economic Recover~ <br />Weighing heavily on all our minds tonight is the economic future and <br />viability of our region and our citizens. You have the difficult task of <br />hearing from many agencies with burgeoning needs at the very time when <br />resources are increasingly scarce. Your decisions will affect the future <br />economic prospects of the region. Allocation of funds must be tied to <br />generating jobs in order for citizens to have more income and the county to <br />have increased revenue. <br /> <br /> The single most important part of an economic recovery strategy is <br />investment in the education of our current labor force. Your community <br />college is the only public educational institution in Cabarrus County that <br />trains and upgrades skills of the working age population. <br /> <br /> <br />