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The Polk County Board of Commissioners held their Regular Meeting on Monday, March 20, 2023, at 5:00 pm, in the R. Jay Foster Hall of Justice, Womack Building, 40 Courthouse Street, Columbus, NC.
There was a Public Hearing prior to the Regular Meeting. The purpose of the Public Hearing was to consider the proposed Comprehensive Transportation Plan.
Click here for the meeting information.
Draft Polk County Comprehensive Transportation Plan.
Draft Foothills Regional Comprehensive Transportation Plan.
Want to dig deeper? Click here for the Comprehensive Transportation Plan web page.
To view the meeting follow this link https://vimeo.com/event/1618584

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The Foothills Regional Commission is preparing a 5-year, comprehensive economic development strategy (CEDS) for the four-county region of Cleveland, McDowell, Polk, and Rutherford Counties. If you live within this region, we encourage you to provide your insight by participating in this 10-minute survey. Your input is extremely valuable and will be used to enhance the economic prosperity and resiliency of the region. The survey will remain open until April 30th. Take the survey by clicking on this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HCJF879

The Polk County Board of Commissioners typically meets on the first and third Monday at 5:00 pm. The meetings are open to the public
and are held on the second floor of the
Womack Building, 40 Courthouse Street in Columbus.

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