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Race and Opportunity in Detroit
“Detroit’s revitalization is completely one-sided. The surge in investment in
this majority-Black city is not going to Black residents.” — Alex B. Hill
By Zenobia Jeffries
Special to the NNPA from The
Michigan Citizen
DETROIT — Research
by a Wayne State University graduate student reveals
what many long-time Detroit
residents — Black and white
— believe: There’s a racial
imbalance to Detroit’s “revitalization” that does not reflect
the demographics of the city.
In a town where the
population of approximately
700,000 is over 80 percent
African American, Hill’s research shows the beneficiaries
of funding and investment are
nearly 70 percent white.
“Detroit’s revitalization is
made up of a majority of white
people. That isn’t to say that
Detroit’s (B)lack population
isn’t contributing anything to
revitalization, rather it suggests
there is a deliberate racially unequal distribution of support
and funding,” Hill writes.
His research identifies
three categories: startups, ideas
and leaders in nine categories.
Hill analyzed 818 recipients of
fellowship programs,business
incubators, universities, foundations and other “innovation”
programs. He found that across
all programs, 69.2 percent of
individuals were classified as
(w)hite and only 23.7 percent
as Black; 1.6 percent Latino;
4.8 percent Asian; 0.7 percent
Arab.
Looking at this new data,
it is clear there is a serious im- Alex B. Hill Graph
balance of both opportunity
and outcome in Detroit.
with a double-digit unemploy Hill told the Michigan ment rate twice that of the state,
Citizen: “I definitely knew most Detroiters are without
that this was information that jobs and opportunity — over
was already widely understood 50 percent is the unofficial rate.
among Detroit residents. … Life-long Detroiter Russ
Unfortunately, some people Bellant, 66, says much of that
won’t consider a problem with- imbalance is due to — in adout seeing some numbers and dition to being a historically
data.”
racially-segregated region —
In a city where the median an outside-in approach to the
household income, at $25,193, city’s redevelopment.
is less than half of the nation’s, “In Detroit today, you see
50 cents
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Nielsen 2014 Holiday Forecast
Shows Multicultural Consumers
Drivers of Increased Spending
African-American consumers expected
to spend the most of all three groups
Multicultural consumers are expected to drive this year’s
increase in holiday spending with African-Americans making up the largest percentage of the increase, according to the
2014 Holiday Sales Forecast released today by Nielsen, a leading global provider of information and insights.
Trends such as rising consumer confidence in the
economy, lowered inflation and falling gas prices indicate
that consumers overall are eager to spend more this holiday
season than last year. Multicultural households are projected
to account for 43% of the increased spending this holiday
season. African-Americans are expected to be the heavier
spenders this season, accounting for 17%, spending more
than other multicultural groups.
Twenty-two percent of shoppers have already begun
shopping compared to 65% of the general population who
plan to delay their holiday shopping excursions.
Spending continued on page 4
Book “Dark Girls” Celebrates the
Beauty of Dark-Skinned Women
by Legendary Director Bill Duke
development focused on bringing new people and organizations into the city, but you do
not see focused employment
and development on the people
who have grown up here,” he
said in an email. “The massive
assault from the foreclosure
crises, industrial migration and
the gutting of public services
are leaving Detroiters — primarily African American —
without jobs and assets. The
‘new Detroit’ that is bringing
in new people into the city with
new jobs is disproportionately
benefiting whites.”
For many Detroiters, like
Bellant, who is white, the term
‘new’ being used to describe
the revitalization happening in
Detroit translates into the whitening of Detroit.
“Dark Girls” by Bill Duke, Shelia P. Moses, and Barron Claiborne on sale: November 11, 2014 (Harper Collins Books) at
Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble
Detroit continued on page 7
Americans Clearly Aren't Buying Into
the Dems' Empty Economic Promises
By Dean Baker, CEPR
It looks like the Democrats will take another shellacking in the congressional
elections this week. Part of this
is due to factors like the normal falloff in voting in a nonpresidential year and the weariness with a president after six
years in office, which tends to
cause the electorate to support
the opposing party.
However, part of the reason for the shellacking is the
Democrats' refusal to address
the economic issues that trouble most of the public. As folks
know who are either familiar with the data or live in the
real world, the economy is still
bad for most people. President
Obama can rightly say that he
inherited a mess from his predecessor, but at some point that
does get old. He can also honestly blame the Republicans
in Congress who have eagerly
proclaimed their opposition to
any economic proposal that
doesn't have the primary purpose of making the rich even
richer.
We do know they would
raise the minimum wage. This
is good policy to get more
money in the pockets of low
income workers who can badly use a raise. It is also popular.
Polls regularly show that large
majorities of people across the
political spectrum support increasing the minimum wage.
Still, a higher minimum
wage doesn't offer anything
to the bulk of the labor force
whose wages will not be affected by plausible increases in
the minimum wage. To these
people the Democrats offered
nothing but empty rhetoric and
the public wasn't stupid enough
to buy it.
There is no shortage of
policies that the Democrats
could be pushing which would
help ordinary workers. To start
with one that features prominently in the business press, the
Democrats could take a strong
position behind an expansionary monetary policy from the
Federal Reserve Board. This
means strong opposition to
rate increases until there is
clear evidence of inflation.
The Fed is independent
and has to make its own calls,
but it would help them make
the right calls if they know that
there are many in Congress
who are prepared to insist the
Fed follow its mandate for
maintaining high employment.
The Fed faces intense pressure
from the financial industry to
pounce on any hint of inflation.
The financial industry
wants the Fed to raise interest
rates to keep unemployment
high and prevent workers from
gaining bargaining power.
It would be a nice switch if
Democrats stood could say in
public that the Fed should allow workers to get jobs and to
gain some bargaining power.
Another switch would be
if the Democrats could talk
seriously about the trade deficit. Talk of restoring "competitiveness" is cute, but basically
complete nonsense. No one in
either party has any proposal
that will make more than a
marginal difference in the pro-
ductivity of the U.S. economy
any time in the near future.
If we want to get the trade
deficit down then we have to
get the value of the dollar down
against the currencies of our
trading partners. And this is
not a question of beating them
up for "manipulating" their
currency. It is a question of
negotiating where we give up
things like enforcement of Microsoft's copyrights or Pfizer's
patent monopolies in exchange
for a lower valued dollar, and
therefore more balanced trade.
Democrats also should
be able to speak simple truths
about national income accounting instead of being
afraid in the way that Republicans are scared to openly
endorse the theory of evolution. If we have a large trade
deficit, the only ways we can
get to potential GDP is either
through asset bubbles that
pump up investment and consumption or through government deficits. Like evolution,
this is true. •
In the tradition of the New York Times bestselling I
Dream a World and Crowns comes DARK GIRLS, an inspiring and groundbreaking photo book that celebrates the beauty
of dark-skinned women, created by legendary director Bill
Duke.
DARK GIRLS began as a documentary of the same
name that aired on the OWN Network and became its highestrated show with more than two million viewers. The women in
the film told of their experiences being dark-skinned, and the
awful prejudice they faced as girls and as women. The show
was highly emotional and moving – colorism is a passionate
subject amongst women of color throughout the world.
Bill Duke knew he wanted to address these women with
a book. Rather than a non-fiction book on the topic of colorism, he produced DARK GIRLS, a magnificent collection
featuring accomplished dark-skinned women from all walks of
life. In the book, celebrities such as Lupita Nyong’o, Vanessa
Williams, Loretta Devine, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Judge Mablean
Ephriam, Brandi and Karli Harvey, and over seventy-five other
outstanding women share intimate insights into what their dark
skin means to them.
Duke continued on page 7
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Although the results of
Tuesday’s General Election
are very disappointing, they
have given us a real measurement of our task ahead. I
don’t have any empirical data
to prove the exact results of
our mobilization to get-outthe-vote in the Black community; several reports indicate
that Black voter participation
was down slightly from the
2012 General Election. Unfortunately, our efforts were
not enough to deliver victory
to Senator Kay Hagan. Additionally, I don’t yet have the
empirical data to prove the
exact effects of voter suppression on this election. However, many incidents were
reported that suggest that the
effect was substantial. Kay
Hagan may very well have
won had Black and other
votes not been suppressed.
