https://digitalhumanities.wcu.edu/omeka/files/original/ee7c2dc579d8edfdbd5fe88f227bcd48.png f4b1c0ffbc9f4816a310359f86b7ada1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to Haywood County manager Subject The topic of the resource Letter from Lin Forney to the manager of Haywood County requesting funds for necessary repairs to the Pigeon Center. Description An account of the resource 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. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lin Forney, Director of the Pigeon Community Multicultural Development Center. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy of Haywood County Board of Commissioners Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Haywood County Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 21, 2015