How healthy, wealthy is Alamance County? Here are the numbers.
Posted Jul 21, 2019 at 10:00 AM The 2018 Alamance County Community Assessment paints a picture of a growing county with economic challenges and disparities among racial groups contributing to health problems and a need to focus on education, access to healthcare, exercise, good food and poverty. The Alamance County Health Department, Impact Alamance, Healthy […]
Make learning fun again
Posted Jul 14, 2019 at 5:55 AM Nov. 5, 1984, changed John Antonetti’s entire career. He was in his first year teaching eighth grade science in his home state of Arkansas when he found out he was being evaluated by the principal, John Heath. The day of the evaluation, Antonetti forgot his materials at home, forcing him to come […]
Beep, beep! This van brings fun to Burlington
Posted Jul 2, 2019 at 3:10 PM, Updated Jul 2, 2019 at 3:10 PM Burlington is taking recreation to at-risk communities with an up-fitted cargo van that travels the city to offer structured play for children and families. The Park & Play van was made possible by $50,000 from Impact Alamance. It’s equipped with fitness gear, […]
Mebane has budding scientists explore Cates Farm Park
Posted Apr 8, 2019 at 2:01 AM MEBANE — A group of kids has gathered around a skeleton in the woods at Cates Farm Park. It’s not human — thank God — but it’s a dead thing and it’s cool, and they lean over it trying to figure out what it might have been when it was alive. The […]
Burlington passes tobacco-free parks law
Posted Jan 16, 2019 at 5:18 PM Updated Jan 16, 2019 at 6:31 PM No smoking, dipping, vaping in park areas, including sidewalks, parking lots; goes into effect April 1, comes with potential $50 fine The Burlington City Council approved an ordinance banning tobacco use in all city parks and adjacent public areas, including parking […]
Impact Alamance dedicates new Burlington facilities
Posted Dec 22, 2018 at 1:23 PM Impact Alamance dedicated new facilities Wednesday, Dec. 19, in the former Cammack building, 133 E. Davis St., Burlington. LabCorp donated the 38,000-square-foot building to Impact Alamance in 2016. It houses Impact Alamance, Alamance Achieves, and the Alamance Community Foundation, and also has a conference center that can be used by local […]
Burlington talks tobacco-free parks, sidewalks, parking lots
Posted at 8:08 AM Updated at 8:13 AM Council members discuss prospect of making parks, sidewalks smoking-free The Burlington City Council discussed several items during their last work session meeting of the year Monday, Dec. 3, including a Tobacco-Free Ordinance. Impact Alamance Junior Program Officer Kacie Lynch and Sally Gordon with the Alamance County Health Department presented the proposed […]
Dumpster driving: One city’s junk becomes another city’s mobile park
Posted Nov 28, 2018 at 2:01 AM Updated Nov 28, 2018 at 8:50 AM GRAHAM — The City of Graham is celebrating a Dumpster. Recreation and Parks Director Brian Faucette gathered a crowd at Alamance Arts on Tuesday, Nov. 27, to cut the ribbon on the city’s new mobile parklet — an upcycled container from Bakers Waste Equipment Inc. that includes seating, tables and a […]
Saxapahaw’s Island Park is ready for visitors
Posted Apr 14, 2018 at 9:03 PM Updated Apr 15, 2018 at 12:29 PM Alamance Parks hosted the grand opening of Island Park on Saturday, April 14. Just below the Buddy Collins Bridges in the heart of Saxapahaw, the park spans 30 acres. “This park is a great example of the Haw River Trail initiative of conservation through recreation,” said Guil Johnson, the county’s […]
The Co|Operative and Impact Alamance Fund $30,000 for Community Innovation
GRAHAM — Impact Alamance and the Cooperative awarded $30,000 in grants from what they are calling the Community Innovation Fund to five projects ranging from a branding campaign for county products to compost for school kids. “A couple of these are already underway,” said Chelsea Dickey, director of community development for the Cooperative. “We’re thinking […]
