Montgomery County, VA implementing NovaLIS Land Development Office™

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Tim Davey, Director of Marketing
Timmons Group
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Charlotte, NC – NovaLIS Technologies - the leader in the supply of GIS-centric land information management products to government - and business partner Timmons Group are implementing NovaLIS Land Development Office™ in Montgomery County, Virginia.

Montgomery County has been a NovaLIS Parcel Editor™ customer since 2003, and recently began working with Timmons Group to make Land Development Office, a product designed to automate local government growth management practices, part of its integrated land records management solution.

“It’s a dramatic change in concept from how we are currently doing things,” says Bob Pearsall, Planning and GIS Services for Montgomery County, VA. “When complete, Land Development Office will replace approximately eight legacy databases. Because of the great work NovaLIS has done in Roanoke County, just North of us, we are going to able to implement with minimal customizations.”

Pearsall says the County particularly enjoys working with NovaLIS because the company supports the concept of working with customers to develop new product features, and with each implementation rolls more of this new functionality back into the base product.

“For example, Montgomery County is working with Timmons to add new product functionality called ‘pre-development’ to facilitate property development in our County,” says Pearsall. “We have found that when people want to develop their property, it can be very difficult to gather all the required information. This module will enable us to give them all the property information from our files such as planning, environmental conditions, taxes, GIS, and even potentially access state databases in one stop. This means a person considering applying for a building permit, zoning change or any other application will get the total picture regarding how they can develop their property.”

As part of the Parcel Editor implementation, Montgomery County along with its Town partners and Timmons, built a county wide GIS database that provides seamless access to map information across the County. It is the County's desire to achieve the same level of service with Land Development Office.
“Montgomery County is an exemplary customer to work with,” says Steve Benner, Project Manager for Timmons Group. “The County is very technically savvy, and did their homework before beginning to work with us. The County essentially did its own business area analysis, handing us a thick requirements document that enabled us to jump in and go to work with them.”

Timmons began the implementation in January 2005, and the project is set to go live in the summer 2005. Beyond 2005, Montgomery County is planning to add Web, Field, and IVR modules.

NovaLIS Land Development Office completely automates workflow practices, ensuring the consistent application of regulations, increasing staff productivity, and improving customer service. NovaLIS' land management solution combines GIS, document imaging, workflow management, parcel and application cloning, Internet browser connectivity, and relational database technology in one complete and totally integrated package.

About Timmons Group
Timmons Group is a leading provider of innovative GIS-enabled technology solutions.  Its clients include state and local governments and utilities.  Timmons develops web solutions, implements land records systems for assessment, planning, and addressing, inventory utility assets, and builds utility asset management systems.  Timmons also helps clients manage IT costs with efficient deployment strategies for web solutions, GIS implementation, and overall IT architecture.  Timmons Group’s industry partners include ESRI, NovaLIS Technologies for land records solutions, and Azteca Systems for utility asset management and work order systems.  Its clients are served from offices in Richmond and Hampton Roads, VA, and State College, PA.
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About NovaLIS Technologies
Established in 1992, NovaLIS Technologies designs and delivers products that streamline land records management and improve access to information relating to property valuation, property taxation, land tenure, cadastral mapping, and land development. ESRI Canada, ESRI Inc., and Leica Geosystems jointly own NovaLIS. NovaLIS’ corporate headquarters are in Charlotte, North Carolina and Halifax, Nova Scotia. Regional offices are strategically located across the United States and Canada. NovaLIS is committed to providing land and government agencies with outstanding business solutions. Through its network of partners, NovaLIS works with corporations, agencies, and national, regional, and local governments worldwide.
www.novalistech.com

For more information about Timmons Group services, contact Lowell Ballard at lowell.ballard@timmons.com

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