More than 30 Kentucky foundations unite to tackle childhood trauma courier-journal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from courier-journal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The James Graham Brown Foundation committed a $2.5 million leadership grant to the partnership. Author: WHAS1 Staff Updated: 7:53 PM EDT July 30, 2021
LOUISVILLE, Ky. The West End Opportunity Partnership is closer to its $30 million fundraising goal after receiving a grant from the James Graham Brown Foundation.
The Foundation committed a $2.5 million leadership grant to the partnership that was created to grow businesses in West Louisville, improve infrastructure, and help people with housing security.
“This is an exciting and valuable initiative for the west end neighborhoods and the city of Louisville as a whole,” Mason Rummel, president and CEO of James Graham Brown Foundation, said in a release. “We are thrilled to be a piece of the puzzle and encourage other community partners to support this project. By doing so, you are investing in financial growth and freedom for many west Louisville residents, business owners and leaders.”
Louisville s AMPED gets $500K grant from James Graham Brown Foundation bizjournals.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bizjournals.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Louisville s Beecher Terrace housing complex has new life – and familiar faces.
Several residents displaced by the ongoing construction have moved back in, Mayor Greg Fischer announced Wednesday at a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the completion of the first two phases of the renovation to replace hundreds of aging affordable housing units with newer apartments.
Fischer spoke in front of a row of apartments he said are fully occupied by former Beecher Terrace residents who were relocated when the complex was torn down in 2017. They chose to return, he said, because they see a bright future in their old neighborhood. One thing that I have repeatedly heard from west Louisville residents about economic development in the west is that they were far too used to promises being made, but too few promises ever materialized, Fischer told the crowd. That s changing, and people can see that. Today, as residents move back in to a revitalized Beecher Terrace, dreams are being re
The Center for Gifted Studies
Thursday, May 6th, 2021
Thanks to a generous gift from Sue and Brown Badgett, the J. Rogers Badgett, Sr. Foundation, and the James Graham Brown Foundation, The Center for Gifted Studies at WKU is able to offer professional learning opportunities to two cohorts of elementary and middle school principals. The learning sessions, meals, and hotel accommodations are all free to qualifying principals.
About the Cohorts
The recent global pandemic has highlighted racial and economic inequities in many areas of schooling, including opportunities for advanced learning. Inequity in gifted education suggests that we are missing a large percentage of students whose potential may remain untapped and whose contributions may never be realized.