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Page 7-CJN SUPPLEMENT-May, 1986 Project Makes Strides Leadership Retreat Successful A “Spirit of Wildacres” is developing among the leader ship of Charlotte’s Jewish Community as the result of a Labor Day Weekend retreat attended by representatives of the five organizations that are lanning to be together on one Providence Road csunpus. The retreat may one day be remembered as the real turn ing point in the years — long effort to establish on one tract of land new homes for Temple Israel and Temple Beth El, a new Jewish Community Center, and a Joint Educa tional Facility to serve those organizations, the Hebrew Academy and the Federation. There were quiet discus sions, resolutions of dif ferences, developments of plans, and much just plain camaraderie. There were many crucial accomplishments: • Representatives of the boards of Temple Israel, Tem ple Beth El, the Jewish Com munity Center, the Hebrew Academy and the Charlotte Jewish Federation hammered out the Joint Venture Agreements with surprising swiftness in a four-hour ses sion. In a nutshell, the agree ment spells out in legal language the accords reached in large measure during the many months of cooperative effort by the President’s Coun cil. But the document is also a historic first, since the kind of effort we’re doing here has never been accomplished elsewhere. In fact, Mark Bern stein, who prepared the draft, had few legal models to follow. More about these agreements later. • The site plan — the pro posed location of the buildings on the Providence Road site — got another going over in a session with architect Gene Warren. Many of the Founda tion board members present had been studying the plan for months, however their spouses and folks who were also at Wildacres for a paraUel Devorah Hadassah retreat got the opportunity to see the reasons why Warren is mak ing his recommendations. The excitement was electrifying! Warren’s plan, worked out in conjunction with the Founda tion building committee chaired by Bill Gorelick, takes into account the topography of the site, the soil, the drainage, the existing woods, the slopes, and several other factors. • The board members, at a Sunday morning session chaired by Foundation Presi dent Herman Blumenthal and Campaign Chairman A1 Levine, began putting together the elements of the campaign, including the cam paign team that will raise the money for the project. The group also began working on the budget — how much the project should cost. • Unmet needs, as disclosed in the recently completed com munity survey, were the focal point of a Saturday evening discussion led by Public Rela tions Chairman Bob Conn and Foundation Executive Direc tor Marvin Bienstock. For in stance, there was a perception that many members of the community, both newcomers and oldtimers, feel socially isolated. So an effort was rapidly planned to beef up the social and cultural offerings through a joint coordinating committee. This committee would be formed under Foun dation auspices, but in reality would be a federation of the member organizations. Besides more cooperation, the survey called for more em phasis on Jewish youth. A solution for this should be made easier by the project’s evolution (including Track II discussions that already have begun.) • With much of the critical work out of the way, there was a consensus to aim for a vote on the project at the individual institutions during October. At Temple Beth El, Temple Israel and the JCC, votes of the membership will be re Congra tula tions from Joel and Lottie Goldman If you measure profits only in dollars, you’re missing a world of opportunities. Carolina Overseas takes the hassle out of international marketing. From coordinating import/export activities for domestic and foreign companies—to establishing an international sales and licens ing network—to outsourc ing offshore manufacturers—to arrai^ing the lowest freight rates—we can put over 30 years experience to work to give your bottom line a healthy international flafvor. 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The Joint Venture Agree ment begins: “The institutions join together in this joint ven ture for the purpose of deve loping, constructing, main taining and operating certain joint and individual facilities on a common tract of land...to provide an enriched opportuni ty for the institutions to design and promote a dynamic and rewarding Judaic ex perience in this community. “The institutions further desire to create in this joint venture a constructive and positive interaction and har monious relationship between the Institutions and other Jewish orgeinizations in this community; to develop a heightened awareness of Jewish cultural, educational, historical and religious ac tivities; to obtain an active and involved commitment by Jews in this community to af filiate with the Institutions and to identify and support Jewish charities £md causes; and to create an enriched ap preciation by the Charlotte Jewish Community of its Judaic heritage and the impor tance of the preservation and perpetuation of this heritage.” The agreement spells out who gets which tract on the property; describes the joint educational facility, the recrea tional facilities, and how maintenance and upkeep wiU be paid. 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