Using Community Conversations to Renew Civic Faith and Spark a Chain Reaction
By Marla Crockett When 32 public innovators recently gathered in Alamance County, North Carolina, for their firstworkspace since going through the Getting Started Lab, they brought their stories with them. For threemonths, the action teams had been gathering public knowledge in the community. The area is home tostrong leaders who have made positive inroads to […]
Unity Found in the Arts
Turning Outward The Arts Team is bringing people from different arts organizations together to think, work, and lead differently to fulfill a shared aspiration: build a better Alamance. The team’s leaders, Cheryl Wilder and Tami Kress, say they have internalized the Harwood Approach, especially the Turn Outward and North Star Key Mantras, which has led […]
Making Dreams Come True
Photo Credit: CityGate Dream Center When local volunteer and former college athlete Armando Camacho asked Lisa Edwards if he could create a youth soccer league at the CityGate Dream Center last summer, they didn’t know they were planting the seed for an amazing journey that would take the team to compete in London in June. The center, located […]
Impact Alamance Plugs $30,000 into New Community Forward Projects
July 19, 2022 (Burlington, NC) – As part of its ongoing commitment to strengthen the county’s grid of resources, Impact Alamance awarded a total of $30,000 to three local organizations through the newly formed Community Forward Grants. The Community Forward Grants aim to empower communities while supporting new ideas, activities, projects, and events. The goal […]
Impact Alamance Announces New VP of Education Programs and Alamance Achieves Executive Director
Impact Alamance Announces New VP of Education Programs and Alamance Achieves Executive Director July 13, 2022 (Burlington, N.C.) – Impact Alamance announces the promotion of Tyronna Hooker to Vice President of Education Programs and Lexy Roberts to Executive Director of Alamance Achieves. Hooker joins the Impact Alamance team as the former Executive Director of Alamance […]
Impact Alamance Invests $150,000 in Community Projects
BURLINGTON, N.C., JUNE 14, 2022 – As part of its ongoing commitment to strengthen the county’s grid of resources, Impact Alamance awarded $150,000 into local nonprofit organizations through the Progress and Enhancement Fund, formerly known as the Community Health Fund. A total of seven community agencies were funded. “Impact Alamance is committed to serving our […]
Rich Harwood Brings Healing and Hope To Unleash the Potential of Alamance County
Renowned Speaker, Author, and Innovator Rich Harwood Brings Healing and Hope To Unleash the Potential of Alamance County May 5,2022 (Burlington, NC) – Impact Alamance will welcome Richard C. Harwood, renowned speaker, author, and President and Founder of The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation, to Ebenezer United Church of Christ on May 12, 2022, at […]
ABSS celebrates restoration of historic McCray School
By Mebane Enterprise Posted October 27, 2021 A ceremony was held on Monday, October 25 to mark the completion of the McCray School restoration, as well as to announce a second phase of improvements and additions to the historic one-room schoolhouse located in northern Alamance County. Restoration of the McCray School began in early May. […]
Impact Alamance Responds to Sustained Needs Presented by the Pandemic
The continual effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are being felt throughout our county. For some, conditions are more taxing now than at the onset. Due to the sustained challenges facing our residents and the nonprofits working to serve them, Impact Alamance’s Board of Directors approved $170,000 to address ongoing needs presented by the pandemic. “The […]
2019 Annual Report
We are excited to share our 2019 annual report with you. Our timing is a bit delayed this year, as we have been working over the past months to provide rapid response COVID relief, supporting essential agencies working to serve those most impacted in our County. Before you open our report, we would like to […]
