Jan. 21, 2025 At a Forum largely focused on other matters, three Johnson C. Smith University professors were given a short time to explain a statewide effort to re-imagine how surveys of the public could be conducted. The goal, they said, is to better reflect the issues on the minds of the ... Continue Reading →
Rebuilding city’s tree canopy
Dec. 3, 2024 Three staff members from Trees Charlotte this morning explored what a city known for its trees might should be doing to plant more trees, even as it is attracting new residents whose new houses and roads and workplaces destroy the very trees that helped attract the new ... Continue Reading →
What housing bonds can – and can’t – do for Charlotte
Oct. 1, 2024 T ... 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
Sept. 10, 2024 ... 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 →
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 →
Bringing national resources to bear on unmet local needs
July 16, 2024 GreenLight Fund is a Boston-based organization with funding and a small staff presence in Charlotte and 12 other U.S. cities. Charlotte Executive Director Sam Smith Jr. shared the group's mission by bringing to the Forum leaders of four groups that have been or are now being ... Continue Reading →
Housing
June 18, 2024 This morning's Forum livestream failed for yet a new reason. To get the meeting available as quickly as possible, the following video is an unedited version. ... Continue Reading →
United Way needs volunteers to help judge grant applications
June 4, 2024 Tuesday's presenters explored how changes at the United Way have redirected community funding toward the entrepreneurs who are creating new ways to assist some of the community's underserved populations. And to keep the momentum going, the director of neighorhood services for United ... Continue Reading →
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