Letter: Hilton Head needs NOC

Hilton Head Island is a community of more than 30 neighborhoods. These many and diverse neighborhoods are where our residents live. Our residents are diverse; they include retirees, business owners, employees, and parents. Our community benefits from these many neighborhoods, so it is important that they remain economically healthy and economically diverse.

Hilton Head’s public schools are educating more than 4,500 students who have the potential to become Hilton Head’s future work force. About half of our students are eligible for free and reduced-price meals. Our students are diverse, too.

These are the students that Neighborhood Outreach Connection (NOC) is trying to reach by being present in their neighborhoods. NOC goes into these neighborhoods to provide pre-school, after-school (K-8), and community programs with support from the Beaufort County School District.

The investment in our human capital — our students — will have a high and positive impact on Hilton Head’s vision of our future.

Our community must find a balance between the value of its physical capital and the value of its human capital. Cordillo Courts can have both.

NOC must remain at Cordillo Courts as it is investing in the human capital that will benefit all our neighborhoods on Hilton Head.

This story was originally published September 13, 2016 at 7:10 PM with the headline "Letter: Hilton Head needs NOC."