Voter suppression tactics
were employed by Republicans in many states around the
country. The tactics resulted
in millions of citizens being
denied their right to vote for
candidates that they support-
ed. As we move forward in
our Campaign to Defeat Voter
Suppression, we must reflect
on things that we did wrong
and things that we did right. I
think that the most important
thing that we did right was to
mobilize and support Moral
Monday, the NC NAACP and
Rev. William Barber. What
we didn’t do was to effectively mobilize in other areas to
help the NAACP.
What we need immediately is a Black Summit or
convention designed to plan
a strategy going forward that
will increase our voter education, registration, organization and mobilization. It is
imperative that we not embark
upon such an effort without
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making sure that our action
plan includes verifiable bench
marks that will enable Black
voters ensure themselves that
they are receiving jobs and
economic opportunities in exchange for their votes.
In the coming weeks I’ll
be writing about strategies
that voters should employ to
hold elected officials accountable for their support. The
first such article will feature
the Charlotte Mecklenburg
Black Chamber of Commerce. I believe that Black
Chambers are ideally suited
to help conceptualize a plan
that will set realistic goals and
procedures to make sure that
as we move forward we’re
not voting just for the sake of
voting, but instead voting our
economics.
Today, we must start
planning and organizing for
2016 and beyond. However,
defeating voter suppression
will be irrelevant if we as a
Black community are not financially rewarded in the process.
PRECINCT W29 - CELEBRATING
“52 YEARS OF SUCCESS”
By Dr. D. J. Sinclair
Reporter and Journalist for
Democratic Precinct W29
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Any mention of the ubiquitous political dinner usually
evokes a tired, “ho-hum” response from invitees. But the
120 guests at Saturday night’s
Democratic precinct W29’s
“52 Years of Celebration” were
in for a delightful surprise.
Leading a star-packed
lineup of speakers and events,
W29’s Betty L. Robinson,
Block Captain, led the Pledge
of Allegiance, followed by
Rev. Walter G. Samuels’ invocation, C. H. Sparks welcoming remarks, and a meaningful
grace by Rev. Samuels.
E. B. Davis, Chair of
W29, and Lynn McIntyre, 1st
Vice Chair of W29 offered the
initial recognition to the men
and women of the precinct
who had served it so well over
its fifty-two years, followed by
Ronald Sparks’ introduction to
the main program.
Richard Poole, Chair
of New Hanover County’s
Democratic Organization and
C. H. Sparks presented guest
speakers Kenneth B. Spaulding, 2016 Candidate for Governor of NC, and Congressman
Gregory W. Meeks, U. S. Representative from New York’s
5th District.
Both speakers offered
guidance to the diverse gathering on key political issues,
voicing great concern for voter
apathy, civil rights, economic
disenfranchisement, and the
need for a stronger, undivided
African American community.
Framing the guest speakers, Wilmington’s Love Factory Church choir celebrated the
growth and achievements of
W29 and its leaders. Their devotional music clearly stirred
the audience, and as one attendee commented, “Their
voices, their sounds, were just
magnificent.”
Presenting awards to the
two main speakers, E. B. Davis ended the program with a
brief commentary on the precinct’s amazing history, with
special recognition to the outstanding work of Lynn McIntyre, as well as Betty Robinson and Rosa Davis, Second
Vice Chair of W29, who had
the responsibility of administering the dinner and seating.
And so another successful
year for W29 has passed, and
a new and promising one begins. New challenges arise every day, as business garnering,
gentrification, and multicultural populations rapidly change
the face of Wilmington.
But one thing is for sure.
W29 is alive and well and contributing all that is possible to
the successful and just development of our city.
D. J. Sinclair is a freelance
writer and journalist in the
Wilmington, NC, area, writing
on contemporary American
life, often from a participant
perspective. For more information, please see http://www.
theintelligentword.com/ •
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were grateful also to attend.
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was awesome! It was everything I hoped it would be. She
kept the audience engaged
with her impeccable singing,
crowd participation, guest
singers and live band. It was
an extra treat to see her husband Mr. Mann, keeping the
crowd roaring with laughter in
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wonderful time. Thanks GDN!
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chance to see her in person. •
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School Environment Affects Teacher Expectations
The school environment
in which teachers work is
related to their expectations
of students, according to a
new study by researchers at
the University of Montreal.
"It is known that low teacher
expectations are negatively associated with student
achievement and school effectiveness. While we know
that expectations are primarily determined by the specific
characteristics of teachers, we
have shown that the school
environment also plays a determining role," says lead
author of the study, MarieChristine Brault, a post-doctoral researcher at the university’s Institut de recherche en
santé publique de l'Université
de Montréal (IRSPUM).
To measure the impact
of school environment in determining these expectations,
the researchers conducted a
multilevel analysis using data
from 2,666 teachers in 71 secondary schools in Quebec.
The data came from the evaluation of the implementation of
New Approaches, New Strategy Intervention Strategy, implemented between 2002 and
2008 by Québec's ministère
de l'Éducation, du Loisir et du
Sport (MELS). The data were
collected by Michel Janosz,
also of the IRSPUM, through
the Socio-Educational Environment
Questionnaire,
that looked specifically at the
characteristics of the school
environment.
From these data, the researchers were able to distinguish between two levels of
variables, belonging to either
the teacher (perception of
“school climate”, gender, age,
the Ministry of Education,
all play a role in determining
expectations. However school
academic composition is the
most influential. "Between
the students’ backgrounds
and the school’s academic
composition, the latter seems
to play the most influential
role in determining expectations. These finding only confirm the importance of prior
student achievement in teacher expectations," says Brault.
"It should be noted, however,
that the schools in our sample
were fairly homogenous socioeconomically and that few
of them had a high rate of students from ethnic minorities."
School continued on page 6
Latino
Studies
Fellowships
Backed by
Foundation
Grant
Maria de los Angeles Torres, stitutes at the City College of
executive director of the Inter- New York.
University Program for La- “Aligning the fellows with
tino Research. “With a grow- centers dedicated to Latino
ing Latino population in the studies will increase their
U.S., it is important to support intellectual support network
these scholars who can make and providing a fellowship
valuable contributions to un- will give them a year to conderstanding and transforming centrate solely on their disserdents seeking tenure-track Be friendly: Sometimes it’s
this evolving field.”
tations,” said Torres, who is
faculty positions must make not what you know but whom
Six fellows per year will be professor of Latin American
efficient use of their train- you know that counts when
funded through the national and Latino studies at UIC.
ing time and network with seeking a job, grant, research
program. Each fellow will Each summer the fellows will
colleagues in their scientific opportunity, etc. “You never
receive a yearly stipend of gather at UIC to share rediscipline, including potential
A University of Illinois at Chi- $25,000, a faculty mentor in search and attend workshops
know how far kindness can
employers.”
cago-based national Latino Latino studies, monthly tele- on writing strategies, prepar
Here is a sampling of the get you.” Tap into potential
research consortium has re- conferences with other fel- ing documents for publicanetworking
opportunities.
