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Homelessness
initiatives get
off the ground
County targets
chronic problem
BY ELISABETH ARRIERO
ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR
Orange County kicked off an
ambitious plan in 2007 to eradi
cate chronic homelessness in the
next decade.
The Orange County 10-
Year Plan to End Chronic
Homelessness is the result of
a collaborative effort between
Orange County, Carrboro, Chapel
Hill and Hillsborough.
“Hie main thing the 10-year plan
tries to do is make sure people who
need help, can get help,’ Chapel
Hill Mayor Kevin Foy said.
Sally Greene, chairwoman of
the executive team of the Orange
County Partnership to End
Homelessness, said that instead of
targeting the entire homeless pop
ulation, the plan focuses on chronic
homelessness.
‘This is often a huge mis
conception,’ Greene said. 'The
10-year plan focuses mainly on
helping those people who have
lived on the streets for 12 months
or more and have a serious and
debilitating mental or physical
disability*
TVo other programs also began
this year to aid the local homeless
population.
Project Homeless Connect, held
Oct. 25, provided legal, medical
and social services to about 100
homeless people at the Hargraves
Community Center. Chapel Hill
was one of more than 115 cities
nationwide that held the one-day
event
*We thought that Project
Homeless Connect was a fantastic
program that helped a lot of people
in need,’ said John Dorward, asso
ciate director of the Inter-Faith
Council for Social Service. ‘Even
though it was just a one day event
they were able to get a lot of service
providers together.’
Greene said that the positive
feedback from Project Homeless
Connect didn’t come just from the
homeless people being helped, but
also the service providers.
*A great number of service pro
viders indicated they would like
to return and continue providing
services,’ Greene said. “So we will
definitely be planning another
Project Homeless Connect in the
next year.’
Greene said the 10-year plan’s
main task for the coming year will
be to find a coordinator. Greene
said the board now is gathering
resumes to fill the position.
The Chapel Hill Downtown
Partnership also introduced a
program aimed at helping the
homeless population Real
Change from Spare Change on
Nov. 8.
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The program targets panhan
dling and homelessness while
simultaneously raising money
for a street outreach program,
said Meg McGurk, Chapel Hill
Downtown Partnership assistant
director.
“We want people to donate to
this program instead of giving
money to people on the streets,’
McGurk said. ‘All the money we
raise will go toward paying for
more street outreach workers who
can help individuals find the help
they need.’
McGurk said that so far, Real
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collected $1,700 of its $70,000
goal. She added that community
interest in the program has grown
steadily during the past couple of
months.
“Our goal is lofty but complete
ly feasible, as evidenced by the
amount of interest the community
has showed," McGurk said. “We’re
taking baby steps, but we're going
to get there. I'm very optimistic
about that.’
Greene said that, considering
the success of Project Homeless
Connect and Real Change from
Spare Change in 2007, she is
looking forward to the coming
year.
“Both programs show- a great
deal of potential in our area,’
Greene said. “I'm excited to see
how far we can move the 10-
year plan forward in the coming
year’
Contact the City Editor
at citydesk@unc.edu.
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Art series draws record numbers
Officials tout
successful season
BY ALEXANDRIA SHEALY
ARTS EDITOR
When Carolina Performing Arts
hosted its first season in the newly
renovated Memorial Hall in 2005
and 2006, the organization sold
out five individual shows to the
1,434-seat hall.
Halfway into its third season,
CPA already has sold out more
than two times its first-season
record and a number of its remain
ing performances are in limited
ability.
Emil Kang, UNC’s executive
director for the arts, said 2007 has
been the most successful year for
Carolina Performing Arts since its
creation.
“2007 has been the best every
thing since we opened. Everything
from response, ticket sales and
impact,’ he said. “From a sales per
spective, we earned sl.l million in
our ’O6-07 season. In the current
’O7-08 season, just from September
to December, we’ve made over 1
million.’
But 2007 also saw several can
cellations from artists, most nota
bly the 2007-08 season opener,
Aretha Franklin, who canceled
her September performance dur
ing the summer. CPA inked soul
singer Al Green to fill Franklin's
spot
Just last month, Mary- Chapin
Carpenter, another headlining act,
canceled her Feb. 15 appearance.
Emmylou Harris, Shawn Colvin,
Patty Griffin and Buddy Miller
will perform in a sold-out joint
concert Jan. 14 in Carpenter’s
place.
Kang cited increased student
turnout to many performances as
one of his organization's biggest
successes.
’lt was really fascinating that
the virtual reality presentation of
‘The Tempest’ had an audience
that was three-fourths students,’
Kang said. “We expected it to be
not so popular, but the feedback
from people who were there gave
us comfort for those kinds of per
formances."
CPA assisted with the creation
of Front Row, a student organiza-
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Al Green kicked off the 2007-08 season of Carolina Performing Arts after Aretha Franklin canceled her perfor
mance. CPA has offered a variety of classical and contemporary acts and saw an increase in student turnout
tion created to promote student
attendance at CPA events. Front
Row hosted UNC’s first Campus
Arts Day in September, which
organized numerous arts groups
on campus in the Pit. Front
Row also set up intimate discus
sions with artists performing in
Memorial Hall.
With a focus on attempting to
bring a broad spectrum of art
ists and groups, Kang said CPA
was surprised at how the public
responded to several of its more
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something they had never done
before, but it was the fact that it
was nearly sold out,’ Allin said.
*1 thought that, at least in
terms of what CPA has done just
by building a name for itself, they
can attract people to sell-out shows
like Cambodian dance, which, in
the past, may have gotten half that
amount of people.’
Contact the Arts Editor
at artsdesk@unc.edu.
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2007 saw an influx of top-name
designers selling their clothing at
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In memory
The DTH remembers several
community leaders who died in
2007- Go online for story.
Fresh faces
Three new Board of Trustees
members were swom in at the July
meeting. Go online for story.
On the rise
As the number of Hispanic stu
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initiatives. Go online for story.
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