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Alliance: Small Businesses on the Rock Quarry Road Corridor
Ten entrepreneurs doing business in Southeast Raleigh helped us launch the Southeast Raleigh Rock Quarry Road Corridor Small Business Alliance. They joined us for dinner and discussion recently at our Southeast Raleigh Promise headquarters at Beacon Point, which also is home to two businesses that will help us lead the way to an alliance that…
Read MoreBrentwood Post Office Renamed in Honor of Millie Dunn Veasey, a Southeast Raleigh Resident
The Brentwood Post Office is now officially named in honor of Southeast Raleigh native and trailblazer Millie Dunn Veasey. A standing-room-only crowd gathered for the dedication ceremony May 9 at St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, where Veasey worshiped. A plaque will be permanently displayed, designating the post office at 2777 Brentwood Rd. in her name. “This…
Read MoreBuilding Our Community Together: First Responders Kits4Kids
We were proud to support the “First Responders Kits4Kids” volunteer event held at Roberts Park in Southeast Raleigh. Hosted in communities across North Carolina and nearby states, the event was sponsored by EdVentures, LLC, and WalMart. More than 25 local first responders and Southeast Raleigh Promise Legacy Resident Ambassadors joined to pack 400 kits that…
Read MoreThe Beacon Site Celebrates 5 Years
The last Saturday of April was a moment to remember. On April 26, we joined with our partners, funders, supporters, and community, to celebrate a major milestone: the 5-Year Celebration of the Beacon Site and the completion of Raleigh/Wake County’s first Purpose Built Communities model! The 32-acre Beacon campus along Rock Quarry Road is home…
Read MoreRaleigh’s 31st Police Chief Greets SER Promise Legacy Resident Ambassadors
Raleigh City Police Chief Rico Boyce joined the Southeast Raleigh Promise Legacy Resident Ambassadors (LRAs) at the group’s April monthly meeting at the Ralph Campbell Community Center in Apollo Heights. Boyce was joined by the Southeast District’s Capt. Daniel Nieters, Deputy Chief D. Ford, Sgt. M.T. Lambe, and district community officers R.A. Lee, B.G. Powell,…
Read MorePublix Volunteers Help Ready Community Garden for Spring Opening
We share a huge Thank You to 30 volunteers from Publix who joined us in April to help spruce up the Beacon Site Community Garden, located across from the pool area at the Southeast Raleigh YMCA. We were also joined by three team members of Duke University’s Clinical Translational Science Institute(CTSI), which has provided funding…
Read MoreMaking a Difference: Property Tax Relief
We’re joining with others to make an impact! In partnership with the Wake County Property Tax Working Group, we co-hosted property tax relief workshops and one-on-one sessions at Martin Street Baptist Church and Southeast Raleigh Table. It’s part of our continuing efforts to help preserve generational wealth and ensure that legacy residents in Southeast Raleigh…
Read MoreThe Dr. James P. West Suite for Nonprofit Excellence
A Milestone to Celebrate and a Champion to Commemorate! We are thrilled to share that we have officially moved into our new offices at the Beacon Site! This incredible milestone would not have been possible without the steadfast support of our partners and friends like you. Thank you for the many ways you have…
Read MoreHillcrest Cemetery: A Southeast Raleigh Gem Worth Preserving
Historic Hillcrest Cemetery is a planned African American cemetery established around 1920 as an affordable option for Black families to bury their loved ones. Today, Friends of Hillcrest Cemetery Restoration, Inc., a group of nine community volunteers from Southeast Raleigh, oversees the site. Located at 1905 Garner Road, Hillcrest was the brainchild of the founders…
Read MoreTriangle Tribune: Health and Financial Facilities Open at Beacon Point
RALEIGH — Southeast Raleigh residents, health care providers and elected officials celebrated the ribbon cutting ceremony for Advance Community Health, UNC Health and Self-Help Credit Union Friday at Beacon Point on Rock Quarry Road. The site also will be home to Legal Aid of North Carolina, nonprofits’ Southeast Raleigh Promise and Family Resource Center South…
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