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"North County Incorporated connects
our community, municipal and business leaders to work collaboratively
to improve quality of life in North County."
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Craig Felzien,
Regional Dir. External Affairs
SBC Communications
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North
County Inc. Activities Help Communities and
Businesses Thrive
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North St. Louis
County-North County Incorporated's
(NCI) 2005 accomplishments allow the organization
to serve the community even more in 2006.
NCI has continued its course of working
on the region's quality of life and marketing
our community as a great place to live,
work, shop, worship, learn and do business.
As an advocate for this area, NCI focuses
on issues involving education, health care,
transportation and economic development.
"One of NCI's largest 2005 accomplishments
was the Missouri Location One Economic Development
Initiative (MLOne). This internet based
tool provides our communities an opportunity
to showcase their economic development properties
to not only the local business community
but the worldwide business community," said
Howard Nimmons, past-president of NCI. "MLOne
is vitally important to all our communities
but even more so to the smaller municipalities
who have a limited economic development
budget."
NCI's 2005 Accomplishments
Include:
Economic Development
- Served on the Lambert Airport Eastern
Perimeter Joint Development Commission.
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Provided marketing materials
on economic investment, housing, and development
opportunities.
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Responded to location
requests from businesses interested in
North County.
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Completed the North County
Missouri Location One (ML One) Economic
Development Initiative, a year-long, internet-based
project to market commercial properties
in North County. This project was done
in partnership with the Ford Hazelwood
Taskforce and St. Louis County Economic
Council.
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Provided free workshops
on "Business Expansion and Retention Tools
for Building A Stronger Community," "Quality
Job Legislation" and "New Funding Sources
for Municipal Governments." · Served on
the St. Louis County Comprehensive Economic
Development Strategy Advisory Group
Education
- Encouraged legislators to provide a fair,
equitable and adequate funding formula for
schools and opposed additional state cuts
in funding for education.
- Served on the North County School/Business
Partnership Board. This partnership works
on building links between schools and businesses.
- Served on the Little Creek Nature Area
Steering Committee for Ferguson-Florissant
School District.
Healthcare
- Promoted the quality, close-to-home health
care available in North County.
- Distributed a new North County Healthcare
Directory to encourage the use of local
providers.
- Advocated against the State's extreme
cuts to Medicaid, due to the impact cuts
would have on residents, health providers
and ultimately businesses.
- Received recognition for "outstanding
support and service" from the North County
Churches United.
- Served on St. Louis Regional Commission's
Health Literacy Task Force.
Marketing
- Partnered with KMOV-TV to produce 2005
"North County, Right Here, Right Now" television
special, which promoted the area's benefits.
The show reached 200,000 viewers and received
the Missouri Economic Development Council's
2005 Electronic Media Marketing Award. It
now serves as a business expansion and home
buyer attraction tool.
- Provided information to residents at
local malls.
- Spoke to groups on issues affecting the
area, new development and NCI's role in
the community.
- Expanded and promoted www.NorthStLouisCounty.com,
an online resource, which provides quality
of life and development information, as
well as links to area regional resources.
- Hosted a North County Night at The Touhill.
- Celebrated the new office Grand Opening
with a "Business After Hours" in partnership
with the area's Chambers of Commerce.
- Honored several distinguished business
and civic leaders for their contributions
to North County at NCI's Annual Breakfast.
- Hosted our second North County Trivia
Night, which helps provide funding to proactively
promote the area.
- Sponsored the American Cancer Society's
North County Relay for Life.
Transportation
- Served as an advocate for equitable funding
for North County in the 2030 Regional Long
Range Transportation Plan.
- Established transportation improvement
priorities important for safety, access
and proper development in the North County
community and made recommendations to the
East-West Gateway Council of Governments.
- Supported efforts to place streetlights
and pedestrian walkways along Highway 67
as part of the North 67 Corridor Enhancement
Project Phase II.
"As we move into 2006, North County Incorporated
will continue to promote North County as a
wonderful place to live, work, and play,"
said Richard Dorsey, the new President of
NCI. "Our commitment to the community remains
the same as in prior years. We are also sharpening
our focus in some areas, such as revamping
our Transportation Committee into the Transportation
and Infrastructure Committee. This committee
will address the needs of improving the infrastructure
in some of our older communities."
North County Incorporated is a regional development
organization, which acts as a catalyst to
define and advocate economic and community
development for North St. Louis County. NCI
was established in 1977. Richard Dorsey is
the president for 2006.
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Your expertise will help
to make North County grow even stronger. Click
Here to see how a membership to NCI can benefit
you!
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If
you would like to become a member of North County Incorporated
and help support the work we are doing on behalf of the North
County area, please contact us at nci@northcountyinc.com.
We will be happy to send you information on membership and opportunities
to get more involved.
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