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On child care, a fitful search for local solutions to a national problem
Transylvania County, North Carolina, tried to solve its child care shortage by spurring the development of small in-home day care facilities — but the effort ended up creating only two of them. Meanwhile in the mountains of western Colorado, Mesa County’s attempt to create 8,000 child care slots stalled at the 5,000 mark. And in Iowa, the state has crafted a program for publicly funded, privately operated day care centers,...
Jay Heatherly graduates from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s CGCIO™/CeCTO™ Certification Program
Jay Heatherly, Information Technology Manager, City of Hendersonville, successfully graduated from the 2023-2024 Certified Government Chief Information Officers Program™ at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Government. Jay graduated from the program on June 19th and was recognized by the Hendersonville City Council at their meeting on July 24, 2024.
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