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Reality Check
Throughout 2008, using the Urban Land Institute methodology Reality Check, Triangle Tomorrow will assemble a wide range of stakeholders and constituents to help evaluate and review strategies the region should consider to accommodate its economic success and growth. This initiative will be led by four co-chairs:
Reality Check leadership encourage a diverse group of stakeholders to become involved, including environmental, business, civic, government and academic institutions. The priority is to be regionally inclusive, from the grass roots to the grass tops. Citizens and organizations are asked to contact Triangle Tomorrow to become involved in the initiative.
Triangle Region Air Quality InitiativePurposeTo bring attention to, and improve, the Triangle's air quality through education, proactive strategies and regional collaboration from both the private and public sector. Activities:Developed the Triangle Region Air Quality Coalition to promote and facilitate actions that earn and sustain EPA Clean Air Compliance for the Triangle Region. Many of TRAQC’s goals are achieved through education and outreach in air quality and related topics. TRAQC is led by a steering committee which includes co-chairs, committee chairs and the Triangle Tomorrow Director. Ongoing TRAQC programs include:
Other Related ActivitiesTriangle Tomorrow partnered with the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce Community Success Forum in June 2003, to present “Air Quality in the Triangle. Is The Sky Really Falling?” The forum, held at the EPA facility in RTP featured:
Triangle Tomorrow also partnered with 11 other organizations to sponsor and develop the Triangle Smart Commute Initiative. This initiative is designed to promote smart growth principles, expand housing choices and reduce the environmental impact of motor vehicles by linking housing affordability and transportation costs.
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Clusters of InnovationPurposeThe Clusters of Innovation project, developed by Harvard Professor Michael Porter, studied five regions, identified their clusters of innovation, their sources of prosperity, how the region competes, the productivity of all industries, and their innovative capacity. Affiliated organizations:
Implementing Organizations:Research Triangle Regional Partnership and Clusters Steering Committee, led by Governor James B. Hunt, and made up of the CEO's of 36 private sector organizations and 25 institutional partners. Updates:This program is now called "Staying on Top: Winning the Job Wars of the Future" and is actively managed by RTRP. Top of Page Education Leadership DevelopmentPurposeThe Regional Advisory Council is currently working with the UNC Kenan Flagler School to research and develop leadership models for public education. BackgroundAt the November, 2005 full membership meeting, the group agreed that educational issues should be a priority for Triangle Tomorrow over the next 3-5 years. Triangle Tomorrow’s board of directors and staff were asked to meet with key leadership in the school systems to develop some key issues that are currently not being addressed in the region. Meetings were held with UNC System President Erskine Bowles, Superintendents Bill McNeal and Ann Dinlinger, school board members, school administrators and community leaders to further develop specific topics. On behalf of the RAC, Triangle Tomorrow is currently working with the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler School to research existing models in other regions that train school principals in management skills. Affiliated Organizations:
Upcoming Activities:At the July 13, 2006 RAC meeting, the group will further outline a strategic plan for this project.
Projects in DevelopmentTriangle Tomorrow also has several projects in the initial planning phase. If you are interested in helping to shape the future of the Triangle, please consider becoming a member and participating on a task force or working committee. The Regional Development Choices ProjectBegun in 1998, the Regional Development Choices Project sought to develop realistic scenarios for the future development pattern of the Research Triangle Region. The project unveiled three scenarios depicting different ways that the region might grow. Each scenario was made up of principles related to the design and character of urban and rural communities, transportation, parks & open space, and regional cooperation. After a year-long public dialogue about these choices, eight principles were distilled and developed in cooperation with a coalition of community groups. The following principles were offered as a framework for improving convservation, development and mobility in the region:
In cooperation of the Urban Land Institute, this program is currently being restructured and reframed around the ULI's "Reality Check" program. If you would like to be a part of this working group, please contact Pam Wall.
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