BUILDING A RESILIENT ECONOMY: OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE

BUILDING A RESILIENT ECONOMY: OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE

 

Welcome – Jocelyn Johnson and Michael Suggs

Piedmont Together – Mark E. Kirstner

Our Nations Success – A Superior Economic Growth Model that Encompasses All - Sarita Turner, Policy Link

  The Economic Cost of Inequality –

Judge Lawrence McSwain  The Piedmont Triad – Let’s take a

Close Look – Paul M. Kron, PTRC  Panel Discussion with Q & A

Break 

Small Group Workshop #1

Group Report Out  

Lunch – Keynote: Allen Joines, W-S Mayor, W-S Alliance

  Small Group Workshop #2

Small Group Report Out & Discussion

Wrap-Up & Next Steps

Adjourn

East WinstonRestoration Association

Serving East Winston residents with

Community Development since 1979

East WinstonRestoration Association

Serving East Winston residents with

Community Development since 1979

OUR REGION’S PLAN FOR THE FUTURE

Equity at the Regional Level

PROSPERITY

RESILIENCE

WHY THESE 12 COUNTIES?

THROUGH THE LENS OF SOCIAL EQUITY

Data•400,000 people•38% of income spent on transportation

•300,000 jobs lost

Strengths and Challenges•Education•Scenic and Natural Resources

•Mobility Choices•New Economy

Reasons to Care•Lack of Transportation Choices

•Changing Hosing Market

•Changing Demographics

Possible Piedmonts• Mother Mary• Storm’in Norn

and Caroline• Tech Twins

Growth Scenarios• Business of

Usual• Transit Corridors• Town and City

Core

Regional Strategies• Actions• Best Practices• Tool Kit

May 2011

April 2013

October 2012

October 2013

April 2014

March 2012

To learn more about Piedmont Together go to triadsustainability.org

To add your voice to the conversation go to

piedmontvoice.org

Help Build the Piedmont Together