Press Release: Public Hearing on Economic Development Incentives
The Alamance County Board of Commissioners will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, December 17, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Meeting Room, 2nd floor of the County Office Building, 124 W. Elm St., Graham NC.
The purpose of the meeting will be to receive comments on a proposal to extend economic development incentives to Becton Dickinson and Company, a company with plans to create new taxable investment in Alamance County of up to $176,000,000 in building expansion and equipment and to create approximately 116 full-time jobs at an average annual salary of $67,759 with no temporary workers. The proposed incentive offer is $2,640,000 to be paid over five (5) years.
Alamance County Shelter Closed
The Alamance County Graham Recreation Center Shelter located at 311 College Street will be closing as of 8am on Monday, December 10.
For questions pertaining to the winter storm, please call the Alamance County Call Center at 336-290-0362.
Alamance County Government Closings for Monday 12-10-18
Alamance County Government Closings
Alamance County Government closures for Monday (12-10-18) due to inclement weather:
- County Offices
- Landfill and Convenience Center
- Alamance Libraries
- District and Superior Courts
- Clerk of Court’s Office
- District Attorney’s Office
For assistance pertaining to the winter storm, please call the Alamance County Call Center at 336-290-0362
County Preps for Upcoming Weather Event
Due to the impending winter storm, the County is currently working to ensure that services remain available to residents.
The County is planning to activate the Emergency Operations Center early Sunday morning staffed with emergency services departments and community partners. The Sheriff’s Department, EMS, and Central Communications (911) are working to up-staff in order to accommodate the anticipated bad weather.
At this time, Social Services and the Health Department are preparing to set up a shelter in case there is significant weather that impacts power. The County will provide information once the decision is made to open the shelter to the public.
For assistance pertaining to the winter storm, please call the Alamance County Emergency Operations Center at 336-290-0362.
AT&T and Verizon Outages Resolved
The AT&T and Verizon network degradation that impacted 911 call routing and caller location
have now been resolved.
Alamance County will continue to provide updates if any new information is received.
Multiple Carriers Experiencing Outages Affecting Calls to Alamance 911 Center
Please be advised that the NC Department of Information Technology has received notice from multiple carriers that there are issues with both wireline and wireless services across the southeast portion of the country.
According to L.V. Pokey Harris, Executive Director of the North Carolina 911 Board, “Carriers are addressing the issues at their respective levels and working toward a resolution.”
In case of emergency, please continue to dial 911 first. If your call does not go through, please dial the alternate emergency number (336) 570-6777.
Alamance County will continue to provide updates as new information is received.
AT&T Outages Affects Calls to Alamance 911 Center
Please be advised that AT&T is experiencing outages that is affecting 911 service in Alamance County. Approximately 13,144 AT&T customers with local 336 exchanges including: 278, 440, 538, 584, 585, and 586 are unable to use their landline or internet service phone to call 911. At this time, the concentration of residents that have been affected reside in West Burlington (including the hospital), Elon, Gibsonville, and Northern Alamance County Communities.
AT&T is currently unable to give estimates for time of repair, but AT&T staff are working to restore service as quickly as possible.
Alamance County urges AT&T customers in these areas to find alternate options to contact the Alamance County Communications Center (911) in case of emergency.
Alamance County will continue to provide updates as new information is received.
Update #1:
To ensure connection to emergency services in Burlington, AT&T customers should call (336) 570-6777 for medical emergencies and (336) 229-3500 for police or fire emergencies occurring in Burlington.
Households of Alamance County Can Apply for Low- Income Energy Assistance Starting Dec. 3
Households in Alamance County containing a person aged 60 or more, or someone receiving disability benefits and services through the NC Division of Aging and Adult Services can apply for help covering the cost of heating their homes starting Monday, Dec. 3. All households can apply from Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019 through Friday, March 29, 2019.
The federally funded Low-Income Energy Assistance Program provides eligible households with a one-time payment to their heating vendor to offset the high cost of heating during the cold-weather months. Depending on the household’s primary heating source, the payment will be $200, $300, or $400.
Last year, the program provided approximately $32 million to help 128,160 households pay their heating bills from December 2017 through March 2018.
To be eligible, a person must:
- Have at least one U.S. citizen or non-citizen who meets eligibility criteria
- Have income equal to or less than 130 percent of the federal poverty limit, such as:
- For a household of one, an income of $15,782 or less
- For a family of four, an income of $32,630 or less
- Have resources, such as saving and checking accounts, cash on hand, at or below $2,250
- Be responsible for their heating cost
Alamance County households who want to apply for energy assistance can only do so in person at the Alamance County Department of Social Services office located at:
319 North Graham-Hopedale Road
Burlington, NC 27217
Social Services will be accepting applications from households with a person aged 60 or more, or someone receiving disability benefits and services through the NC Division of Aging and Adult from Monday, Dec. 3, through Monday, Dec. 31, with the exception of December 24-26 when the Department of Social Services will be closed. Hours for the site are 8am-5pm. All households may apply from Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019 through Friday, March 29, 2019.
For more information on the Low-Income Energy Assistance program, go to https://www.ncdhhs.gov/assistance/low-income-services/low-income-energy-assistance or call the Alamance County Social Services Office at 336-570-6532 from 8am-5pm.