It's Good to be Morrisville:
Heart of the Triangle
Morrisville is the geographic center of the Triangle region. We're also a center for collaboration among state, regional and local governments and organizations. Most of our major roads are owned and maintained by the State of North Carolina. We partner with the Town of Cary for our water supply and we cooperate with the North Carolina Railroad for corridor safety issues. We have mutual aid agreements with surrounding municipalities to help each other during crises and difficult times.
"No community is an island," says Mayor Jackie Holcombe. "Cooperative relationships with public and private organizations benefit our residents and businesses. That's why I work hard to establish positive, collaborative relationships with local, regional, state and federal officials and groups".
Under Jackie's leadership, Morrisville has become much more engaged in the issues that affect our region. Jackie has developed, strengthened and re-energized relationships with regional authorities, including:
- Wake County Mayors Association: Jackie is the immediate past president of this organization that consists of the mayors of all 12 Wake County municipalities.
- Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO): Mayor Holcombe is Morrisville’s representative to this strategic transportation planning organization that develops integrated transportation solutions for Wake County and surrounding areas. Jackie attends monthly meetings with CAMPO staff and North Carolina Department of Transportation engineers, along with other elected officials from the region, to ensure that Morrisville's transportation priorities are considered in regional plans. For example, the CAMPO partnership is central to the NC54 and More study to improve Morrisville's major thoroughfare.
- Morrisville also participates in the annual meeting with a neighboring transportation planning authoritiy, the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carboro Metropolitan Planning Organization, a counterpart to CAMPO.
- Morrisville/Cary Joint Issues Committee: Jackie led efforts to establish this collaboration with the Town of Cary, our closest neighbor, to jointly address issues that affect the citizens of both communities. Mayor Holcombe and Cary Mayor Harold Weinbrecht meet regularly with two additional Town Council members from each town.
- North Carolina League of Municipalities: Morrisville joins more than 500 other NC cities, towns and villages in this statewide organization that advocates for municipalities at the state and federal levels, promotes excellence and efficiency in municipal government and provides services and information for town officials to meet the needs of their citizens.
Jackie also established and enhanced relationships with many groups right here in Morrisville. Here are a few of those organizations:
- Morrisville Chamber of Commerce: Jackie works closely with the Chamber, Morrisville's organization for businesses, to help promote their work to provide beneficial products and services and enhance the economic environment for businesses and the community at-large.
- Morrisville Community Fund: Jackie is a founding member of this endowment fund, established during her term as mayor, that provides grants to deserving non-profit organizations in our community.
- Interfaith Community Breakfast: Jackie supported this initiative of Morrisville's diverse faith community to hold regular breakfast meetings, the first of which occurred in May of this year.
- Preservation Morrisville: Jackie is a strong supporter of historic preservation and she launched the initiative to form Morrisville's own preservation group, which came to fruition thanks to the efforts of a group of concerned citizens.
- Morrisville Rotary: Jackie is an honorary member and strong supporter of this organization, the local affiliate of Rotary International. This group of business and professional leaders supports local charities and performs community service projects.
- Morrisville Elementary School, Cedar Fork Elementary School, Sterling Montessori Charter School: Jackie knows the importance of education in our community and she has established positive relationships with administrators, teachers and students of the schools located in our community.
Jackie notes, "It's important for our town to be a good neighbor and an engaged, vital participant in our region, as well as a reliable partner of the organizations in our community. Building relationships with these groups ultimately benefits our citizens, and it's an important aspect of serving as Morrisville mayor".
Want to learn more? See Jackie's activities and positions on issues on her
web page and
blog, and watch the series of brief
It's Good to be Morrisville videos. Or contact Jackie using one of the buttons at the top of this email.
