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6 JUNE 25 - JULY 1, 2014 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM Children who grow up without a home have a lower literacy rate and are less likely to graduate high school. Your donations and volunteer efforts gave these children the chance, and the home, they desperately needed. Visit fayettevillenchabitat.org if you have what it takes to give. WITHOUT A HOME, CHILDREN ARE WURSE OFF THEN YU MITE THINK. COMING SOON! Up & Coming Weekly's 17th Annual Best of Fayetteville Awards Who will be this year's "Best of the Best"? Ballots available in the next editions of Up & Coming Weekly. Vote Online! www.upandcomingweekly.com Corporate Sponsors: Utley & Knowles CPAs man 5" est minimum size - 1" est minimum printed SIONS & SPECIFICATIONS $%^&*()-=+ LMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ F CUS On ICL Now Accepting Applications The Institute for Community Leadership (ICL) is now accepting applications for its 11th year. The ICL is a joint community effort designed to provide local citizens the opportunity to participate in activities leading to community leadership. The City of Fayetteville and Cumberland County are included in sessions that teach students about community issues and opportunities for service. The ICL also facilitates sessions with non-profit service agencies, arts and cultural agencies and schools and colleges to showcase organizations in the community and give citizens the opportunity to interact with community leaders. Benefits of participating in ICL include: Developing your opportunities to participate in key community decisions, discussing local issues and solutions with community leaders, finding volunteer leadership positions that best fit your interests, building relationships with others who are committed to self-and community-betterment and polishing your leadership abilities. For citizens interested in applying to the 11th year of ICL, there are several requirements, which include: Completion of an application, registration as a Cumberland County voter, sincere commitment to serve the community, agreement to attend each session and willingness to pursue an appointment to a governmental or community board or commission or other community leadership role. An ICL promo video will air on FayTV7 through the month of June, encouraging citizens to enroll in the 2014 ICL class. The promo video can also be viewed on www.faytv7.com, the City's YouTube website. The deadline to apply for ICL is Friday, July 11. To apply, citizens can log onto www.leadership4us.org. NC Secretaries of Commerce and Transportation to Speak at Inaugural Economic Alliance Meeting On June 26, the Economic Development Alliance of Fayetteville & Cumberland County, with the Fayetteville Regional Chamber, will be hosting its annual Industry and Small Business Awards at the Cape Fear Botanical Garden Orangery. The public is invited to join the Alliance and its public/private partners in a celebration recognizing existing industry and small businesses, featuring the Al Prewitt Economic Development Visionary Award. Organizers are excited to announce that N.C. Department of Commerce Sec. Sharon Decker and N.C. Department of Transportation Sec. Tony Tata will be attending and giving updates on their respective organizations and how the State is helping to grow our economy. Area businesses, industry and investors will be recognized in the following categories during the Economic Development Awards: • SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award • Diversity-Owned Business of the Year Award • Small Business of the Year Award The Awards Presentation begins at 12:30 p.m. and will be followed by comments from Sec. Decker and Sec. Tata. City Kicks Off Mobile Data Collection Project The City of Fayetteville recently kicked off a project to inventory the condition of private streets within the city limits. The City retained the services of KRK Consulting and Data Transfer Solutions, LLC (DTS). DTS is a national firm and provides professional asset management and mobile data collection to local and state government agencies. DTS operates a sophisticated data collection vehicle, equipped with an array of precision instrumentation and data collection equipment that helps state and local transportation agencies inventory and manage transportation infrastructure facilities and assets. Specifically, the van has forward-facing digital cameras that will collect all imagery of all the above ground transportation related assets located in the right-of-way (ranging from stop lights and speed limit signs to guardrails and curbs) and create a digital video inventory. Additionally, the vehicle is equipped with a downward facing, illuminated line scan camera off the back, which will collect imagery of the City's pavement. The pavement condition information can be used for condition analyses, project prioritizing and capital planning purposes. In order to collect all the data, the vehicle will be traveling roads within the city limits of Fayetteville. The vehicle can only collect data during daylight hours. If any resident has any question(s) or needs any additional information regarding the vehicle, the project or the process, they are encouraged to contact Construction Management Manager Jeffrey Riddle at (910) 433-1661 or jriddle@ci.fay.nc.us. • Economic Development Advocate Award • Industry Anniversary Awards • The Al Prewitt Economic Development Visionary Award