I had a very productive Office Hours this week. Allan Cassavant from CV Builders:    Allan is continuing to make progress on the possible project to develop a retirement community in Morrisville, and he is no looking at land in the Town Center Plan.    I am very excited about the prospect of developing a […]

Exciting news that Morrisville has achieved AAA Bond Rating! Great news for our future!  Moving forward, I see this as a very positive development, although our focus now needs to be on the issuance of the 2004 bonds, and then the execution of the 2012 bonds, keeping in mind that we want to also take […]

On Thursday, I attended for Alphanumeric, the Triangle Business Journal Life Sciences Awards, and was so excited to see Clinipace, Aerial Bioventures, two Morrisville based companies, win awards in their respective categories. This event was another reminder of the role this sector plays in growing our economy, and creating jobs in the Triangle Region. Marie […]

This morning, I attended my Board meeting for NC Real Enterprises, soon to be named NC Real Entrepreneurship. This organization, is dedicated to developing and providing world class curriculum to train teachers to train entrepreneurs, both adult and youth programs.   NC Real has helped rebuild many rural communities across the state and I am […]

I attended the Linked in Live Raleigh Networking Event this evening, held at our very own Morrisville business, Perimeter Park Studio and Conference Center.   Jason Faber and I were excited to see a great turn out and I was able to welcome as many visitors as I could to Morrisville. Thanks to the team […]

Enjoyed a productive Council meeting and looking forward to voting on the Budget in two weeks.   I support the increase in Chamber funding, along with the increase in transportation funding. Interesting and productive discussion last night, and we were not there too late!

I attended the Bayer Tour on Monday am and was just impressed with the tour of the Bayer Crop Science R and D facility.     I was excited to know that Bayer Crop Science has an Innovation Center in Morrisville, where plants and seeds are taken, before going to the greenhouse. The tour took […]

Komal and I are proud parents as Sonia won the Science Award at Davis Drive Elementary for 6th grade.   Great work Sonia on your first year in Middle School, and I know you are looking forward to your first traditional summer!

I am looking forward to attending the Bayer Crop Science 150 Anniversary Tour this am, at the Bayer Science Headquarters.    The tour will showcase their state of the art greenhouse along with featuring their new lab equipment, etc. Bayer Science is a 10 billion dollar organization, and through their innovation, they are revolutionizing the […]

I enjoyed a nice conference at the Community Colleges of Applachia Conference. The CCA represents a consortium of Community Colleges around the Appalachia region.   the core focus of this conference was the importance of workforce training as a way to retool and re educate dispaced workers and the types of innovative programs which Community […]