For
career advice offered in the
ceived a three-year, $800,000 lows, and opportunities to tion, and professional develexample,
if
you
like
sports,
workshop and described in
grant from the Andrew W. present at conferences.
opment.
the report in Nature Immu- join a sports club so you can
Mellon
Foundation
to
support
Candidates
must
have
comTorres hopes the program can
network there.
nology:
doctoral students working in pleted their fifth year of doc- serve as a sustainable plan to
Find a mentor. Prefer- Make the most of scienLatino humanities.
toral studies and be at one of build and maintain a pipeline
ably, a mentor should be in a tific conferences. Beforehand,
tenured position, or at least research the speakers and
The grant will allow the In- five participating member in- of Latino studies scholars afbe around long enough to see topics. “This will allow the
ter-University Program for stitutions from the Inter-Uni- ter the grant ends.
the graduate student through young scientists to ask more
Latino Research to develop a versity Program for Latino The Inter-University Program
the entire project. The mennational fellowship program Research:
for Latino Research is a nator should exemplify what the insightful questions and get
designed
to
mentor
Latino
•
Latin
American
and
Lational consortium of 25 uniyoung researcher wants to do more from each session.”
studies
scholars
as
they
comtino
studies
program
at
UIC
versity-based Latino research
professionally. Ideal mentors Dress well: “While it
plete
their
doctoral
research
•
Chicano
Studies
Recenters that aim to promote
have “pull,” meaning they is true that one cannot judge
and
improve
their
job-market
search
Center
at
the
Universipolicy-focused research and
are well-established and cred- a book by its cover, first imreadiness.
ty
of
California-Los
Angeles
advance the Latino intellectuible, and thus can help in job pressions are lasting. Junior
“Financial
constraints,
fam•
Center
for
Puerto
Rican
al presence in the U.S. Foundsearches -- especially in writ- researchers should dress as
ily obligations and lack of Studies at City University of ed in 1983, the group supports
ing recommendations.
if attending an interview bementors in the discipline are New York’s Hunter College
research and programs that
Self marketing. In to- cause every encounter might
among
the
reasons
why
many
•
Center
for
Mexican
foster greater understanding
day’s research environment, represent an opportunity for
students
do
not
finish
their
American
Studies
at
the
Uniof U.S. Latinos in politics,
the ability to describe your advancement.” If another pardissertations,” said the proj- versity of Texas at Austin
economics, culture, art, hisresearch is as important – if
ect’s11-06-14
principal 11/4/14
investigator
not more important – than ticipant has a MD or PhD, ad-Display
Studies In- tory and immigration. •
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the research itself. “In many dress the individual as Dr. unto use a first name.
cases, brilliant scientists with til invited
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date: 11•06•14*
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ideas fall short because they cause
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sity
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Stritch
School
from the Fort Bragg boundary to Bragg Boulevard (N.C. 24-87) in Spring Lake,
minutes – roughly the time it
of
Medicine.
Co-authors
are
Cumberland County.
takes to ride an elevator.
Networking tips. Get ex- Michael M. Chen, a MD/
The proposed project is to widen Odell Road (S.R. 4202), currently a two-lane
posure by, for example, ask- PhD student and first author;
road, to four lanes with a 23-foot raised grass median. Odell Road currently dead
ing thoughtful questions after Anita Zahs, PhD; and Sulie L.
presentations. Collaborate. Chang, PhD. •
ends at the Fort Bragg property line. The purpose of the project is to support a
To Succeed in Academia These Days,
Grad Students Need “Street Smarts”
In an era of reduced
funding, it’s not enough for a
young researcher to be a good
scientist. He or she also needs
“street smarts” to, for example, find an influential mentor,
dress professionally, network
during scientific meetings and
be able to describe a research
project in the time it takes to
ride an elevator.
These are among the
techniques taught at a “Street
Smarts for Science” workshop offered at the annual Society for Leukocyte Biology
meeting, and described in the
November issue of the journal
Nature Immunology.
What students learn in
the workshops can help them
“navigate educational and
professional waters to find
success in academia,” Elizabeth J. Kovacs, PhD, and
colleagues report. Kovacs, a
professor at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of
Medicine, initiated the workshops and is senior author of
the report published in Nature
Immunology.
The proportion of PhDs
who obtain tenured or tenuretrack faculty positions has
declined from 34 percent in
1993 to 26 percent in 2012,
according to the National Institutes of Health.
“Worldwide fiscal constraints have trimmed government and private sources of
research funding, which has
created an increasingly competitive landscape for young
scientists looking to succeed
in academia,” Kovacs and
colleagues write. “Thus, stu-
courses taught) or the school:
its academic, socio-economic, and ethnic composition,
and the way the entire school
community perceived the
“school climate.” The “school
climate” reflects school priorities in terms of learning,
good education and academic
success of students, and promotion of a stimulating and
graduation-oriented environment.
The socioeconomic and
ethnic composition of students in the school, as well
as the school academic composition defined by student
drop-out rates, academic delays, poor student scores on
logical reasoning scales, and
the number of students designated as being in difficulty
according to criteria set by
new Access Control Point (ACP) proposed for Fort Bragg. The Fort Bragg
Comprehensive Transportation Systems Plan, completed in 2010, recommends
a new ACP at the western end of Odell Road to provide a more convenient access
point for base personnel. This new ACP is intended to help relieve traffic on Bragg
Boulevard in Spring Lake but would likely increase traffic along Odell Road.
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The meeting will take place on Thursday, November 20, from 4 until 7 p.m. at
the Town Hall in Grady Howard Conference Room, 300 Ruth Street, Spring Lake.
The meeting is open to the public. Interested citizens may attend at any time during
the above mentioned hours. There will be maps displaying the project study area
for the public to review. The proposed project may include potential relocation
and acquisition of some additional right of way. NCDOT representatives will
be available to answer questions and receive comments. Written comments
can also be submitted at the meeting or later by mail until December 4, 2014.
Note: There will not be a formal presentation.
Project maps are available online at http ://www.ncdot.gov/projects/publicmeetings/.
For additional information, contact Joseph Miller, PE, NCDOT Project Development
and Environmental Analysis Unit, 1548 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, 27699-1548,
by phone (919) 707-6031, by fax (919) 250-4224, or by email [email protected].
NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with
Disabilities Act for disabled persons who want to participate in this meeting. Anyone
requiring special services should contact Senior Public Involvement Officer,
Anamika Laad, at 919-707-6072 or e-mail at [email protected] as early as possible
so that arrangements can be made.
NCDOT will provide interpretive services upon request for persons who do not
speak English, or have a limited ability to read, speak or understand English. Kindly
request it prior to the meeting by calling 1-800-481-6494.
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Improved Medicare Plans and Steady Premiums
Are Great News as Open Enrollment Begins
By Marilyn Tavenner, Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid
Services Administrator
Medicare coverage and see if
they want to make any changes for the next year. It’s important for people with Medicare
to take the time to make sure
their current situation still
meets their health care needs
best.
To help people choose a
plan, Medicare calculates plan
“star ratings” for Medicare
health and prescription drug
plans. Each plan gets a number
of stars on a scale of 1 to 5—
with 5 being the best—based
on quality and performance.
These ratings are designed to
help people with Medicare,
their families, and caregivers
compare plans, in addition to
information on their premiums
and benefits.
This year, people with
Medicare who choose to enroll
in a Medicare health or prescription drug plan will have
Fall is a wonderful time of
year. Changing leaves. Cooler
weather. It’s also the season
for people with Medicare to
review their current Medicare
coverage, as Medicare Open
Enrollment begins.
As we prepare for Medicare Open Enrollment, which
began on October 15 and ends
on December 7, Medicare
wants everyone to know that
quality continues to improve
both in Medicare Advantage
and in the Part D Prescription
Drug Program.
Each year, plan costs and
coverage can change. During
open enrollment, seniors and
people with disabilities across
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percent back in 2009. Likewise, about 53 percent of Part
D enrollees are currently enrolled in stand-alone prescription drug plans with four or
more stars for 2015, compared
to just 16 percent in 2009.
Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, enrollment
in Medicare Advantage will
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premiums will have decreased
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For people with Medicare,
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Better quality in Medicare
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for people with Medicare. For
most seniors who have Original Medicare, the 2015 Part B
premium will stay unchanged
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Looming Medicaid Cuts Could
Hurt Already Vulnerable Hospitals
Healthcare reform cuts
in Medicaid payments for uncompensated care could force
225 struggling hospitals to
close or drastically curtail services for the poor over the next
decade, according to a new
study in the November issue of
Health Affairs.
