The NCBEMO Annual Summer Conference will be held in Winston Salem, North Carolina, on August 7-9, 2009.  Please find the conference brochure below.

Hotel reservations must be made by July 16, 2009!

Hawthorne Inn & Conference Center

420 High Street

Winston-Salem, NC 27101

Reservations - 877.777.3099

NCBEMO 2009

Summer Conference

Winston-Salem

North Carolina

NC Black Elected Municipal Officers

P.O. Box 3069

Raleigh, NC 27602

VisitWinstonSalem.com or

toll free 866.728.4200

Registration - Please return this

portion with payment to:

North Carolina Black

Elected Municipal Officials

NCBEMO c/o NCLM

P.O. Box 3069

Raleigh, NC 27602

Registration - $125

Spouse/Guest registration - $75 (includes

reception, lunch, breakfast & tour)

Late Registration (after July 16) - $150

Conference Schedule

“Building Community

Capacities in 2009-2010”

August 7-9, 2009

Hawthorne Inn & Conference Center

Winston-Salem, NC

Friday, August 7, 2009

12:00 p.m. Registration opens

1:00-5:00 p.m. Mobile Tours featuring Housing &

Economic Development Initiatives

6:00-7:30 p.m. Meet 'n Greet

8:00 p.m. Opportunity to attend Theatre Festival

production or other venue

Saturday, August 8, 2009

7:00-7:30 a.m. Getting Physical - walk, run, workout

8:00-10:00 a.m. Breakfast/Business Meeting

NCLM & NLC at work

10:15-11:00 a.m. Building Capacities through

Neighborhood Associations &

Community Development Corporations

11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Building Capacities for Offender Reentry

12:00-1:30 p.m. Lunch, Keynote speaker

2:00-3:15 p.m. Building Financial Capacity

3:15-4:30 p.m. Closing Session

8:00 p.m. Opportunity to attend Theatre Festival

production or other venue

Sunday, August 9, 2009

10:45 a.m. Morning Worship - Mars Hill Baptist Church

1331 East 4th St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101

Corner of Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. & 4th St.

A block of 25 rooms at the Hawthorne Inn has been reserved for this event. Please make your

reservations EARLY & use code NCBEMO

for the special conference rate.

Name: ____________________________

Address: ___________________________

City,State,Zip: ______________________

__________________________________

Phone: ____________________________

E-mail: ____________________________

Spouse/Guest: ______________________

Total enclosed: $ ____________

Special needs for meals or events:

__________________________________

Number participating in the Mobile Tour: ____________________

Number attending Sunday Worship Service: _______________

Single - $85

Double - $99

Suite - $115

All rates are subject to local sales

& occupancy tax, currently 12.75%

Hawthorne Inn & Conference Center

420 High Street

Winston-Salem, NC 27101

Reservations - 877.777.3099

800.927.3774

09/29/2008 – Town of Chapel Hill flags are at half-staff in memory of long-time Council Member Bill Thorpe, who passed away at his home Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008.

Council Member Thorpe, a resident of Chapel Hill for nearly 40 years, served on the Council for a total of 11 years. He first served on the Council from 1977 to 1981, served another term from 1983 to 1987, and returned to the Council on Dec. 5, 2005, nearly three decades after he was elected the first time. He served as Mayor pro-tem from 1985 to 1987.

In 1984, Council Member Thorpe initiated legislation to celebrate as an official Town holiday the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., which marked Chapel Hill as the first in the state and one of the first municipalities in the nation to do so. Council member Thorpe also set into motion the effort to rename Airport Road to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in May 2005. Another of his initiatives was the Town of Chapel Hill Internship Program, established in 2006 for university undergraduates. For his leadership in promoting civil rights in the community, Fayetteville State University honored Council member Thorpe with its 2006 Humanitarian Award.

