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2025 Highlights
Legacy Resident Ambassadors Voices Strengthen City’s Home Repair Programs
The ideas and insight of Southeast Raleigh Promise Legacy Resident Ambassadors (LRAs) led the City of Raleigh to make updates and changes to its Home Repair and Substantial Rehabilitation Programs.…
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Paving Pathways to Prosperity with Preparation and Access to Opportunities
At Southeast Raleigh Promise, we believe pathways to prosperity are built through preparation and opportunity. To move forward, we must first understand where we’ve been and where we are today.…
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SERP Draws One Step Closer to Delivering on the “Promise of Home”
After more than three years of planning, determination, and coordination, Southeast Raleigh Promise (SERP) is one step closer to delivering on the “Promise of Home”: we have officially closed on…
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Southeast Raleigh Coalition Wins Statewide Award for Property Tax Justice
We’ve been awarded for impact! Southeast Raleigh Promise, along with the Men of Southeast Raleigh, Raleigh Village East, and Southeast Raleigh Table, has received the Best Grassroots Mobilization award from…
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Preserving Legacy, Building Hope: Southeast Raleigh’s Volunteer Day Delivers Impact
The 4th Annual Southeast Raleigh Home Preservation Volunteer Event on September 24, 2025, was an incredible day of unity, purpose, and impact! Thanks to over 100 volunteers and community partners,…
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Partnership Brings Free Estate Planning Services to Southeast Raleigh
We are proud to continue our partnership with Legal Aid of North Carolina and Smith Anderson Law Firm to host free Wills & Estates Clinics. Over the past two years,…
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Your Voice Helps Build Promise: Join the NCSECC Campaign
The North Carolina State Employees Combined Campaign (NCSECC) is in full swing—and this year, social media is taking center stage. With fewer in-person events, online storytelling is how we’ll connect…
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Bringing Small Business Together: RQRC SBA Hosts First Networking Event for Corridor Entrepreneurs
Our Rock Quarry Road Corridor Small Business Alliance (RQRC SBA) is excited to announce its first-ever networking event, created specifically for the small businesses located along the Rock Quarry Road…
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Southeast Raleigh 4th Annual Home Preservation Volunteer Event Will Repair Homes, Help Build a New Home, & Beautify Southeast Raleigh
On Wednesday, September 24, Southeast Raleigh Promise will join with Wells Fargo and Habitat for Humanity for the 4th Annual Southeast Raleigh Home (& Parks) Preservation Volunteer Event. Partners for…
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Neighbors Win Historic Property Tax Justice in Southeast Raleigh
In June, Wake County took an unprecedented step: reducing the tax values of 600 longtime neighbor properties across six historically Black neighborhoods—just one year after a countywide revaluation. This outcome…
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UNC Health Championship Golf Tournament — Raleigh’s Premier Golf & Hospitality Event, Hosted in Southeast Raleigh
Purchase a Ticket and Support & Southeast Raleigh Promise May 29 – June 4, 2023 Raleigh Country Club 400 Donald Ross Dr., Raleigh, NC Southeast Raleigh Promise will receive 100%…
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Truist Foundation Racial Equity Ambassadors
Our very own Yvette Holmes and Charles McCall have been named Truist Foundation Racial Equity Ambassadors as members of the Purpose Built Network. The Truist Foundation Racial Equity Ambassadors program…
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Southeast Raleigh Promise Advances First Affordable Housing Development
Our excitement is mounting as we advance the development of our Small-Scale Affordable Housing Project, an unprecedented opportunity to advance new solutions to creating affordable housing opportunities in Southeast Raleigh.…
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Beacon Point Scheduled to Open to the Public Later This Year
In October, ground was broken on Beacon Point, the final parcel to be developed at the Beacon Site located along Rock Quarry Road. The 32-acre site, now home to the…
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New Fire Station coming to Rock Quarry Road: Vote on Public Art
In 2017, Raleigh City Council approved relocating Fire Station 3, now located on S. East Street in Southeast Raleigh, to 1000 Rock Quarry Road. The new site is located at…
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Margaret Rose Murray’s Gentle Spirit Spoke Loudly For Education, Community Empowerment, Social Justice
One thing Margaret Rose Murray knew for sure: Black history is more than a month of lessons and the nod of pomp-and-circumstance. She knew the achievements of black folks are…
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Dr. George Clyde Debnam’s Legacy is Southeast Raleigh History
Southeast Raleigh is a cornerstone of Black History, from its institutions to its neighborhoods and its people. Known as one of Raleigh’s most prominent black physicians, the late Dr. George…
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Year-End Support
We invite you to make a year-end donation to support Southeast Raleigh Promise as we continue to work alongside our neighbors, key partners, and funders to create equitable opportunities for…
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Beacon Point Groundbreaking
On December 8, we celebrated the official groundbreaking of Beacon Point, along with Self Help Credit Union, Southeast Raleigh YMCA, and Advance Community Health. Beacon Point will be a community…
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Players Coalition Awards $30,000 to Southeast Raleigh Elementary School
On November 1, Players Coalition, a nonprofit founded by former NFL players Anquan Boldin and Malcolm Jenkins, dedicated to making an impact on social justice and racial equality, awarded $30,000…
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