• Dispensed and presented information at events throughout the county. The following is an example of some of the events, newspapers, and newsletters where the Cooperative Extension dispersed information:

1. Home and Garden Show at the Metro Center
2. Hickory American Legion Fair
3. River Fest
4. County Employees Benefits Fair
5. Senior Health Fair
6. Soldiers Reunion
7. Area schools
8. Catawba Valley Neighbors
9. Claremont Courier
10. Hickory Daily Record
11. Observer News Enterprise
12. Outlook
13. Family and Consumer Sciences Newsletter
14. Catawba Spirit

• Created Catawba Green blog on Catawba County website. The website provides tips for home and workplace energy conservation.
• Collaborated with the City of Hickory to develop an Adopt a Street Program.
• Donated trees to fire departments to encourage tree planting.
• Implemented the Carolina Yards and Neighborhoods program to educate homeowners about stormwater, landscape design, plant selection, and appropiate use of pesticides and fertilizer.

Personnel

• We do recycle, and are working towards a paperless office. By offering online benefits, pay info, benefit enrollment, and online information on benefits we have cut our printing by thousands of pages.

Planning & Development Department

• Requires new subdivisions set aside open space or pay a fee, which will help fund parks in the county.