News Release:
Business Briefs/Calendar Announcement
Contact:
Gail Baylor, Public Relations Chair
828 771-2048 gbaylor@warren-wilson.edu
For Immediate
Release
Date: June 5,
2006
Best Workplaces for Commuters
(Asheville, NC): The next
meeting of the Western North Carolina Human Resources Association
will be at 12:00 Noon, Wednesday, June 14, at the Renaissance
Asheville Hotel in downtown Asheville.
Kathy Molin, TDM
Coordinator for the City of Asheville will present a program on the
Best Workplaces for Commuters. The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency and the Department of Transportation nationally recognizes
employers that meet or exceed a National Standard of Excellence in
commuter benefits. As of February 2006, the EPA has recognized 1,500
employers, 20 Best Workplaces for Commuters Districts and 3 million
commuters are covered. Did you know hundreds of supporting
organizations in cities across the country are helping to promote Best
Workplaces for Commuters? This program is a great opportunity to
learn how you can help make WNC cleaner, and have your business and
employees benefit.
The program is open
to members, students and anyone interested in learning more about
human resource-and management-related issues. Reservations can be
made by emailing Mike Neely at
mneely@ingles-markets.com, or by calling 669-2941, extension 310.
The cost of attending the lunch meeting is $18.00 for members and
students, $22 for nonmembers, and includes lunch (a vegetarian option
is available by request when making reservations).
The Western North Carolina Human Resources
Association is a certified chapter of the Society for Human Resources
Management, and is comprised of human resource and other professionals
from various area businesses and industries. The purpose of the
association is to develop the personnel function in each participating
company by close contact and cooperation with others in the same
field, to facilitate the dissemination of information of value to
human resource professionals individually and collectively, and to
promote positive human relations principles.
