Publications

The following publications have been produced by LOSRC. Most of these publications are available from this page as printable PDF files; the others are available by contacting the appropriate program manager. To view and print the PDF files, you will need Adobe's free Acrobat Reader software.

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Administration and Finance

LOSRC Annual Report

2023
2022

2017
2016
2015
2013 (14.5 MB)
2012
2011
2010

Performance Audit

2014 LOS Performance Audit by Evergreen Solutions, LLC

Miscellaneous

LOSRC Organizational Chart

Audited Financial Statements to our Grantors
Note - All financial statements below are large pdfs and may require a longer download time.

Area Agency on Aging

Area Plan on Aging

July 1, 2016 - June 39, 2020

Miscellaneous

Aging and Volunteer Services Acronyms - Coming Soon!
Buncombe County Aging Plan (2013-2017)
Region B Area Plan on Aging 2012-2016
Who to Call for What

Family Caregiver Support Program

Home and Community Care Block Grant (HCCBG)

HCCBG Orientation Manual FY2015

Long-Term Care Housing Directory

Ombudsman Program

CAC Essential Guide

Economic and Community Development

Agriculture & Forest

Blue Ridge Bike Plan

Blue Ridge Bike Plan (20 MB, please allow extra time to download)
Appendix A - Level of Service
Appendix B - Survey Results
Appendix C - Priority Corridors
Appendix D - Crash Data
Appendix E - Counter Data

Clean Vehicles Coalition

Clean Cities Program Plan
Asheville Area PEV Plan (8.54M pdf file)

Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy

2015 - 2019 CEDS Report

Craft Beverage Report

Craft Beverage

French Broad River Metropolitan Planning Organization (FBRMPO)

2012 Long-Range Transportation Demand Management Plan

GroWNC

GroWNC Summary Brochure - View this brief but comprehensive brochure and use it to share GroWNC resources with others. The brochure contains GroWNC project and products highlights with links to all the web resources.
GroWNC Regional Plan (26 MB)
Executive Summary

Mountain Ridge & Steep Slope Protection Strategies

Mountain Ridge & Steep Slope Protection Strategies Report

Ozone Season Kickoff Event and Press Conference 2016

Reading, Riding and Retrofit

RRR Final Report

Transportation

WNC AgriVentures

WNC AgriVentures - Cultivating Jobs and Innovation

Mountain Area Workforce Development

MOUNTAIN AREA COMPREHENSIVE FOUR-YEAR WIOA PLAN 2024 - 2028

In North Carolina, annually, each Local Area WDB, in consultation with the chief local elected official, is to provide updates to the Comprehensive Four-Year Plan. The WIOA Program Year (PY) 2024 Plan is to provide current information and be effective July 1, 2024-June 30, 2028. The Local Area Plan will support the alignment strategy described in the 2024-2028 NC Unified State Plan in accordance with WIOA Section 102(b)(1)(E), and otherwise be consistent with the NC Unified State Plan. Please send comments to Melissa@landofsky.org by April 23, 2024.

WIOA Plan 2024-2028

BUSINESS ACCELERATOR GRANT

For Incumbent Worker Training Call for Pre-Application Questionnaire and Submission of Grant Applications to Mountain Area Workforce Development Board (MAWDB)

The Business Accelerator Grant Application Round is CLOSED for the 2022 Program Year. Please refer back to the website in July 2023 or contact Barbara Darby at barbarad@landofsky.org or 828-231-6611.

The Business Accelerator Grant for Incumbent Worker Training is a competitive, cost reimbursement training grant through which qualifying businesses can address employees’ skills gaps. These skills gaps can be a result of a worker's changing responsibilities/requirements in her/his job, or for a worker whose job may potentially be eliminated, and skill upgrading is needed to accept new responsibilities. Incumbent worker (IW) training should increase the knowledge, skills, and/or certifications of workers, and increase the competitiveness of the employee and the employer.

Application Process and Schedule:

Call for Pre-Application Questionnaire (required)	November 7 - November 11, 2022
Call for Application Submission	November 14 - November 18, 2022
Zoom meeting for first-time applicants (required)	November 21-22, 2022
Draft Application Deadline (required)	December 2, 2022
Final Application Deadline	December 16, 2022
Application Review	December 19-22, 2022
Award Announcement	December 30, 2022
Deadline for Contracts	January 31, 2023
Deadline for Training Completion	June 30, 2023

RFP WIOA Adult and Dislocated Worker Services PY22-23

RFP WIOA Youth Services PY22-23

Youth Bidder's Conference Proposal Meeting Minutes - April 4, 2022

2022 Area Plan Update

Mountain Area Workforce Development Board Comprehensive Four-Year Regional and Local Workforce Development Plan for Program Years 2020-24 is available for public comment beginning on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. Public comment will be received for the next thirty (30) days until June 8, 2022 at 5:00 pm. All public comments shall be sent to zia@landofsky.org or to Zia Rifkin, Administrative Services, Mountain Area Workforce Development Board, Land of Sky Regional Council, 339 New Leicester Highway, Suite 140, Asheville, NC 28806.

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) requires each local Workforce Development Board (WDB) to develop and submit to the state, in partnership with the local chief elected official, a comprehensive four-year plan. Annually, each WDB provides updates to the four-year plan. The WIOA Comprehensive Four-Year Plan for Program Years (PY) 2020-2024 is the first year of the comprehensive four-year plan, providing current information and is effective July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023. The Comprehensive Four-Year Plan (PY 2020-24) will be maintained and updated as appropriate on an annual basis.

Mountain Mobility

Mountain Mobility Rider's Guide

Rider's Guide - En Español

Trailblazer Routes