Technical assistance is provided to member local governments on planning, ordinance, and other administrative efforts.

• Land-use plans
  • Lansing Land Use Plan (opens PDF document)
• Comprehensive plans
  • Ashe County Comprehensive Plan (opens PDF document)
• Park and recreation plans
• Ordinance review and revisions
• Water and sewer rate analyses

Additionally, High Country COG has worked on various regional planning efforts.  These include:

• High Country Regional Bike Plan (2014)
• High Country Regional Trail Plan (2008)
• High Country Water Resource Plan (2010)
• High Country Regional Water Quality Initiative- Final Document

The High Country Council of Governments provides specialized Geographic Information System (GIS) and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) services throughout its seven county region. Our GIS division is a central resource of geographic information for the High Country Region. We maintain an extensive repository of local, regional and statewide datasets.

The HCCOG maintains the resources and professional staff to meet GIS/GNSS needs for internal departmental and local government services including, but not limited to, the following:

• Online Web Mapping Applications
• Custom Cartographic Design & Production Services (variety of large format printing available)
• Project Setup & Management; Database Design
• Data Conversion, Repair, and Editing
• Maintenance of Existing Data (i.e., fire districts, zoning, town limits, 911, etc.)
• Geocoding
• GIS Training and Support
• GNSS Mapping Services (i.e., Utility, Trail, Sidewalk, Damage Assessment, Tree and Sign Inventory)
• Demographic, Environmental and Land Use Analysis

HCCOG maintains ESRI and Trimble software.

Our GIS Planner also serves as the North Carolina State Data Center Lead Regional Organization (LRO) Affiliate Contact. Services of the Affiliate Contact include assisting member local governments and other private and public agencies with US Census data and product acquisition, technical assistance to data users, and providing feedback to the Office of State Budget and Management Data Services Unit.

For more information please contact Jessica Welborn, GISP, GIS Planner at jwelborn@hccog.org.

High Country COG provides a variety of specialized Geographic Information System (GIS) services for internal planning efforts, member local governments, and other public and private agencies. Explore featured project web applications and map products on our GIS Hub Site.

Visit our GIS Hub Site to view some of our project web applications and map products.

The High Country Council of Governments created this web application to enable users to explore data layers showing critical facilities, transportation infrastructure, hazards, and measures of vulnerability and resiliency across the High Country’s populations.