What is a Vision Partner?

Any organization, business, civic group,government entity, church, etc. that has volunteered to collaborate with other community members to make the Vision and Strategic Plan reality.

Vision Partners are the organizations committed to making an individual strategy reality.

Who are the existing Vision Partners?
Ace Hardware of Forest City Bridges Property Group
Building Community, Inc. Carver Center
Chase Flat Rock Citizens Group Cherry Mountain Ruritan Club
Cliffside Elementary School Comfort Inn of Forest City
Community Empowerment Resource Center Community Health Council of Rutherford County
Concerned Citizens of Rutherford County County Municipal College Library Consortium
Creekside Greenery Criminal Justice Partnership Program
Curves for Women - Lake Lure Dunbar Elementary School
e-Rutherford Economic Development Advisory Committee of Rutherfordton Town Council
Family Resources of Rutherford County Foothills Connect
Foothills Family Campground Foothills Family Health Care
Forest City Lions Club Golden Valley Community Club
H & L Express LLC Habitat for Humanity
Hickory Nut Gorge Recreation Association Hospice of Rutherford County
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Ladies Guild Isothermal Community College
Isothermal Planning & Development Commission KidSenses Children's Museum
Kidsville News Kiwanis Club of Forest City
Kiwanis Club of Rutherfordton Kohlquest
Kruse Concrete Construction, Inc. KSP Design
Leadership Rutherford Literacy Council
Master's Academy New Bethel AME Zion Church
Pinnacle Elementary School Rainbo's Antiques
Reading School Bus, Inc. Robert & Janice McNair Foundation
Rutherford County Department of Aging / Senior Center Rutherford County Animal Protection Alliance
Rutherford County Arts, Parks and Recreation Commission Rutherford County Board of Commissioners
Rutherford County Board of Education Rutherford County Building Inspections and Planning Department
Rutherford County Capital Planning and Finance Advisory Committee Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce
Rutherford County Clerk to the Board of Commissioners Rutherford County Cooperative Extension Service
Rutherford County Department of Social Services Rutherford County Economic Development Commission
Rutherford County Finance Office Rutherford County Health Department
Rutherford County Historical Society Rutherford County Housing Initiative
Rutherford County Human Resources Rutherford County Humane Society
Rutherford County Information Resources Management Rutherford County Language Community Services Committee
Rutherford County Safe Kids Chapter of NC Rutherford County Schools Head Start
Rutherford County Sheriff's Office Rutherford County Soil and Water Conservation District
Rutherford County Source Water Protection Committee Rutherford County Tourism Development Authority
Rutherford County Transit Rutherford County Transportation Committee
Rutherford Health Plan, LLC Rutherford Hospital
Rutherford Housing Partnership Rutherford Town Revitalization, Inc.
Saint Gabriel's Episcopal Church Saint Luke's Charismatic Episcopal Church
Solid Waste Environmental Education Panel South Mountain Christian Camp
Spindale Recreation Department Stonecutter Foundation
Stonecutter Mills / River Stone Business Park Sunshine Senior Citizens
Tanner Companies The Amazin' Shopper
The Daily Courier The Lathan Group
Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy Toney's Pre-Owned Merchandise
Town of Forest City Town of Lake Lure
Town of Rutherfordton Tri-City Animal Clinic, P.C.
Un Nuevo Paso Union Mills Lifelong Learning Center
United Way of Rutherford County Board of Directors Upper Broad River Watershed Protection Program
Waste Reduction Partners - Land-of-Sky Regional Council Well's Spring United Methodist Church
Whiteside Enterprises Woodforest National Bank
Youth Empowerment  
What are the Vision Partner's responsibilities?

Become a supporter of the Vision process by endorsing the Strategic Plan. A Vision Partner will:

  • Form Strategic Action Teams where appropriate
  • Adopt Strategies
  • Create Strategy Benchmarks
  • Develop Action Steps to accomplish the strategy and meet the Benchmarks with realistic deadlines
  • Provide funding and resources to implement Action Steps
  • Generate progress reports
  • Include affiliation with Realize Rutherford in printed and advertising material and create links to the Vision web site
  • Review, revise and refocus Action Steps when progress reports are negative

(Foundation Teams and a Benchmark Team will be available for assistance.)

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