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When Darrell Allison was introduced to the Fayetteville State University community last February, the room was filled with people wearing masks. The world was still in the worse pandemic of the century.
It was a tough start for FSU’s new chancellor-elect, but crisis leadership generally determines how sound executives are. Allison has moved quickly since officially taking the reigns as chancellor on March 15. Last week, he surpassed 60 days on the job. Two months is a short time, but to some, it’s an important marker, measuring Allison’s early achievements.
In response to the chancellor’s “First 60 Days,” I reached out to some faculty members, staff, and community stakeholders to gain a perspective on how well they thought he is performing thus far.
Fayetteville s first rooftop restaurant is coming.
The restaurant is expected to open by the end of the year inside and atop the historic Kress Building at 229 Hay St. in downtown Fayetteville.
What the restaurant will be has not yet been determined. Henry Tyson, co-owner of Tyson Commercial Real Estate, the leasing agent and property manager of the building, said negotiations are ongoing with multiple potential tenants.
While the details still need to be hammered out, Tyson said it will be something downtown hasn t seen yet.
The restaurant will occupy space on both the first floor and the rooftop, which will span between 1,500 and 2,000 square feet. Tyson said the ambiance and atmosphere of the rooftop will be unlike anything else in Fayetteville and will carve out a niche in the rapidly growing downtown.
Fayetteville leaders react
Fayetteville NAACP chapter president Jimmy Buxton said he watched the whole trial and thought the prosecutors did an excellent job. I just couldn t see how anybody could get away with what (Chauvin) did without being convicted, he said. I m elated right now to see justice prevail, finally. It s one giant step today but we have so many more to go.
Buxton said he was also happy to see Floyd s family get justice.
Charles Evans, chairman of the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners, said the verdict gave him a sense of hope, and stunned him. I m stunned in a way that after so many young Black men and women have been killed and all the officers have gotten off . and to see, on the same television that you watch this man put his knee on this Black man s neck, and you turn a year later at the same screen and the one that committed murder, the white police officer, (is) taken away because of killing a Black man. It is stunning. It is a surprise to
As awareness of anti-Asian hate is on the rise, members of Asian communities in North Carolina are looking to gain visibility for their voices and needs.
Mario Benevente, a member of the Korean community in Fayetteville, said there were inaccurate perceptions of Asian Americans before the pandemic. One such myth portrays the group as a model minority that doesn t complain about prejudices because its members are successful, he said. I think more and more with what we saw over the time that COVID really started coming in and the name that they were kind of calling it, and then certainly, with the most recent hyper-violent stuff that happened in Atlanta, and elsewhere in California, it s all part of the same sort of ugliness, it s all come from the same place,