Council Member Thorpe attended Fayetteville State University and graduated from the National Scouting Executive Institute. He is the former director of apprenticeship and on-the-job training for the North Carolina Department of Labor. In addition, he served as a political consultant for the successful campaign of State Court of Appeals Judges Wanda Bryant and Linda McGee.

Council Member Thorpe was active in the National Black Caucus of Elected Officials and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro branch of the NAACP. He was also a member of numerous Town and county committees, including the Chapel Hill Museum, Firefighters' Relief Fund, Council Committee on Orange Water and Sewer Authority, Greenways Commission liaison, Orange County Land Trust Affordable Housing Maintenance Task Force and Personnel Appeals Committee liaison.

“Bill Thorpe served our community for more than thirty years,” said Mayor Kevin Foy. “His perspective on our recent history, and his insistence on remembering where we have been as a guide to where we should go, has been invaluable to Chapel Hill. We will miss him as a colleague and as a friend. On behalf of all of Chapel Hill, I offer our sincere sorrow and extend our deepest sympathy to Bill’s wife, Jean; his son, William; and his daughter, Beverly.”

A public viewing will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3, at University Baptist Church and services will be held at 1 p.m.

For more information, contact Kevin Gunter at (919) 968-2760 ext. 160 or kgunter@townofchapelhill.org.

A high-resolution photo is available at www.townofchapelhill.org/DocumentView.asp?DID=996.

1977 Bill Thorpe Photo: www.townofchapelhill.org/DocumentView.asp?DID=2356

• Will create new felons
• Cost NC Millions

• Gives teenage offenders opportunity to get back on track

• $22.6 M - Restore JCPC Funding
• $500,000 - Expand JCPC Funding

• Never made it out of committee (would allow defendents in capital murder cases to challenge prosecution on grounds of racial bias.

• $1 M Expand Community College Technical Ed Programs
• $4 M Expand Community College Allied Health Programs
• $15 M Drop-out Prevention Grants
• $3.5 M Learn & Earn High Schools
• 3% Teacher Pay Increases
• $34.6 M University System Enrollment Growth
• $23.7 M Community College System Enrollment Growth

• Help sub-prime mortgage holders avoid foreclosure

• Prohibits bonus payments to mortgage brokers steering borrowers to more expensive loans

• Gives NC Commissioner of Banks regulator authority over mortgage servicers

• Includes $1 M to Eliminate Health Disparities
• $43 M to expand &  improve institution-based mental health, developmental disabilities & substance abuse
• $7 M for housing assistance for persons with disabilities.
• $4 M - Farmland Preservation$100 M - Clean Water Management Trust Fund
• $50 M - Land for Tomorrow

• Will create new felons
• Cost NC Millions

• Gives teenage offenders opportunity to get back on track

• $22.6 M - Restore JCPC Funding
• $500,000 - Expand JCPC Funding

• Never made it out of committee (would allow defendents in capital murder cases to challenge prosecution on grounds of racial bias.

• $1 M Expand Community College Technical Ed Programs
• $4 M Expand Community College Allied Health Programs
• $15 M Drop-out Prevention Grants
• $3.5 M Learn & Earn High Schools
• 3% Teacher Pay Increases
• $34.6 M University System Enrollment Growth
• $23.7 M Community College System Enrollment Growth

• Help sub-prime mortgage holders avoid foreclosure

• Prohibits bonus payments to mortgage brokers steering borrowers to more expensive loans

• Gives NC Commissioner of Banks regulator authority over mortgage servicers

• Includes $1 M to Eliminate Health Disparities
• $43 M to expand &  improve institution-based mental health, developmental disabilities & substance abuse
• $7 M for housing assistance for persons with disabilities.
• $4 M - Farmland Preservation$100 M - Clean Water Management Trust Fund
• $50 M - Land for Tomorrow

Eastern North Carolina Leadership Summit
Saturday, September 13, 2008


Luncheon Keynote Speaker
Former Congresswoman Eva Clayton

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