Catawba County names new Animal Services Manager

John Blatche, who has served as Chief of Animal Control in Guilford County, North Carolina for the last three years and worked in animal services in the United States Coast Guard, began his new work in Catawba County in early January.  Full story

You'll soon have two opportunities to comment on transportation in Catawba County

The North Carolina Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting to receive public comment on a draft of the 2009-2015 State Transportation Improvement Program for our region, at Catawba Valley Community College on Highway 70 SE between Hickory and Newton on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m.   More details

The Western Piedmont Council of Governments is holding two public meetings in Catawba County to seek public comment as a Comprehensive Transportation Plan process begins.  One will be held at Newton City Hall on February 20 and the other will be held on March 5 at the Western Piedmont Council of Governments office in Hickory.  Full story

The Catawba County Board of Commissioners next meeting is set for 7 p.m. on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at the 1924 Courthouse, 30 North College Avenue in Newton, NC.

The Catawba County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to the Mixed-Use Corridor Overlay District and the official zoning map of the County’s Unified Development Ordinance, to incorporate a regional commercial/mixed use center at the intersection of Highway 150 and 16 in the Sherrills Ford Small Area Planning District; and will consider the adoption of an integration plan for the merging of mental health service agencies in Burke and Catawba Counties into a multi-county Area Authority, when the Board meets at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, January 22, 2008, in the Robert E. Hibbitts Meeting Room of the 1924 Courthouse at 30 N. College Avenue in Newton.

The Board will also consider a request to revise three budget outcomes agreed upon for the Department of Social Services, due to unanticipated data and policy implications; the acceptance of State grant funds for the LifeSkills II Program for fiscal year 2007/08 to continue an after-school program involving at-risk sixth to eighth grade students; a request to enter into a partnership with the Western Piedmont Council of Governments to increase internet bandwidth for both the County and the Council of Governments; the awarding of a bid for a landfill grinder needed at the Blackburn Landfill; the appropriation of $180,000 from the Catawba County Parks Preservation Trust Fund; and the authorizing of an application for North Carolina Parks and Recreation Trust Fund grant funds, for the renovation and reactivation of St. Stephens Park; and a resolution supporting a Clean Water Management Trust Fund grant application to be used to acquire a tract known as the “Mountain Creek tract” on Lake Norman that would be used to develop a passive County park for the southeastern part of the county. The Board will also issue a Certificate of Commendation to the Catawba County Farm Bureau to recognize two recent awards.  Full agenda

Introducing Families Fit For Life, giving families a chance to win by getting into better physical shape.

The project will run for ten weeks from mid-February through April, and offer cash incentives and YMCA family memberships for the family with the highest weight loss average. Full story

The City of Newton is conducting a community survey as part of a strategic process to enhance the quality of business and life in the city.

The City is asking citizens to identify areas of community and economic development of greatest interest to them.  Full story  Take survey

Non-fiction works in the Catawba County Library System examine the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. died 40 years ago this April, but his words endure as blueprints for social change. As the nation pauses to observe a holiday in his honor, there's no better time to reflect on the life of this remarkable American. The Catawba County Library System has a number of materials about King, including biographies for both children and adults. Full story

The Catawba County Library System has expanded its Spanish language book holdings, using funds from a Federal grant.  Full story

Catawba County Citizen Corps to sponsor February 1st seminar on community services available in the event of a disaster.

The seminar will be held from 7:45 am until 4:00 pm at the Piedmont Center at the Holiday Inn Select, on Lenoir-Rhyne Boulevard at Highway 70 SE in Hickory.   There is no cost for attendees, but the seminar is limited to 60 attendees.  Full story

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