Community & Economic Development

Community Initiatives

We support community projects and initiatives that align with the mission of our department.

Applications open for revised ForsythRides program!

Based on feedback and observations from a pilot period, ForsythRides, an employment transportation program, is relaunching! Rides must originate in Forsyth County and have a maximum distance of 35 miles.

Participants can receive transportation services for up to three months at a time, during which, if they would like, participants will be connected to community resources to address self-identified obstacles to their own reliable transportation.

Space is limited and applications will re-open every three months.

ForsythRides Application

FAQs

Please include both addresses as destinations and when writing days and times, please indicate which destination is when and Support Systems will confirm when scheduling. Only one response is necessary
Children can be transported to childcare if it is on the way to a parent’s ride to work or training. Parents must provide and install any required car seats and be present the entire time the child is in the vehicle.
Rides must originate in Forsyth County and be within 35 miles of origin address
County staff may be in touch to ask for additional information or verify your income and/or employment. Applications are open until June 7th and no decisions will be made before then. Applicants will likely hear the week of June 17th and service would start July 1st.
Highway 65 Waterline Project

Forsyth County Community & Economic Development (CED) Department is working with a community just east of Rural Hall, along Highway 65, to secure grant funding for the extension of public water to that area. If awarded, the Community Development Block Grant funding would provide up to $2 million for the project which would include the installation of the water main along Highway 65 and the cost of connection for low-to-moderate income homeowners.

Forsyth County CED staff is working with the community throughout August and September to develop the application including the completion of required community surveys and getting residential wells tested.

Community Development
Block Grant-Infrastructure
Contact
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Kyle Haney

Community & Economic Development Director
haneyjk@forsyth.cc
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Andrea Sheetz

Workforce Development Analyst
sheetzag@forsyth.cc

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Forsyth County does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, familial status, physical handicap or disability in its employment opportunities, programs, services or activities.

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