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DRAFT FOR COMMISSION REVIEW ONLY <br />Protecting and Preserving -- People, Resources, Quality of Life - <br />Orange County, North Carolina -- You <br />?;-~ <br />i ~ Count! <br />~ _ - It's not just our motto -- it's our way of doing <br />~~ i'~ 1 ~ ----T _1 ; ;- business. It represents a commitment to Orange <br />~ ~._ ,. <br />...~- :`' County ciflzens that they come first. The <br />;, ~ L~ ~ ~~ diversity of the county's residents means that <br />~f~ ,., '~ ''~.; i ,~.ixi Orange County government must meet many <br />~~ { ~~ ;~~r s. ' ~ ~';j different needs. We have worked hard, not only <br />fir ~; ~~'~ ~, `'. ( to meet those varied and changing needs, but to <br />~~ ;~`'f rq, i ~ 34 t~ ` ~ <br />~.~.-__- "'~-~ ~>>~~ ~ ~~ .,,,, ~`; set and maintain standards of service excellence. <br />~. <br />` "You Count" means that we encourage and value <br />"= ' -_' ~~~} ; ~ ~ the active involvement and participation of our <br />T ..+- <br />---` citizens. More than 45 boards and commissions, <br />made up of citizen volunteers, develop county <br />policies, shape planning decisions and oversee county programs. <br />Orange County government provides services ranging from animal control to zoning through its <br />human services, public safety, recreation and parks, and community planning departments. And <br />the county administration ensures that all these departmen ts are working together. Award-winning <br />programs in child support enforcement, land acquisition, <br />watershed protection and solid waste management are ~'~:: ' <br />just a few recent initiatives Orange County has <br />developed in response to citizen needs. - <br />~ <br /> <br />It is our residents who make Orange County such a <br />s ecial lace to live <br />work and la <br />And it's the ~: ~ ; ~'• <br />~ ' ~ ~ 4~b <br />= ~ ` <br />{ ' <br />Er <br />~ q~r1R nryv <br />_ ~, <br />`` j <br />, <br />. t <br />diversity of our people that makes the county Interesting ~.~,R r; I ~ ,~.R„ .~~ ,~ <br />and lively -- dairy farmers and professors; small business t-~ ~~ <br />~ <br />~ ~- ~ t~~.,w~ti.~.~ <br />people and corporate executives; developers and horse r~. <br />~`~ ~ ~` f =~- , '' o <br />breeders; carpenters and students. Our citizens display a ,- <br />ms`s'' ,,_. ,: r '~ ~~ ~-_ <br />warmth and genuine friendliness that quickly turns <br />neighbors into friends. NEED BETTER PICTURES FOR THIS PAGE; PICTURES COULD <br />INCLUDE ORANGE COUNTY RURAL LANDSCAPE, PICTURES OF DOWNTOWN <br />CHAPEL HILL, CARRBORO, OR UNC <br />The road from 1752 to the dawn of a new millennium has brought Orange County through many <br />experiences, giving a special character to the future as it has shaped our past. And it is the citizens <br />and government of Orange County, working together, who have built a strong and vital community <br />that is serving today's needs while planning for the challenges and opportunities of tomorrow. <br />(Front the Orange Coun~Website -About Orange Coun J. _______ __ <br />Formatted: Centered <br />.- ' Formatted: Font: Italic <br />Orange Coz~nty, North Carolina <br />The Mercer Group, Inc., 2008 page 6 <br />