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Compiled from information shared on the United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County website:
The United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County is presenting “An Economic Forecast and Issues Affecting Our Community” from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., Dec. 6 at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College’s Enka campus at 1459 Sand Hill Road in Candler.
Presentations will be made about the impacts of current economic conditions on nonprofits and working families; updates on key programs that support low- and moderate-income workers and their families; and the impacts of North Carolina’s current budget and projections for the upcoming year.
Featured speakers are Alexandra Forter Sirota, director of the North Carolina Budget & Tax Center of the North Carolina Justice Center; Louisa Warren, a senior policy advocate with the North Carolina Justice Center; and Jill Cox,government relations and communications director with the United Way of North Carolina.
Buncombe County’s state delegation and local elected officials also have been invited to attend the event.
To register, visit this page on the United Way of Asheville and Buncombe County’s website.
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