The report, authored by
researchers from Tulane University and the Georgia Health
Policy Center, projects how
the nation’s hospitals may be
affected by provisions in the
Affordable Care Act (ACA) to
cut Medicaid disproportionate-share hospital (DSH) payments by $35.1 billion by 2024.
The payments, which have
long helped hospitals make
up for uncompensated care
costs for the uninsured, were
intended to be significantly
reduced as healthcare reform
rendered them less necessary
by expanding health insurance
coverage.
However, residual coverage gaps and the decision
by many states not to expand
Medicaid will leave as many
as 30 million people without
insurance. Hospitals will likely bear the brunt of those costs,
authors said.
“We sought to identify the
hospitals that may be most vul-
Spending
continued from front
While African-Americans, plan to spend more,
70% plan to shop later during
this holiday season.
So where are AfricanAmericans shopping? With
multicultural
households
driving this year’s online
growth, African-Americans
plan to spend 20% more online compared to last year.
African-Americans also plan
to spend 15% more at electronics retailers and grocery
stores this season.
African-Americans’
holiday lists are diverse as
well. Electronics including
smartphones, TVs and laptops will account for 17%
more spending by AfricanAmericans compared to 10%
of total households. Other
product areas where increased spending is planned
include 17% more on food
and 15% more on apparel.
African-Americans – at
44 million strong and approximately 14.2% of the
country’s population – make
up a powerful group with a
growing impact on American culture and business.
nerable to reductions in Medicaid DSH payments and to
analyze their financial condition,” said senior author Mark
Diana, associate professor of
Global Health Systems and
Development at Tulane University School of Public Health
and Tropical Medicine.
The report analyzed 2,104
acute care hospitals, finding
529 are highly dependent on
DSH payments; 225 of those
are in weak financial shape.
Overall, authors found that of
the 551 hospitals rated in weak
financial condition, almost 42
percent were highly reliant on
DSH payments for revenue.
“These payments are
subsidizing many at-risk hospitals,” Diana said. “Policymakers should recognize that
many hospitals will be affected
by these cuts and decreases in
revenue will affect their ability
to provide care for vulnerable
populations.”
Hospitals in states not expanding Medicaid are at greater financial risk because there
won’t be an increased number
of patients with insurance to
offset their reductions in federal payments, Diana said.
The study is available at
http://content.healthaffairs.org/
content/33/11/2025.abstract •
This demographic is largely
young—53% are under the
age of 35 – giving them an
oversized influence on the
latest trends, especially with
music and pop culture. In
addition, higher academic
achievement has translated
into increases in household
income – 44% of all AfricanAmerican households now
earn $50,000 or more and
23% earn above $75,000.
And these higher household
incomes, coupled with overall population growth, are
driving the substantial purchasing power of the AfricanAmerican consumer, which
is expected to reach $1.3 trillion in a few short years.
The 2014 Holiday Sales
Forecast insights were derived from two custom studies: a consumer survey of
more than 25,000 U.S. households in September 2014 and
sales forecasts from an analysis of 92 categories covering
five departments representing more than $100 billion in
sales.
To read more about
this year’s holiday shopping
findings, please visit www.
nielsen.com. •
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Startups Should Seek Quality
Not Quantity for Partnerships
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- When
partnering with larger companies, startups with a small
number of carefully chosen
alliances will reap the most
benefits, according to new
research from the University
at Buffalo School of Management.
Forthcoming in Organization Science, the study
found that by aligning with established companies, a young
firm gains valuable access to
additional resources and markets. However, as a startup
adds more outside partners,
eventually the firm’s internal
capability will weaken and the
cost of maintaining its alliances will exceed any remaining
benefits.
“Partnerships offer many
mutual benefits; established
companies can tap into a startup’s cutting-edge technologies and innovative potential,
while young firms acquire
knowledge and status from
experienced partners,” says
study co-author Ramin Vandaie, PhD, assistant professor
of operations management and
strategy in the UB School of
Management.
“But more is not necessarily better,” he adds. “We
found the benefits of alliances
with larger companies do not
increase proportionally with
the number of partners, but instead start to level off and turn
negative as more partnerships
are formed.”
A downloadable photo
of Vandaie is available here:
http://www.buffalo.edu/news/
releases/2014/10/038.html.
The study examined 150
independent film production
studios and tracked their partnerships with major studios
and performance from 1990 to
2010. Vandaie says the data can
be applied to many industries,
particularly creative fields like
publishing or advertising, as
well as professional services
like accounting or law firms.
In addition, the research
revealed that highly specialized firms experience greater
benefits from interfirm alliances than more generalist
competitors.
For example, in its early
years, the Weinstein Co. focused on a limited number of
genres that were distributed
through deals with major studios. With that strategy, the
company found and sustained
critical and commercial success and has since grown into
a “mini-major” that produces
and distributes a wide range of
films.
“Small, specialized firms
that have the opportunity to
align with larger firms should
put their expansion plans on
hold to gain the full benefits of
those partnerships,” Vandaie
recommends. “Later, they can
use their newly developed capabilities as a basis for growth
and a more reliable path to expansion.”
Vandaie collaborated on
the project with Akbar Zaheer,
PhD, professor and Curtis L.
Carlson Chair in Strategic
Management in the University
of Minnesota Carlson School
of Management.
The UB School of Management is recognized for its
emphasis on real-world learning, community and economic
Political Correctness Pumps
Up Productivity on the Job
ITHACA, N.Y. – Political
correctness, loathed by some
as censorship awash in leftist
philosophy, actually boosts
the creativity of mixed-sex
work teams, according to new
research published in Administrative Science Quarterly.
“Our work challenges
the widespread assumption
that true creativity requires
a kind of anarchy in which
people are permitted to speak
their minds, whatever the
consequence,” said Jack Goncalo associate professor of Organizational Behavior at the
Cornell ILR School and lead
author of the study.
The research is detailed
in the forthcoming article,
“Stifling or Liberating? How
Political Correctness Influences Creativity in Mixed-
Sex Work Groups.” Goncalo’s
co-authors are Jennifer Chatman, University of California,
Berkeley; Michelle Duguid,
Washington University; and
Jessica Kennedy, Vanderbilt
University.
Contrary to the widely
held notion that being politically correct has a generally stifling effect, the results
showed that a politically correct norm actually boosts the
creative output of mixed-sex
groups.
These results highlight a
paradoxical consequence: A
term that has been used to undermine expectations to censor offensive language as a
threat to free speech actually
provides a foundation upon
which diverse work groups
can freely exchange creative
ideas.
“Political
correctness
facilitates idea expression by
reducing the uncertainty that
people tend to experience
while interacting with the
opposite sex,” Goncalo said.
“The PC norm, by establishing a clear guideline for how
to behave appropriately in
mixed-sex groups, made both
men and women more comfortable sharing their creative
ideas.”
For more information
about research at the ILR
School, visit: http://www.ilr.
cornell.edu/research
Cornell University has
television, ISDN and dedicated Skype/Google+ Hangout
studios available for media
interviews. •
Black Entrepreneur Launches Unique
New Discount Online Shopping Outlet
After the untimely death
of his mother, from cancer in
2004, Paulinus Obika became
saddled with the fact that
something had to be done as a
promise to her. He then sought
for a way of raising funds to
promote cancer research and
also help cancer survivors. He
decided that it would make
sense to launch PBB-BestBuy.com, a “Great Discount
Online Shopping” business .
This would also help to raise
money for his purpose while
also helping minority youth
achieve their goals.
The web site has since
become a way for ordinary
people, families and even students to make extra money.
He created an avenue to let
people register on the website,
create accounts, sell the product and get paid while letting
PBB-BestBuy.com
handle
the product shipping. While
this is new, this will empower
people to financial freedom as
well as being entrepreneurially hungry.
It is Obika’s aim to celebrate
the power of starting a business without the backing
of Wall Street or big banks.
Coming from the minority
population and having to always be okay with the status
quos was a major motivator as
well as other reasons for Obika to bring his vision to life.
