In 2000, the Pigeon Community Development Club formed for the purpose of creating and managing a community center at the site of the former school that served the Waynesville African American community prior to the desegregation of Haywood County Schools in 1964.<\/p>\n
The Club was successful in securing a long-term lease for the building, calling it the Pigeon Community Center. The organization began a robust effort to host programming that benefits the Pigeon Community and the Haywood Community at large.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This exhibit will explore the creation of the center, its successes in creating popular programming to serve the community, and its impact on the greater Waynesville area.\u00a0<\/p>","credits":"Hayley James, Catherine Linton, Jaclyn Prevette, Joshua Wilkey","featured":0,"public":1,"theme":"","theme_options":null,"slug":"lev--history-of-the-pigeon-cen","added":"2016-05-03 15:19:22","modified":"2016-10-28 12:01:31","owner_id":13,"use_summary_page":1,"cover_image_file_id":null},"item":{"id":42,"item_type_id":null,"collection_id":null,"featured":0,"public":1,"added":"2016-05-05 15:53:43","modified":"2016-05-05 15:55:42","owner_id":13}}