PREFERRED VENDOR/PARTNER n Chesapeake Regional Healthcare www.chesapeakeregional.com Chesapeake Regional Healthcare is known for providing patients with truly personal care. With locations throughout northeastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia, Chesapeake Regional’s technologically advanced health care saves lives every day. n Fybe www.gofybe.com Fybe provides fiber internet to communities in northeastern North Carolina. It aims to provide rural residents in the state with unparalleled fiber optic speed and connectivity. It was recently included in the first 25 companies on the Broadband Communities’ Fiber-To-The-Home Top 100 List for 2024. n NC League of Municipalities www.nclm.org Through advocacy, insurance, and services and best practices, the NC League of Municipalities is an extension of local governments, providing expertise needed to grow into thriving cities and towns. League members are a diverse, collective network whose shared resources are stronger and more effective together. Working as one. Advancing all. Guard -- all working together collaboratively. We’re building this city as a team.There’s great enthusiasm right now and we’re excited to share it with the whole world. So, when you look to the northeast, you will see that star, and that star is Elizabeth City, North Carolina.” that assists job seekers by improving their skills and hooking them up with employers. “They have a quarterly community partner meeting where they talk about their programs,” Davis notes. “So, there’s a great synergy with all organizations right now to help target and capture people who are interested in those jobs in our community.” THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INTERNET Finally, every town and city that portends to be “on the move” acknowledges the need for robust, highspeed internet. And Elizabeth City is no exception. “The entire city should have fiber in the ground within the next six months,” Mayor Rivers reports. “We’re not leaving anyone behind. For persons who cannot afford high speed internet, they will be able to receive it for free. We have not just thought about our commercial customers, we want to make sure that our school kids have access as well, because we understand that our entire city has to grow together, not just one segment; it’s residential, commercial, middle class, working class, college students, Coast 166 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 05, ISSUE 10
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