From the Western North Carolina Alliance, shared April 11:

The North Carolina Legislature has established a Joint Regulatory Reform Committee to review and identify rules that impede business and introduce legislation to eliminate them. The committee is holding public meetings around the state to hear from citizens their opinions about regulations, and details about the WNC meeting are below.

This is the only hearing in the western part of the state. Please come voice your opinion about how environmental regulations help protect our health and quality of life. Let us know you’re coming by e-mailing Erica@wnca.org.

WNC Regulatory Reform Hearing, Friday, April 15
Blue Ridge Community College
Thomas Auditorium
180 West Campus Dr.
Flat Rock, N.C.

Meeting: 1-3 p.m.
Sign up to make a two-minute statement: 12:30 p.m.
Carpool from Asheville: meeting in the Westgate Earth Fare parking lot at 11:30 a.m.

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Press release: WNC Alliance encourages public to share input at Joint Regulatory Reform Committee meeting in Flat Rock

by Kathleen O'Nan, Carolina Public Press
April 13, 2011

<h1>Press release: WNC Alliance encourages public to share input at Joint Regulatory Reform Committee meeting in Flat Rock</h1> <p class="byline">by Kathleen O'Nan, Carolina Public Press <br />April 13, 2011</p> <p>From the <a href="http://www.wnca.org/portal1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Western North Carolina Alliance</a>, shared April 11:</p> <blockquote> <div> <figure id="attachment_1289" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1289" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a rel="attachment wp-att-1289" href="http://carolinapublicpress.org/1285/n-c-legislature-info-is-just-keystrokes-away/ /ncga_anewsome"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1289" title="The North Carolina General Assembly in Raleigh. Photo by Angie Newsome." src="http://carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/NCGA_ANEWSOME-300x210.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="210"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-1289" class="wp-caption-text">The North Carolina General Assembly in Raleigh. Photo by Angie Newsome.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">North Carolina Legislature</a> has established a <a href="http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/DocumentSites/browseDocSite.asp?nID=139" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Joint Regulatory Reform Committee</a> to review and identify rules that impede business and introduce legislation to eliminate them. The committee is holding public meetings around the state to hear from citizens their opinions about regulations, and details about the WNC meeting are below.</p> <p>This is the only hearing in the western part of the state. Please come voice your opinion about how environmental regulations help protect our health and quality of life. Let us know you’re coming by e-mailing <a href="mailto:Erica@wnca.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Erica@wnca.org</a>.</p> <p><strong>WNC Regulatory Reform Hearing, Friday, April 15</strong><br /> Blue Ridge Community College<br /> Thomas Auditorium<br /> 180 West Campus Dr.<br /> Flat Rock, N.C.</p> <p>Meeting: 1-3 p.m.<br /> Sign up to make a two-minute statement: 12:30 p.m.<br /> Carpool from Asheville: meeting in the Westgate Earth Fare parking lot at 11:30 a.m.</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://carolinapublicpress.org/2189/wnc-alliance-public-input-joint-legislative-reform-committee-meeting-flat-rock-brcc/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://carolinapublicpress.org">Carolina Public Press</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://i0.wp.com/carolinapublicpress.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-cropped-CPPlogo_icon_RGB.png?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://carolinapublicpress.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=2189&amp;ga3=G-45T85MYXXN" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p> Copy to Clipboard

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