Pride receives award for riverfront partnership
Left to right: Adrian King, Pride director; James Zuiches, NCSU vice
chancellor; John Shimer III, student member of the Pride Riverfront Task Force; Tommy Lee, Pride board member; Tammy Kelly, NCSU Lenoir County Extension director; Tommy Pressly, co-chair of the Riverfront Task Force; and Celen Pasalar, director of NCSU's Downtown Studio which facilitates community partnerships for the College of Design.
Special to KinstonPress.com
Posted: 11:00 PM EST Wednesday April 19, 2006
Pride of Kinston was honored Tuesday by North Carolina State University for its partnership with the NCSU College of Design to develop a plan for Kinston’s stretch of the Neuse River. A proposed plan for riverfront development, crafted over past several months by students in the College of Design, will be unveiled here on May 5.
NCSU’s Office of Extension, Engagement and Economic Development gave the “Local Government Engagement Partnership Award” to Pride at the conclusion of a day-long seminar highlighting the university’s participation in volunteer activities and community economic development programs. The award was “given in recognition of visionary leadership and modeling mutually beneficial relationships with community and higher education partners.”
A special 22-member Kinston’s Waterfront-Now! task force, co-chaired by Kinston businessman Tommy Pressly and Dr. Lyn Turner, is heading up the Pride initiative. Pressly was joined by Pride Director Adrian King, Pride board member Tommy Lee, Lenoir County Extension director Tammy Kelly, and task force member John Shimer III to receive the Partnership Award, presented by James Zuiches, NCSU vice chancellor for Extension, Engagement and Economic Development during an awards banquet Tuesday in Raleigh. |
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