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3 <br /> DRAFT <br /> Tom Rabon <br /> Chair,NCWorks Commission <br /> c/o North Carolina Department of Commerce <br /> 4301 Mail Service Center <br /> Raleigh,North Carolina 27699-4301 <br /> Sent via email to NCWorksCommissiongcommerce.nc.gov <br /> Dear Chair Rabon: <br /> On behalf of Orange County, I write to express the County's intention to transition from our current local workforce <br /> area to the Capital Area Workforce Board with Wake,Johnston,Chatham and Lee counties with the intention to form <br /> a new local workforce development board. We have consulted with leaders of the Capital Area Workforce <br /> Development Board, and they agree to this realignment. Our goal is to make the new local area effective on July 1, <br /> 2023. <br /> To help inform this decision, I have consulted with my fellow county commissioners, and leaders involved in <br /> education, workforce and economic development in my community, including J. B. Buxton, President, Durham <br /> Technical Community College, and Aaron Nelson,CEO,The Chamber for a Greater Chapel Hill- Carrboro. <br /> I have also communicated with the appropriate local elected officials and area stakeholders in the other counties <br /> involved, and there is consensus on this course of action. We believe that this new area will follow the guiding <br /> principles for alignment established by the NCWorks Commission earlier this year, especially by (1) decreasing <br /> redundancy among local workforce development boards within economic development areas; (2) better aligning <br /> community college and workforce development board service areas; and(3)matching local workforce development <br /> board outreach to area jobseeker and business customer needs. <br /> We look forward to collaborating with the Capital Area Workforce Development Board,the NCWorks Commission <br /> and the North Carolina Department of Commerce on the process of transitioning to a new local area as we seek to <br /> strengthen workforce and economic development. <br /> Thank you for your consideration and partnership. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Renee Price <br /> Chair,Board of County Commissioners <br /> Orange County <br /> CC: Dr. Annie Izod,NCWorks Commission <br /> Darrell L. Frye, Chair,Randolph County Board of Commissioners <br /> Chet Mottershead,N.C. Division of Workforce Solutions <br />