Obika says he is as passionate as he is hard working, with the suffering of his
people at heart he seeks to
constantly be empowered
through this medium to extend all possible aids and support to people that need them.
This led to the establishment
of the birth of pbbbestbuy in
the spring of 2010, in Lowell
MA. PBB-BestBuy, in simple
terms, is an outlet that brings
luxurious products to the
reach of everyone including
the minority population at an
affordable price. Obika has
also successfully run businesses in Germany. Obika
has studied archeology and
history at UNN as well as received a management certificate while studying at Harzar
Academy in Dulmen Germany, and he is currently pursuing a BS in criminal justice at
Argosy University.
Obika decided when he
started he was going to put all
his heart and effort into this
business and was able to stay
strong and focused because
the enjoyment of his work. He
started gaining work experience at the age of 10yrs old,
where he helped his parents
in a multiple business carrier.
While in Germany his passion led to the opening of Al
and Obika group which also
was very successful, unfortunately family reasons led
to Obika having to leave that
behind.
For more details about
his online venture, visit www.
pbb-bestbuy.com •
impact, and the global perspective of its faculty, students
and alumni. The school also
has been ranked by Bloomberg
Businessweek, the Financial
Times, Forbes and U.S. News
& World Report for the quality
of its programs and the return
on investment it provides its
graduates. For more information about the UB School of
Management, visit mgt.buffalo.edu. •
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The findings also show that
school climate, whether perceived by teachers or by the
entire school population (students, teachers, administration), is critical. A positive
school climate is associated
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Finally, the results indicate that school composition
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"Our study confirms the
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“I got married there; my dad’s
shop was on 79th and Halsted.
I would remember Father [Michael] Pfleger coming to the
neighborhood and petitioning
to close down some of the liquor
stores. I really admired him for
his fight and fearlessness.”
She did not know that she
would later work with Father
Pfleger, a noted Chicago activist, years later.
He wasn’t the only celebrity who would enter her life.
She also developed a close
relationship with future basketball star Eddy Curry, who
was often a stable in the Henry
home.
“Our home was the house
that our kid’s friends would
hang out and feel comfortable
visiting,” Nova recalled She
By Mary L. Datcher
Special to the NNPA from the
Windy City Word
CHICAGO – It was a day
that no mother or father ever
wants to experience – a call
informing them that their child
has been murdered. The moment a child enters the world;
most parents take on the responsibility of protector, nurturer, provider and gatekeeper. Often, parents prepare themselves
for the tables to reverse when
one day they will be the ones
cared for by their adult children,
looked after and worldly provisions passed on to their heirs
along with their final wishes.
Yolan Corner didn’t have
the privilege. Nor did her
daughter, Nova Henry. Neither
will be able to see Nora’s daughter, Ava, march across the stage
to receive her college diploma
, participate in her wedding or
see Ava have children of her
own. These precious momentswere stolen the night Frederick
Goings murdered Nora, 24, and
her 10-month old daughter six
years ago in their South Loop
town house.
Instead of being paralyzed
by the tragedy, Yolan Corner
has used it to become a champion for families that are surviving violent crimes. Now
re-married, she reflects on how
her life has changed since that
tragic night in January 2009.
A constant tastemaker on the
House music scene, she is now
married to Chicago event promoter, Reggie Corner; folks
often call her by her nickname,
Loni House.
“Actually Loni House became about when I started a
Facebook page around 2008,”
she explained. “Reggie and I
Nova Henry and daughter had dreams cut short
began dating. When I started
that, I had moved into House
music. I’m with Reggie now;
so I thought about ‘House’ because I like House music. Then,
it dawned on me, that’s really my maiden name because
my biological father’s name is
House.”.
Growing up on the Southside of Chicago, she spent time
between her grandparent’s
home in a middle class neighborhood in Cleveland and Chicago. After her grandmother
became ill, she returned to Chicago to live with her mother.
“Growing up, I remember myself saying when I was
a little girl, whenever someone
would ask my name, I would reply, ‘My name is Yolan and I’m
Black and I’m proud!’ I remember hearing this James Brown
song, which was always play-
ing in my mother’s house. So
when someone would ask me
my name, that’s how I would
always, respond. Every since
then, I grew up always having
my own opinion. That was kind
of the beginning of me trying to
do some things.”
During her senior year at
Thorndale High School, she
discovered that she was pregnant, prompting her transfer to
a school for unwed mothers.
As fate would have it, she was
repeating a path etched by her
mother. Instead of realizing her
dreams of attending college and
becoming an entertainment
lawyer, she began making a living by working in her parent’s
beauty and barber shop as a
hairstylist.
“Every weekend, I had to
be at work. That’s how I got
into doing hair,” she explained.
How to Help a Loved One
Get through a Tough Time
Duke
continued from front
Filled with gorgeous
photographs and moving interviews with darker-skinned
women by awardwinning
writer Shelia P. Moses, this
thoughtful, sophisticated, alluring, and uplifting collection
captures the elegance of dark
skin – joyfully showcasing
that people truly are beautiful
for who they are.
Director, producer, and
writer BILL DUKE is the godfather of African-American
cinema. He was recently honored with a Lifetime Achievement Tribute from the Directors Guild of America, placing
him in the company of directors like Stephen Spielberg
and Clint Eastwood. Duke’s
productions include “Miami
Vice,” “Cagney & Lacey,”
“Sister Act 2,” “American Gigolo,” “Get Rich or Die Tryin’,”
“A Rage in Harlem,” “Predator,” and many more. He has
degrees from Boston University, New York University’s
Tisch School of the Arts and
the American Film Institute. •
Detroit
continued from front
(StatePoint)
Whether
self-induced or unavoidable,
there are a host of pitfalls that
life can throw one’s way, and
everyone faces a crisis at some
point in his or her life. When it
happens to a friend or family
member, knowing how to be
supportive can be difficult.
“One of the grandest
gifts we can extend to friends
and family who are in trouble
is the gift of our time,” says
Beth Wiseman, author of the
new novel “The Promise,”
based on a friend’s experience
being held captive in Pakistan.
Wiseman, who worked
with government agencies to
help extract her friend from a
dangerous situation and then
supported her upon her return
to the States, is offering tips
to anyone looking for ways of
being helpful to someone going through a tough time.
• Be present: When one
is at the center of a crisis, it’s
often hard to see the light for
all of the darkness. Friends
and family can help that person see past the “now” of a
situation toward what the future can bring.
You can be a source of
positive encouragement and
a reminder that things won’t
always be this way. Your
troubled friend may simply
need a sounding board. Identify in what capacity you can
be helpful and then fulfill that
role.
• Give your time: So often, our time is limited and
precious, which makes it
worth more than monetary offerings. Perhaps that is cooking a meal, running errands
on his or behalf, or babysitting. These favors can give
someone a chance to just “be.”
• Don’t say “I told you
so:” No one needs to hear
advice on how he could have
avoided a bad situation after
the fact, particularly when he
is suffering. You don’t need
to agree with someone’s decisions or actions to find ways
of being supportive. So skip
the “I told you so.”
• Be patient: Often
times, when people are going
through a rough patch, they
may need space more than
help. Approach the situation
delicately and thoughtfully so
you are not adding to his or
her stress.
• Have perspective: In
the thick of it, don’t forget
that trauma can be life changing and often has a silver lining. We are stronger than we
think.
“It’s how we react, endure, and survive that will
mold our future, not the actual
event itself,” says Wiseman.
For more information
about Wiseman’s new novel,
“The Promise,” and the author, visit www.BethWiseman.com.
Being more than just a
fair weather friend is not always easy, but it’s important.
The next time a loved one is in
need, tread lightly to discover
the best way you can help him
or her through it. •
Bellant says he tells
young people in his northeast
Detroit neighborhood, where
he is block club president, No
one is coming to reduce and
develop anything for you.
“Everything they’re doing
is for themselves and they’re
bringing in non-Detroiters to
do it.”
