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14 <br /> RENA c: i E< (pd Center. <br /> Who We Are <br /> In 2007, this socially cohesive and culturally rich community founded a 501(c)(3) tax- <br /> exempt organization -- the Rogers Eubanks Neighborhood Association (RENA) -- to <br /> formalize a long term ad hoc community alliance and movement. As a community <br /> organizing group, RENA needed a place to gather for sharing community resources <br /> and development programs. Minister Robert Campbell, RENA Director David <br /> Caldwell, and RENA Board Member Barbara Hopkins have formed working <br /> relationships with the Orange County Board of Commissioners, the Town of Chapel <br /> Hill and the Town of Carrboro as well as members of the wider Orange County, North <br /> Carolina community. RENA has been a part of collaborative work groups such as the <br /> Landowners Group, Unity in the Community Group, Neighborhood Group, Chapel <br /> Hill Small Area Plan Task Force and Enhancement Task Force. <br /> The RENA Community Center opened its doors in the summer of 2010 and closed then <br /> temporarily in August, 2012. The new center, when it opens, will continue to serve the <br /> community's needs through its Neighborhood, Opportunity and Wealth (NOW) <br /> programming. <br /> Neighborhood Programming: <br /> * Community garden <br /> * Celebrating our cultures and history <br /> Opportunity Programming: <br /> * Education: Back to School Bash, Tutoring, Adult Education, ESL <br /> * Health: Wellness Cooperative, Alliance with Piedmont Health <br /> Wealth Programming: <br /> * Incubating small cooperative businesses: daycare, catering <br /> * Developing Large Cooperatives: Green Enterprises <br /> "My hope for this community is that it will be transformed into a major part of the development <br /> of Chapel Hill. People have referred to us as being outcasts; as being a neighborhood that <br /> nobody wants. They have referred to us as being a poor underprivileged neighborhood. And we <br /> say, "See what we see. Look through our eyes and see what we see." <br /> 2 <br /> CONFIDENTIAL - DO HOST DISSEMINATE. This business plan contains confidential, trade-secret <br /> information and is shared only with the understanding that you will not share its contents or ideas with <br /> _ _c! -nr- .; '� i Jt_,I the express written consent of the plan author. <br />