This past Saturday I had the opportunity to get a glimpse of the future at the Regional Future City® competition for middle school students from across North Carolina. According to these students, our future includes sustainable, green communities, innovative transportation options and high tech medical services including nanobots to diagnose and treat disease. The future is very exciting.
As a part of my Celebration North Carolina initiative (www.celebrate.nc.gov), I presented the First Gentleman’s Award for Best Employment Opportunities to Bailey Middle School from Cornelius for their including lots of good job potential in their city design. It was rewarding that so many of the teams grounded their imagination with the reality that economic vitality is a part of any successful community.
Davidson IB middle school, the 2010 national winners, again won overall and will now head to Washington, D.C. to compete at the national level. This spring, we’ll bring their model to display at the Executive Mansion to hopefully encourage more schools to include their students in this opportunity next year.