Revitalization in Detroit
manifests in two spheres: project/business development and
the arts.
The Kresge Foundation
has funded hundreds of Detroit artists over the years, but
has been criticized by many
community artists for their
mostly white male winners of
the Kresge Arts grants.
Poet, author and book
publisher jessica Care moore,
a Detroit native and national
figure, has been turned down
by Kresge five times. She says
noticed the platonic friendship that the two young adults
shared soon turned romantic.
Between Curry’s transition
from college to professional
basketball, he moved Nova
into his home, where Nova
eventually became pregnant
with the couple’s first child,
Noah.
Ecstatic about the impending arrival of her first
grandchild, Loni noticed a
change in her daughter.
“Something
in
her
changed; her self esteem was
low, which I had not seen in
her,” Loni remembered.
Suspecting her husband
of infidelity, Nova moved out
and began rebuilding her life. •
she’s heard the complaints of
local artists.
“You never know what
the judges are looking for,”
says moore, adding that this
year, the foundation had
the most “Black faces” — a
change from previous years.
Detroit writer dream
hampton was a 2014 Kresge
winner, as was moore’s nephew.
“I’m happy for whoever
wins,” says moore, but, “White
guys are getting all the artists
grants.”
However, it’s not just a
Detroit problem, it’s a national
problem, she says.
Over 80 percent of working artists in the U.S. are white
males, according to a 2012
U.S. Census Bureau survey.
Just working with that
percentage, moore says, foundations should go out of their
way to fund Black voices.
“If I see a lack of funding
in anything, it’s Black women’s
voices,” said moore, founder of
Black Women Rock.
BWR has been the headline event for Women’s History Month at the Charles H.
Wright Museum of African
American history for the past
10 years.
“You would think something like BWR that speaks
to the positive image of Black
girls and women (there’d be
some funding),” moore said.
“But not a dollar from the corporations, foundations, cancer,
tampons, nobody. And some
of these representatives have
been to the show. We perform
in the General Motors Auditorium.”
ALEX B. HILL GRAPH
Moore says if it weren’t for
Juanita Moore, director of
the CHWMAAH and Njia
Kai, programming and special events director for Midtown/downtown events, she
wouldn’t get work in this city.
“If I had to depend on work in
Detroit to survive, my son and
I would be homeless.”
But there’s a greater expectation from Detroit, moore
says.
“(W)e’re in a Black city.
The national problem shouldn’t
be our problem,” she said.
The Living Word
Psalm 118:1-5 (NLV)
New Life Version
A Prayer of Thanks
1: Give thanks to the
Lord, for He is good.
His loving-kindness lasts
forever.
2: Let Israel say, “His
loving-kindness lasts
forever.” 3: Let the house of
Aaron say, “His lovingkindness lasts forever.” 4: Let those who fear the
Lord say, “His lovingkindness lasts forever.” •
“I’m not attacking Kresge.
I think what they’re doing is
great; I just think they could do
better — although they’re doing better than most of them.”
Moore says she hopes the
recipients of grants become
more representative of the city.
“They’re going to lose
all of us and I don’t think you
want all the hipsters to be your
artists. I’m going to argue,
white kids love our art too,”
she said. “I pray it gets better,
and they don’t lose the soul of
what this city is about… Black
artists have put this city on the
map.”
Cynthia Shaw, communications director for Kresge,
says the foundation was disturbed by the disparities in
Hill’s findings.
“Kresge is a national
foundation with the goal of expanding opportunities for lowincome people in America’s
cities,” she wrote in an email.
“That goal drives our grantmaking and social investing.
We have a dedicated Detroit
program because Detroit is our
home town. So, we take notice
of data like that produced by
Mr. Hill (and others).”
Shaw pointed out that
Kresge does not, however,
award grants to individuals —
their charter prohibits it — but
funds such as their Kresge
Artist Fellows and Eminent
Artists as well as the Detroit
Revitalization Fellows —
(shown in Hill’s research) —
are a part of large grants to the
College for Creative studies
and Wayne State University,
respectively.
“These entities must by
law (per the IRS) have complete authority in making the
selections of the award recipients. We do ask that the independent panels they compose,
to make the awards, be diverse
as far as race and ethnicity and
professional expertise,” she
said. “Though race is a factor
in many of the issues the region faces, Kresge is trying its
best to make grants and social
investments to expand opportunities for low-income people
of all races.” •
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Chiller Replacement
for Oak Grove
Elementary School
Durham Public Schools/
Durham County
Sealed bids from licensed contractors will
be received by Durham Public Schools,
Durham, North Carolina on Tuesday,
December 2nd, 2014 for furnishing
of labor, material and equipment for
the chiller replacement at Oak Grove
Elementary School project, 3810 Wake
Forest Road, Durham, North Carolina,
27703. Bids will be received up to 3:00
PM from Single Prime bidders at which
time and place all bids will be publicly
opened and read aloud. Deliver bids to
Durham Public Schools, Construction
and Capital Planning Office located
at 2011 Hamlin Road, Durham, North
Carolina 27704.
y y No bid may be withdrawn after the
scheduled closing time for the receipt of
bids for a period of sixty (60) days.
yy Bid security required is 5% of the bid in
cash, certified check, or Bid Bond.
yy Performance and Payment Bonds in the
amount of 100% of the contract amount
will be required.
yy Durham Public Schools reserves the
right to reject any and all bids and to
waive informalities or irregularities.
Minority Business Participation: Bidders
shall note that compliance with County
of Durham M/WBE policies and the
North Carolina Statute 143-128.2 ( c ) are
required for this project.
Project scope: Includes removal of
existing water cooled chiller, installation
of new air cooled chiller and associated
piping, pump, electrical, controls and
general construction.
Pre-Bid Conference: Scheduled for
Thursday, November 13th, 2014 at 2:00 pm
at the Durham Public Schools Maintenance
Services Building located at 2011 Hamlin
Road, Durham, NC 27704. Inspection of
the site shall be scheduled immediately
after the Pre-Bid Conference. The project
Architect or Architect’s representative will
be available to answer questions. It is
mandatory that prime bidders attend the
entire Pre-Bid Conference and visit the site
prior to bidding.
Statement of Qualifications: Each proposal
shall be accompanied by a statement
of qualifications that demonstrates
experience in at least five (5) projects of
similar scope within the past three (3)
years with references.
Bidders may obtain a hard copy of the
plans and specifications at their own
expense from:
Document Imaging Systems
231 E. Johnson Street, Units E, F & G
Cary, NC 27513-4010
(919) 460-9440
www.documentimagingsystems.com
Plans and specifications are also open for
inspection at the following locations:
yy McGraw-Hill Construction Dodge Plan
Rooms in Raleigh and Charlotte, NC
yy Carolinas AGC, Inc. Plan Rooms in
Raleigh, Greensboro and Charlotte, NC
yy Construction Market Data offices in
Cary, NC
yy Hispanic Contractors Association of the
Carolinas in Raleigh, NC
yy Reed Construction Data Center in
Raleigh, NC
M/WBE businesses may view plans at the
following locations:
yy NC Institute of Minority Economic
Development at 114 W. Parrish Street,
Durham
y y City of Durham, Dept. of Equal
Opportunity/Equity Assurance at 302
Pettigrew Street, Durham
Signed: Dr. Bert L’Homme, Superintendent
Durham Public Schools, Durham, North Carolina
REQUEST FOR
QUALIFICATIONS
OWASA CIP #270-26
Raw Water
Permanganate Facilities
Engineering Services
Deadline:
November 11, 2014 @ 2 PM
Contact:
[email protected]
Firms are invited to submit a written
statement of qualifications to provide
engineering services for Raw Water
Permanganate Facilities. This project
will provide permanganate storage and
feed systems at the University Lake
and Cane Creek Reservoir Raw Water
Pump Stations. OWASA intends that
design and permitting of this project be
completed by fall 2015. The full RFQ is
available at http://www.owasa.org/bidopportunities.
