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Adding seats, locations to serve community’s youngest children
Sept. 24, 2024 Bethlehem Center bought billboard space in March 2020 to announce its new name: The Alliance Center for Education. That was the month that COVID-19 grounded commuter traffic, and Alliance Center has yet to become the household word that Bethelehem Center was for decades for thousands ... Continue Reading →
A gathering place to experience the joy of being
Sept 17, 2024 A cookout for a small group of friends some years ago has grown into a westside event for neighbors to experience "joy, belonging and togetherness." Listen in as Applesauce Group Executive Director Winston Robinson explains what's behind the event Saturday from 2-9 p.m., and what's ... Continue Reading →
Charlotte Area Fund stretches dollars through partnerships
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Listening, and learning from, why some Meck. residents don’t vote
Sept. 3, 2024 Presenters Tuesday represented mostly community and nonprofit groups active in encouraging voter turnout. Many stand in the nonpartisan space, and must be careful in their comments. But they agreed to a stipulation that the agenda of the day was to examine low voter turnout in ... Continue Reading →
How to make an impact with voter canvassing
Aug, 27, 2024 Don't expect much to result from leaving a flyer at the door about the importance of voting. According to those speaking Tuesday, the way you rouse neighbors to vote is to send other neighbors to talk one-on-one. Make at least three in-person contacts with each voter, in addition ... Continue Reading →
Group promotes giving back as a near-universal Black practice
Aug. 20, 2024 Prospective members of The New Generation of African American Philanthropists are asked for a monetary pledge of just a dollar a day. That's much less, members of Tuesday's panel asserted, than most African-Americans are already committing every day to their kin, their neighbors and ... Continue Reading →
Issuing microloans, plus training to turn ‘hustlers into CEOs’
Aug. 13, 2024 Forum participants heard today from leaders of a boutique microloan lender that makes it its business to turn small business owners scrambling to get their firms off the ground into real CEOs, leaders who not only were inspired to build a product or service clients, but are ready to ... Continue Reading →
Ventures under way to address westside food deserts
Aug. 6, 2024 A real estate investor seven years into an effort to build a grocery to serve Statesville Avenue neighborhoods. A Beatties Ford Road advocate pulling together a community owned food co-op. A leader of a farm-to-family food provider serving multiple counties. A 20-year veteran ... Continue Reading →
Stories of collaboration in the home repair sector
July 30, 2024 Tuesday’s Forum involved more than an hour of information-sharing about how various groups are helping Charlotte-area homeowners afford to stay in their homes or get help arranging for and affording critical home repairs. The last question of the day, however, cast the entire ... Continue Reading →
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