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            Working Together
          
        
        
          Over the past several years, our staff has worked closely with other county personnel
        
        
          on important county issues. In 2016 we continued to support various county
        
        
          initiatives. Some of the ways we assisted other county departments in 2016 include:
        
        
          
        
        
          Collaborating with the Montgomery County
        
        
          Parks, Trails, and Historic Sites Division and
        
        
          the Health Department on the successful trail
        
        
          promotion initiative
        
        
          
        
        
          Preparing plans and performing various design
        
        
          services for Lorimer Park, the Peter Wentz
        
        
          historic site, and Green Lane Park
        
        
          
        
        
          Creating high quality professional graphic
        
        
          materials for 10 county departments
        
        
          
        
        
          Preparing the NPDES stormwater management
        
        
          permit application for all county facilities
        
        
          
        
        
          Establishing a shredding program for county
        
        
          departments to ensure the safe recycling of
        
        
          important county documents
        
        
          
        
        
          Assisting the Department of Assets and
        
        
          Infrastructure and its consultant in developing
        
        
          a hydroelectric feasibility study for the
        
        
          Norristown Dam
        
        
          
        
        
          Providing GIS and technical assistance to the
        
        
          Board of Assessment Appeals to maintain
        
        
          county property records
        
        
          
        
        
          Preparing maps and information to assist the
        
        
          Public Safety Department
        
        
          
        
        
          Providing demographic and development
        
        
          forecast information to the Finance
        
        
          Department for budgeting and bond financing
        
        
          
        
        
          Identifying potential industrial and commercial
        
        
          property for the Commerce Department in its
        
        
          effort to attract new businesses
        
        
          
        
        
          Assisting the Health Department in the
        
        
          development of its safe routes to school project
        
        
          
        
        
          Volunteering time to assist Voter Services in
        
        
          preparing for the presidential election
        
        
          
        
        
          Developing an asset inventory for the
        
        
          county- maintained trail system to be used by
        
        
          the Parks, Trails, and Historic Sites Division
        
        
          
            Norristown Dam – Municipality of Norristown