About IPDC

Documents for Public Review are at the bottom of the page

The Isothermal Planning & Development Commission is a regional council for Region C in western North Carolina.  Region C consists of Cleveland, McDowell, Polk and Rutherford Counties and the municipalities of each county.  IPDC seeks to serve its members, and their citizens by fostering regional collaboration and by providing professional and technical expertise.  The Commission houses the region's Area Agency on Aging, Workforce Development programs, housing programs and also provides planning and technical services.

IPDC is a local government agency created by, and serving the municipal and county governments in Region C.  IPDC depends on a variety of funding sources, including membership dues, state, federal and other grants, state and federal funding and service fees.

The Isothermal Planning and Development Commission was created in 1966 as a Local Development District serving McDowell, Polk and Rutherford Counties under the Appalachian Regional Development Act.  The State of North Carolina enacted legislation in 1969 creating 16 regional councils, adding Cleveland County to Region C.


Documents for Public Review
Locally Coordinated Transit Plan for Isothermal RPO
Plan

Town of Lake Lure/Chimney Rock Village CTP
Draft Adoption Map
Recommendations

Section 8 2013 Proposed Annual Plan
Notice
Annual Plan

Innovate: Trails Map and Implementation Strategies
Map
Strategies
Brochure


Official 221 Bypass/Widening Maps:

http://www.ncdot.org/doh/preconstruct/highway/roadway/hearingmaps_by_county/

Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (PDF):

2012 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy

Cleveland County Demographic Appendix
McDowell County Demographic Appendix
Polk County Demographic Appendix
Rutherford County Demographic Appendix

2010 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy

2008 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (PDF)

2005 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (PDF)


Closing the Gap:  Skills Survey of North Carolina Employers

Business Services Representatives affiliated with the twenty-three Workforce Development Boards in North Carolina felt compelled to conduct a new survey of North Carolina’s employers as a follow up to the 2007 Skills Survey. A new survey would seek to determine current skills needs, identify any skills gaps that might exist, find out which skills they find most valuable and identify the challenges employers face with recruiting the talent they need. We also had an interest in knowing where they were securing their current labor force; and, what training resources they have used.

Read the full survey HERE


IPDC is one of 16 regional agencies in North Carolina.  For more information about the other regional agencies (or Councils of Governments), visit www.ncregions.org.

Updated: 04/26/2013