Kannapolis Receives Governor’s Innovative Small Business Community Award

The City of Kannapolis and the North Carolina Research Campus are recipients of Governor Beverly Perdue’s 2011 Innovative Small Business Community Award. Kannapolis is one of nine North Carolina communities honored in the award’s inaugural year.

The Governor’s Award recognizes projects, strategies and initiatives that reflect excellence in community economic development, small business and entrepreneurship, and sustainability in North Carolina. Communities were selected based on their creative solutions to improve quality of life and well-being through job creation and job sustaining activities.

The City of Kannapolis was recognized for the redevelopment of the former Fieldcrest Cannon and Pillowtex industrial complex into a bioscience research campus and for the public-private partnerships formed to support development of the North Carolina Research Campus.

Kannapolis Police Department Awarded AAA Carolinas Traffic Safe Communities Award

The Kannapolis Police Department (KPD) has been awarded the AAA Carolinas Traffic Safe Communities Award for a community of over 30,000 in population. The KPD is one of five agencies in the state to receive the award in this category.

Kannapolis was selected based on crash statistics, number of law enforcement officers per capita, and the department’s traffic safety program. UNCC provided statistical analysis and AAA Carolinas Foundation selected winners with emphasis on communities engaged in proactive traffic safety programs

During the past year, the Kannapolis Police Department has conducted instructional sessions with driver’s education classes at local high schools and partnered with two other Cabarrus County law enforcement agencies to conduct multi-agency sobriety checkpoints within Cabarrus County. The KPD also identifies high traffic crash/traffic safety zones and develops action plans to improve traffic issues. 

The KPD has partnered with Jeff Gordon Children’s Hospital, CMC-Northeast, and the Cabarrus County Department of Social Services on six child safety events this year and participates in citywide festivals and events to promote traffic safety.

Kannapolis Police Department Wants Your Input

Do you have suggestions for how the Kannapolis Police Department (KPD) might better serve the residents of Kannapolis? Have you had interactions with the KPD and would like to give them some feedback on what they’re doing right and what they might do differently?

Please visit the City of Kannapolis website to voice your opinion through an online survey. The survey will only take a few minutes to complete and will give the KPD feedback to identify community needs and be more responsive to Kannapolis residents. The survey will be available online through September only, so go online today.

The KPD is committed to providing community-based policing strategies and crime prevention programs. More information about the Department’s policies and programs is available online. Thank you for your time and your honest opinions.

Kannapolis City Schools Holds Rally for Public Education on Friday

The Kannapolis City Schools invites residents to come out to A.L. Brown Stadium tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. for their Rally for Public Education. If it rains, the Rally will go on as planned in Bullock Gymnasium. Organizers ask that everyone show their support of education by wearing red.

Visit the Kannapolis City Schools Facebook page to rsvp and get the latest updates on tonight’s event.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Kannapolis-City-Schools/60481913275

Join Spectrum Discovery Center’s Wine Study

Spectrum Discovery Center, the state of the art consumer testing facility located on the North Carolina Research Campus, is looking for participants for their May 16 wine study. If you are between the ages of 25 to 64, you could be eligible to participate and will be compensated for your time.

The Center tests new and existing products, including foods, beverages, oral health, personal care products, pharmaceuticals, fabrics, paper, household products, pet care products, and fragrances. The information collected is used by manufacturers and retailers to make decisions about launching a new product or changing an existing one.

To find out if you qualify to participate in Monday’s wine study or other studies at the Spectrum Discovery Center, go to www.spectrumdiscoverycenter.com to register.