Major tasks include review of design
criteria; design of tank pads, containment
areas, chemical feed systems, yard
lighting, grading/sitework, off-loading
area with containment, eye wash and
other appurtenances; permit acquisition;
schedule and cost estimation; bid
document preparation; construction
administration and inspection.
Evaluations will be based on how well a
submittal demonstrates the qualifications
and experience of the project manager
and project team in successfully
completing chemical feed and storage
system design and permitting and related
tasks. OWASA intends to select a firm in
November 2014 and to issue Notice to
Proceed for design services in January
2015.
All questions regarding the RFQ must
be emailed to Vishnu Gangadharan at
[email protected].
Advertisement for Bids
Ricks Hall Renovation and
Utilities Upgrades
North Carolina
State University
Raleigh, North Carolina
New Atlantic Contracting, Inc. is hereby
soliciting quotations from MBE/WBE/
DBE firms for the above-referenced
project that involves renovations to
approximately 10,230 SF of building and
associated site drainage work.
Our goal is to maximize HUB participation
in the project and we would greatly
appreciate your involvement in these
efforts. Please fax your quotes to our
office no later than Noon on Thursday,
November 13, 2014 or, if you prefer, you
can email your quotation directly to our
bid room email account at [email protected].
Project bid documents may be viewed at
the following locations:
yy New Atlantic Contracting, Inc. online
ShareFile Website at http://www.newatlantic.net
yy Online for iSqFt subscribers at http://
www.iSqFt.com
yy Online for McGraw-Hill / F.W. Dodge
subscribers at http://www.dodge.
construction.com
yy Online for Reed Construction Data
subscribers at http://www.reedconstruc
tiondata.com
yy Online for HCAC subscribers at http://
www.hcacarolinas.org
yy NCIMED Plan & Resource Center at
114 W. Parrish Street (5 th Floor) in
Durham, NC
yy The NCSU Plan Room at 2701 Sullivan
Drive (Room 324) in Raleigh, NC
yy The Raleigh Business & Tech Center
at 900 S. Wilmington Street in Raleigh,
NC
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REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS
OWASA CIP # 276-47
LITTLE CREEK INTERCEPTOR
REPLACEMENT
Deadline: Nov. 13, 2014 @ 2 PM
SOLICITATION
Orange Water and Sewer Authority
(OWASA) is soliciting Applications for
Bidder Prequalification for the purpose
of obtaining qualified contractors for the
Little Creek Interceptor Replacement
Project.
Only applicants that have been
prequalified in accordance with this RFQ
will be allowed to submit bids for these
contracts. Bids received by those who
have not been prequalified under the
terms of this RFQ will not be considered
and will be returned unopened.
NOTE: The March 2013 RFQ event for
“Little Creek Interceptor Replacement
and Bolinwood Drive Interceptor
Replacement” has been rendered
invalid by recent amendments to NCGS
143-135.8. Applicants to the March
RFQ will need to resubmit under the
revised RFQ.
A complete copy of the RFQ is posted
on the OWASA website at www.owasa.
org under the ‘What We Do/Product and
Service Bidders’ webpage or may be
obtained by request by emailing
[email protected].
The completed application must be
submitted no later than 2:00 P.M. on
November 13, 2014. OWASA plans to
complete the prequalification process and
post results on the OWASA website on
December 3, 2014.
The current estimated construction cost
range of the project is $690,000
to $830,000. The Project includes,
but is not limited to, the furnishing of
labor, materials, and equipment for the
construction of approximately 1,220
feet of 16-inch gravity sewer; manholes;
stream crossings; connections with
existing sewer lines, sewer services
and Rogerson Drive Pump Station;
abandonment of the existing 12-inch
interceptor and manholes; and associated
work and appurtenances.
ORANGE WATER AND
SEWER AUTHORITY
Vishnu Gangadharan, P.E. –
Utilities Engineer
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Sealed informal bids will be received
by County of Wake in the Purchasing
Department, Room 2900, Wake County
Justice Center, 301 South McDowell
Street, Raleigh, N.C. 27601 for providing
labor, material and equipment and
entering into a contract for the FY CDBG
2013/14 Community Development
Project Sidewalk Improvements –
Apex Second Street Improvements.
Sealed bids will be received until 2:00 pm,
December 2, 2014.
The Project consists of approximately
975 linear feet of street improvements
including sidewalk, curb and gutter, and
storm drainage improvements.
For additional information regarding this
project, please contact:
Complete plans and specifications can
be obtained from the Project Engineer,
The Wooten Company, 120 N. Boylan
Av e n u e , R a l e i g h , N C 2 7 6 0 3 f o r a
nonrefundable plan deposit of seventyfive dollars ($75.00). Complete contract
documents can be reviewed online at
McGraw Hill Dodge Company, Reed
Construction Data, Hispanic Contractors
Association of the Carolinas, CDC News,
Construction Journal and www.aeplans.
com.
Mark Harrod – Senior Estimator
New Atlantic Contracting, Inc.
2635 Reynolda Road
Winston-Salem, NC 27106
This project is a portion of the FY2013/14
Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) Program that is financed with
CDBG funds and a local match.
Email [email protected]
Phone 336.759.7440
Fax 336.759.7445
Web www.new-atlantic.net
The Owner is an Equal Opportunity
Employer and encourages bidding by
small, minority and female contractors
and does not discriminate on the basis of
handicapped status. Bids from qualified
minority and/or woman owned business
enterprises (M/WBE) are encouraged.
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Baker Mechanical, Inc. Seeking Minority
prices for work relating to HVAC.
Contact: John Williams
P.O. Box 2284
Wilson, NC 27894-2284
Telephone: (252) 291- 4460
Fax No.: (252) 291- 7204
Wake County reserves the right to reject
any or all bids and to waive informalities
and irregularities.
WAKE COUNTY
Thomas Covington, Project Manager
Facilities Design and Construction
LEGAL NOTICE/REQUEST
FOR PROPOSALS
The Robeson Community College
B o a r d o f Tr u s t e e s r e p r e s e n t i n g
Robeson Community College, a public
supported community college of North
Carolina, is soliciting proposals to secure
qualified service providers to
transport adults enrolled in Robeson
Community College’s College and
Career Readiness Program to and from
class sites. There will be a mandatory
Pre-Bid Meeting on the Campus of
Robeson Community College on
November 14, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in
the RCC Boardroom (Building 15).
Attendance is mandatory. Request for
Proposals and all related documents
will be issued at this meeting. All
proposal responses must be received no
later than Monday, November 24, 2014
at 5:00 p.m. Please call 910-272-3533 or
910-272-3536 with any questions.
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Pursuant to NCGS 143-129, sealed
proposals will be received by the
Fayetteville Public Works Commission
of the City of Fayetteville, North
Carolina, until 10:00 a.m., Tuesday,
December 2, 2014 in Conference Room
#107 on the 1st floor of the, PWC
Administration Building, located at 955
Old Wilmington Road, Fayetteville,
North Carolina, at which time they will be
publicly opened and read for construction
of the following:
Roof ReplacementS
on PWC Buildings
Any Proposal received subsequent to
that time will be promptly returned to the
Bidder unopened. A mandatory pre-bid
conference, for general contractors
submitting bids, will be held at 10:00 a.m.,
Tuesday, November 18, 2014, in the
PWC Administration Conference Room
#107, 1 st floor, PWC Administration
Building, 955 Old Wilmington Road,
Fayetteville, North Carolina. Site visits
will be scheduled at the pre-bid conference.
Plans and specifications, including
Contract Documents, are open to public
inspection in the PWC Purchasing
Department, 1st floor, Administration
Building, 955 Old Wilmington Road,
Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Plans and specifications, including
Contract Documents, will be available
o n r e q u e s t f r o m t h e P u b l i c Wo r k s
Commission’s Purchasing Department,
1st Floor, PWC Administration Building,
955 Old Wilmington Road, Fayetteville,
NC.
