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August 13, 2002 |
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Mike Almond, Charlotte Regional Partnership Charlotte Rotary’s guest speaker, Michael Almond, is President of the Charlotte Regional Partnership (CRP). Charlotte Regional Partnership’s mission is to be the development and marketing consortium for the sixteen-county region (four of those counties being in South Carolina). For economic development, they pursue a regional approach that highlights all the assets of the Charlotte region as it can better compete nationally and internationally and lure companies looking to relocate to build U.S. facilities.
Mike Almond introduces the new logo to Charlotte’s premier business organization, the Rotary Club of Charlotte. Mr. Almond stated that the economic situation for the region is challenging. 60,000 jobs were lost in manufacturing alone in our area last year. The CRP is focusing on four things:
The prospects are very good for this region. The Roper Study, commissioned by CRP, compared how Charlotte measured up to Tampa, Raleigh, Atlanta, and Nashville, all vying for corporate relocations; the study found that the Charlotte region surpasses these other cities in quality of life. However, there are “tough and unforgiving global standards” that must be met, and incentives will need to be included in any negotiations with major companies. Guests &Visitors: Pete deWitt; Health & Happiness, Tom Hutchins; Song, Chuck Lineberry; Invocation, Katie Tyler. Head Table: Doug Bean, Lou Solomon, John Nicolay, Tony Zeiss, Mary-Stuart Brooks. * * * |
New Member
ROBERT E. CARLSON 2002 Human Resources-Consulting
Bob Carlson is Managing Principal of the Charlotte Office of Right Management Consultants. Carlson brings twenty years experience in corporate management, having served in senior operating positions with W.R. Grace, Essex Chemical Corp., Cook Companies, and Material Sciences Corp., before joining Right in 1992. His initial duties with Right Management Consultants started in Kansas City, where he launched the region’s organizational consulting unit in 1994, a first in the company. He also established and managed the Key Executive Service unit that provided consulting support exclusively for senior executives in transition. This unit went on to become the third largest practice of its type within the Right system. In 1995, Carlson was part of a corporate steering committee responsible for the integration of Janotta-Bray, Right’s largest career transition acquisition in its operating history. Bob was born in Indiana and grew up in the Chicago area. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from Northern Illinois University and an MBA from DePaul University. Bob and wife Debby have been married for 32 years and have two grown children – Katherine 26 and Brian 21. Welcome to Charlotte Rotary, Bob. * * * |
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