Patrick Brien: CEO of CFC is investing in staff, stuff, space and systems (â1on1 with Jon Evansâ podcast)
Cape Fear Collective seeks solutions to affordable housing By Jon Evans | March 5, 2021 at 5:45 AM EST - Updated March 12 at 4:05 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Patrick Brien and his team at Cape Fear Collective are working to bring about change in southeastern North Carolina. Not the âdriving-down-the-street-and-notice-a-bunch-of-trees-were-cut-down-because-a-new-development-is-going-to-be-builtâ kind of change. Brien, the CEO of the organization, calls it âgenerational changeâ. When the issues you address include poverty, affordable housing, education and healthcare, the solutions donât evolve overnight.
âTo a certain degree, weâll constantly focus on systemic change,â Brien said when explaining the effort. âSo, weâre not trying to build a program to solve this finite problem. Weâre trying to strengthen com