Western Piedmont Council of Governments
Public And Government Association
Why pick this one
Western Piedmont Council of Governments serves four Western North Carolina counties and 24 municipalities through planning, aging, ADA, housing, and workforce departments.
Best for
- Local governments needing regional planning assistance
- Municipalities needing ADA transition plans or compliance consultation
- Local governments seeking financial administration support
- Older adults, caregivers, and people with disabilities seeking regional aging resources
- Municipalities needing code enforcement programs
- Regional workforce and economic development initiatives
Look elsewhere if
- Private residential repair needs unrelated to local government programs
- Services outside Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, and Catawba Counties
- Commercial projects requiring a conventional private-sector contractor
Specialties
- ADA transition plans and compliance consultation
- Municipal code enforcement
- Local government financial administration
- Area Agency on Aging caregiver support
- Long-term-care ombudsman advocacy
- Regional planning
- Workforce development
What makes them different
- Serves Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, and Catawba Counties and 24 municipalities
- Organized as a regional agency in 1968
- Operates seven departments, including aging, planning, finance, housing, and workforce development
- Manages more than $13 million in pass-through funds and a $19 million budget
- Provides a central ADA compliance intake and reviews grievances and appeals for local governments
- Serves
- Hickory, Morganton, Lenoir, Conover, Granite Falls, Sawmills
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 1880 2nd Ave NW, Hickory, NC 28601-5766
- Phone
- +18283229191
- Website
- http://www.wpcog.org/
Services
- Local government administration
- Community and economic development
- Community and regional planning
- Aging services
- Financial administration
- ADA compliance services
- Code compliance
- Regional housing assistance
- Workforce development