N.C. Sen. Joel Ford provided for Forum readers the text of a North Carolina Department of Transportation report dated March 31, 2014 that indicated that, for the 2013 fiscal year, 2.76% of DOT contracts and other spending had been awareded to minority-owned firms, well short of the DOT goal of 6.7%. ... Continue Reading →
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JCSU to host exhibit on African-American philanthropy https://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/07/23/5062379/jcsu-to-host-exhibit-on-african.html By Emma Baccellieri [email protected] Posted: Wednesday, Jul. 23, 2014 A $100,000 grant will allow Johnson C. Smith ... Continue Reading →
Graduation rate increase predicted for West Charlotte
Glenn Burkins reported this story for QCityMetro from the Forum today. Read it here. The graduation rate at West Charlotte High School will show another leap when state figures are released next month, according to a Project LIFT spokeswoman. Speaking at the Tuesday Morning Breakfast Forum, Denada ... Continue Reading →
Legislators report at Open Forum
The need for an agenda for change in the African-American community. Problems with a road project. Nurturing minority contractors. Broadening the Forum's list of topics discussed. There was a lot on the table today. But we begin below with a discussion with three members of the ... Continue Reading →
Trevor Fuller on sales tax referendum
Trevor Fuller, chair of the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners, argued Tuesday that commissioners have given the people a choice to authorize use of what powers commissioners have to raise funds to supplement teacher salaries. Among his arguments for the quarter-cent sales tax increase now ... Continue Reading →
Commonwealth High Charter
Thomas Hanley made a presentation today about Commonwealth High School, a public charter school scheduled to open next month at 5112 Central Ave., near the former Eastland Mall site. According to Hanley, the school will open with fewer than 200 students (a bid request out of Nashville specified ... Continue Reading →
Trevor Fuller on budget, fall referendum
Trevor Fuller is an at-large member and currently serves as chair of the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners. In the comments below at today's Forum, he addresses the county budget, which was approved later in the day, and the decision to put a sales tax increase on the November ballot. The ... Continue Reading →
Theo Nixon on the ‘big lie’ on fracking
Theo Nixon is a Mecklenburg District Court judge and regularly attends the Forum. He rose at the June 17 Forum to add legal background information on several matters under discussion during the day's Forum, particularly on gun laws and the impact that fracking will have on Eastern North Carolina. ... Continue Reading →
Lee Thompson Young Foundation
“We can create a movement for change, a movement in consciousness. a movement in the way that we think, so that together we can change the story about mental health and wellness.” – Velma Love Bipolar disorder struck Velma Love's family more than a decade ago. Her son Lee was diagnosed. He was ... Continue Reading →
League of Conservation Voters on environmental issues
Megan Boler and Zachary Denard, field organizers with the League of Conservation Voters, made a presentation about their office's efforts to raise environmental awareness. Boler showed a short segment of video that gave two examples of how environmental concerns are playing out in two different ... Continue Reading →
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