- Title
- Our State
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- Date
- November 2004
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- Place
- ["North Carolina, United States"]
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Our State
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Macedonia’s
Moment
What happens when
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UNIVERSITY COME TOGETHER TO RESCUE
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Point neighborhood? Amazing rejuvenation.
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J| ml blocks from High Poinl't glittering furniture
I show room v. the Macedonia neighborhood hat long been a
I showcase of urban blight, filled with crumbling houses.
I garbage-strewn lots and broken dreamt,
r With the exception of the Marsh Furniture plant.
industry was long gone, and dealing drugs was the prime
source of employment. A run-down nightclub in the center of
the neighborhood. Club Conclusion, was nicknamed “Club
Contusion" by city police because of the number of fights there;
gunfire was a regular occurrence on weekends.
But that has all changed.
Today a bright community building, the Macedonia Family
Resource Center, anchors a section of redevelopment. New
single-family homes have gone up next door, and around the
corner, the first of almost two-dozen new h««mes is being built for
the neighborhood. There's a beautiful, new regulation Little
League baseball field dosvn the hill and nearby arc p).i>grounds
for kids and a walking trail. People are moving into Macedonia,
not running away. How did this happen?
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