Bringing New Hope to Neighborhoods For decades, Spartanburg’s Northside community and Charlotte’s Boulevard Homes neighborhood grappled with the same problems. They endured high poverty and crime rates, poor educational outcomes and substandard housing. They gained reputations as magnets for inner-city blight. Thankfully, they now share a more hopeful distinction. They’re part of the Purpose-Built Communities […]
CONTINUE READING →CHANGING THE ODDS THE INSPIRING WAYS OUR COMMUNITY IS CREATING A PATH TO ECONOMIC STABILITY BY ANN CAULKINS NOVEMBER 12, 2017 We can all learn from the inspiring story of Charlotte’s Rohan Brown. Just five years ago, at 24 years old, Rohan was selling his blood plasma and taking on any yard work he could […]
CONTINUE READING →The Unsung Role That Ordinary Citizens Played in the Great Crime Decline Emily Badger @emilymbadger NOV. 9, 2017 Most theories for the great crime decline that swept across nearly every major American city over the last 25 years have focused on the would-be criminals. Their lives changed in many ways starting in the 1990s: Strict […]
CONTINUE READING →Collaboration is Critical Working Together to Optimize Health in Our Communities BY ALISAHAH J. COLE, MD AUGUST 2017 Abstract Clinical care accounts for only 20% of health outcomes, with social determinants of health including environment, health behaviors, and economics accounting for the remaining 80%. Providers ought to address social determinants of health and, more and […]
CONTINUE READING →Renaissance West Community Initiative Receives National BUILD Health Challenge Grant Non-profit partnering with Carolinas HealthCare System, Novant Health, UNC Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Public Health chosen for $250,000 Award NEWS PROVIDED BY Carolinas HealthCare System Oct 05, 2017, 14:00 ET CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 5, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Building Uplifted Families, a community collaboration between Renaissance West Community Initiative, […]
CONTINUE READING →United Way’s new approach: Focus money on Charlotte’s troubled neighborhoods BY MARK PRICE SEPTEMBER 07, 2017 6:16 AM One year after uptown Charlotte exploded in violent protests over racial inequality, the city’s United Way is responding with a plan to invest millions of dollars into some of the city’s most troubled neighborhoods. Among the […]
CONTINUE READING →Modeled after a charter, this $32 million Charlotte school sets trends for 2017 AUGUST 24, 2017 11:41 AM BY ANN DOSS HELMS When about 360 students walk into Renaissance West STEAM Academy Monday morning, they’ll see the future of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. The $32 million building, which will eventually house up to 1,000 preK-8 students at […]
CONTINUE READING →Editor’s Note (September 2017): A Backdrop for Big Things Published: 2017.08.17 11:26 PM BY MICHAEL GRAFF charlottemagazine.com ONE EVENING not long after I moved to Charlotte, I slipped into a comfortable chair at Park Road Books to listen to an author who once created an entire fictional community out of fish stories. Daniel Wallace […]
CONTINUE READING →Construction Begins on Child Development Center By Ashley Fahey Mar 17, 2017, 12:51pm EDT CBJ website Construction has begun on a new child-development facility at The Renaissance public-housing community. The Howard R. Levine Child Development Center, expected to be complete in October, will serve 152 children, from infants to five-year-olds. The project is […]
CONTINUE READING →During Black History Month, The Post is highlighting African Americans who are making contributions in Charlotte. BLACK CHARLOTTE GAME CHANGERS Thursday, February 2, 2017 Section B. William “Mack” McDonald Jr. CEO of Renaissance West Community Initiative. McDonald, who Succeeded Laura Clark Jan 1, was the RWCI’s Chief Operating Officer before taking over […]
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