Letter to Haywood County manager
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Title
Letter to Haywood County manager
Subject
Letter from Lin Forney to the manager of Haywood County requesting funds for necessary repairs to the Pigeon Center.
Description
This letter from Lin Forney, director of the Pigeon Community Multicultural Development Center to the Director of Haywood County details the progress of repair work at the Pigeon Center in July, 21, 2015. Forney requests grant money from Haywood County so that the Pigeon Center can make necessary repairs to damages in order to acquire the African American school building.
The Pigeon center continues to provide many community involved activities that keep the center thriving with culture and education. The Pigeon center now hosts after school and summer school programs that are inclusive to all community members. One can still resonate with the history of the African American culture that resides within the community and the history of the people who keep the Pigeon Center afloat. The Pigeon Center is now trying to “take ownership of the historic African American School building.” However, the Center is sustained only on donation and volunteer work, and currently does not have the funds to make repairs in order to utilize the school building. The acquisition of the African American school will allow the Pigeon Center to give new life to an old building that remains central to African American culture in Western North Carolina.
The Pigeon center continues to provide many community involved activities that keep the center thriving with culture and education. The Pigeon center now hosts after school and summer school programs that are inclusive to all community members. One can still resonate with the history of the African American culture that resides within the community and the history of the people who keep the Pigeon Center afloat. The Pigeon Center is now trying to “take ownership of the historic African American School building.” However, the Center is sustained only on donation and volunteer work, and currently does not have the funds to make repairs in order to utilize the school building. The acquisition of the African American school will allow the Pigeon Center to give new life to an old building that remains central to African American culture in Western North Carolina.
Creator
Lin Forney, Director of the Pigeon Community Multicultural Development Center.
Source
Courtesy of Haywood County Board of Commissioners
Publisher
Haywood County
Date
July 21, 2015
Files
Citation
Lin Forney, Director of the Pigeon Community Multicultural Development Center., “Letter to Haywood County manager,” Hunter Library Omeka Collections, accessed December 23, 2024, https://digitalhumanities.wcu.edu/omeka/items/show/39.