1. BUILDING A RESILIENT ECONOMY:
OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE

2. BUILDING A RESILIENT ECONOMY:
OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE
 Welcome – Jocelyn Johnson and
Michael Suggs
 Piedmont Together – Mark E. Kirstner
 Our Nations Success – A Superior
Economic Growth Model that
Encompasses All - Sarita
Turner, Policy Link
 The Economic Cost of Inequality –
Judge Lawrence McSwain
 The Piedmont Triad – Let’s take a
Close Look – Paul M. Kron, PTRC
 Panel Discussion with Q & A
 Break
 Small Group Workshop #1
 Group Report Out
 Lunch – Keynote: Allen Joines,
W-S Mayor, W-S Alliance
 Small Group Workshop #2
 Small Group Report Out &
Discussion
 Wrap-Up & Next Steps
 Adjourn

3. East Winston
Restoration Association
Serving East Winston residents
with
Community Development since
1979

4. OUR REGION’S PLAN FOR
THE FUTURE
Equity at the Regional Level

5. PROSPERITY
RESILIENCE

7. WHY THESE 12 COUNTIES?

8. THROUGH THE LENS OF SOCIAL EQUITY
Data
• 400,000 people
• 38% of income spent
on transportation
• 300,000 jobs lost
Strengths and
Challenges
• Education
• Scenic and Natural
Resources
• Mobility Choices
• New Economy
Reasons to Care
• Lack of
Transportation
Choices
• Changing Hosing
Market
• Changing
Demographics
Possible
Piedmonts
• Mother Mary
• Storm’in Norn and
Caroline
• Tech Twins
Growth
Scenarios
• Business of Usual
• Transit Corridors
• Town and City
Core
Regional
Strategies
• Actions
• Best Practices
• Tool Kit
May 2011
April 2013
October 2012
October 2013 April 2014
March 2012

11. To learn more about Piedmont Together go to
triadsustainability.org
To add your voice to the conversation go to
piedmontvoice.org
Help Build the Piedmont
Together