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Local, state and national leaders talked about injecting arts into community development in Walterboro, Nov. 13, 2015.

Local, state and national leaders talked about injecting arts into community development in Walterboro, Nov. 13, 2015.

Excerpted from The (Walterboro) Press and Standard  |  Read the full story here

DEC. 4, 2015  |  All the ink goes to tax breaks and incentives when a community is successful in attracting a new employer, but the recruiting of an economic development prospect involves everything, including arts and culture.

Often potential economic development factors like the arts and culture are overlooked.

Susan DuPlessis of the South Carolina Arts Commission, said, “It is all so knitted together that sometimes it is difficult to tease out all these different pieces.”  Culture and the arts, she explained, is a vital part of a community’s quality of life “that helps make a place that people want to be.”

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In the Zone | Dec. 2, 2015

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A monthly newsletter of what’s happening in the S.C. Lowcountry Promise Zone

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Action plan to be unveiled in early 2016

PromiseZone_logoFor the last few months, SouthernCarolina Alliance has led community and strategy meetings to help in the development of a long-term strategic plan to guide the Promise Zone over the next 10 years.

Professor Kirk Randazzo, who met with eight strategy groups, is drafting a framework that will lead to an action plan, which will be unveiled in the first quarter of 2016.

“Each of the groups worked extremely hard to brainstorm numerous ideas to help propel the region forward,” said Randazzo, who is director of the Carolina Leadership Initiative at the University of South Carolina. “More importantly, they committed to working collaboratively in executing the strategic action plan and obtaining the resources necessary to reduce poverty and improve people’s lives.” Read more →

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11/23: Promise Zone funding opportunities, resources, events

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A weekly update for the S.C. Lowcountry Promise Zone

PromiseZone_logoIn this post, you can find descriptions of new webinars, resources and funding opportunities that may be helpful to Promise Zone partners and supporters.

Pay close attention in particular to a couple of the grant opportunities that discuss Promise Zone bonus points for projects dealing with reentry of criminals into the general population. Read more →

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Promise Zone partner gets $100,000 fair housing grant

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Housing and Urban Development to fund program to cut housing discrimination

NOV. 13, 2015 — The state affiliate of the Corporation for Community and Economic Development United, Inc., has received a $100,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to help educate disabled Promise Zone residents deal with housing discrimination.

“We will do outreach and public education programs to raise awareness of the federal fair housing law that protects individuals,” said Patsy Gardner, executive director of the S.C. affiliate of the CCEDU.  “We will be targeting families with disabled members in the rural, socially-disadvantaged areas of the Promise Zone as it relates to housing discrimination.” Read more →

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