All bidders are notified that North
Carolina Statutory Provisions (NCGS
Chapter 87, Article 1) as to licensing
of Contractors will be observed in
receiving, reading and awarding the
Contracts. Contractors shall submit their
license number with their proposal.
Each Proposal shall be accompanied by
cash, cashier's check, or certified check
drawn on a bank insured by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation or Savings
Association Insurance Fund. Checks
shall be made payable to the Public Works
Commission of the City of Fayetteville,
North Carolina, in an amount not less
than five percent (5%) of the total bid as
a guarantee that a Contract, if awarded,
will be entered into. In lieu thereof, a Bid
Bond which conforms to the provisions
of G.S. 143-129 as amended by Chapter
1104 of the Public Laws of 1951, may be
submitted by the Bidder.
The successful bidder shall be required to
submit a separate Performance Bond and
Payment Bond in an amount equal to
100% of the contract amount guaranteeing
faithful performance of the contract and
payment to all persons supplying labor
and/or materials for the construction of
the project.
Public Works Commission of the City of
Fayetteville reserves the right to reject
any or all Proposals.
PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION
Gloria B. Wrench
Purchasing Manager
Advertisement FOR BIDS
“Haren Construction Company, Inc.
is seeking qualified Minority/Women
Owned Business Enterprises for
construction of the Water Transmission
Improvements project for the City
of Winston-Salem, NC. Subcontractor
and supplier opportunities include but
not limited to: Erosion Control, Stone
Hauling, Seeding & Mulching, Tunneling
and Jack & Bore. Quotes received by
E.O.B. November 11, 2014. Please contact
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Chiller Replacement
for Forest View
Elementary School
Durham Public Schools/
Durham County
Sealed bids from licensed contractors will
be received by Durham Public Schools,
Durham, North Carolina on Tuesday,
December 2nd, 2014 for furnishing
of labor, material and equipment for
the chiller replacement at Forest View
Elementary School project, 3007 Mount
Sinai Road, Durham, North Carolina,
27705. Bids will be received up to 3:00
PM from Single Prime bidders at
which time and place all bids will be
publicly opened and read aloud. Deliver
bids to Durham Public Schools,
Construction and Capital Planning
Office located at 2011 Hamlin Road,
Durham, North Carolina 27704.
yy No bid may be withdrawn after the
scheduled closing time for the receipt
of bids for a period of sixty (60) days.
yy Bid security required is 5% of the bid
in cash, certified check, or Bid Bond.
yy Performance and Payment Bonds in the
amount of 100% of the contract amount
will be required.
yy Durham Public Schools reserves the
right to reject any and all bids and to
waive informalities or irregularities.
Minority Business Participation: Bidders
shall note that compliance with County
of Durham M/WBE policies and the
North Carolina Statute 143-128.2 ( c ) are
required for this project.
Project scope: Includes removal of
existing water cooled chiller, installation
of new air cooled chiller and associated
piping, pump, electrical, controls and
general construction.
Pre-Bid Conference: Scheduled for
Thursday, November 13th, 2014 at 2:00 pm
at the Durham Public Schools Maintenance
Services Building located at 2011 Hamlin
Road, Durham, NC 27704. Inspection of
the site shall be scheduled immediately
after the Pre-Bid Conference. The project
Architect or Architect’s representative will
be available to answer questions. It is
mandatory that prime bidders attend the
entire Pre-Bid Conference and visit the site
prior to bidding.
Statement of Qualifications: Each proposal
shall be accompanied by a statement
of qualifications that demonstrates
experience in at least five (5) projects of
similar scope within the past three (3)
years with references.
Bidders may obtain a hard copy of the
plans and specifications at their own
expense from:
Document Imaging Systems
231 E. Johnson Street, Units E, F & G
Cary, NC 27513-4010
(919) 460-9440
www.documentimagingsystems.com
Plans and specifications are also open for
inspection at the following locations:
yy McGraw-Hill Construction Dodge Plan
Rooms in Raleigh and Charlotte, NC
yy Carolinas AGC, Inc. Plan Rooms in
Raleigh, Greensboro and Charlotte, NC
yy Construction Market Data offices in
Cary, NC
yy Hispanic Contractors Association of the
Carolinas in Raleigh, NC
yy Reed Construction Data Center in
Raleigh, NC
M/WBE businesses may view plans at the
following locations:
yy NC Institute of Minority Economic
Development at 114 W. Parrish Street,
Durham
y y City of Durham, Dept. of Equal
Opportunity/Equity Assurance at 302
Pettigrew Street, Durham
Signed: Dr. Bert L’Homme, Superintendent
Durham Public Schools, Durham, North Carolina
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
State Utility Contractors, Inc. solicits
subcontract proposals for the following
work: Erosion Control, Asphalt Paving
Repairs, Seeding & Mulching, Material
Hauling, Concrete Repair, Manhole
Supply, Rock Excavation, Pipe & Misc.
Supply,66”Tunnel-Guaranteed,Clearing,
Bore & Jack, Stone Supply for Water
Transmission System Improvements
Near Thomas Water Treatment Plant
And Winston Salem State University,
Contract B, Winston Salem, NC. The
bid date for this project is November 12,
2014 at 2:00 p.m. Minority businesses
are encouraged to submit proposals for
this work. If additional information is
needed, please contact Justin Collins at
(704) 289-6400. EOE M/F
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INVITATION FOR BIDS
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
CITY OF STATESVILLE
BUNCOMBE COUNTY BOARD
OF EDUCATION
Yates Construction Co., Inc. is soliciting
bid for WBE/MBE participation for the
City of Winston-Salem – 28 th Street
Drainage Improvements and Sewer
and Water Rehabilitation.
T H E C I T Y O F S TAT E S V I L L E I S
CURRENTLY ADVERTISING TO
FILL THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS.
A P P L I C A N T S M U S T A P P LY AT
WWW.CI.STATESVILLE.NC.US.
Sealed proposals from bidders will be
received by The Buncombe County
Board of Education in the Executive
Conference Room of the Office of The
Buncombe County Board of Education,
175 Bingham Road, Asheville, North
Carolina no later than 2:00 pm EST,
November 12, 2014 for single prime
contracts for the furnishing of labor,
materials, and equipment entering into the
construction of Administrative Services
Areas H and D2 Roof Replacement.
Request for bids and proposals can be
viewed at the schools system’s website
www.buncombe.k12.nc.us, under
Services, on the Purchasing page. Copies
can also be obtained from Buncombe
County Schools, Board of Education
offices, 175 Bingham Road, Asheville,
NC 28806, attention Mr. Ron Venturella,
during normal office hours.
The Buncombe County Board of
Education reserves the right to reject any
or all bids for any or no reason, and to
waive informalities.
By: The Buncombe County Board
of Education
Bob Rhinehart, Chairman.
Request for
Qualifications for
Architectural Services
for the Court
Services/Sheriff’s
Department Expansion
The County of Nash, North Carolina
requests Qualification proposals from
a rc h i t e c t u r a l f i r m s t o p ro v i d e
Architectural Services for the Nash
C o u n t y C o u r t h o u s e / S h e r i f f ’s
Department Expansion located at 234
W. Washington Street, Nashville, NC
27856.
A complete description of the Request
for Qualifications shall be obtained from
Dawn Hall, Project Coordinator directly.
Please direct all questions pertaining to
this project to Mrs. Hall, and submit RFQ
to the following address Dawn Hall,
Project Coordinator 120 W. Washington
Street, Suite 2004, Nashville, NC 27856
Or by emailing Dawn.Hall@nashcounty
nc.gov You may also visit www.co.nash.
nc.us and click on “Bid Postings” on the
left to view the full RFQ.
All Qualification packages will be
received until 4:00 PM on November
25, 2014, in accordance with applicable
provisions of North Carolina General
Statutes and Nash County ordinances
and policies. The County reserves the
right to reject any and all submittals.
Nash County encourages Qualifications
from Small, Minority and Female-owned
businesses; and does not discriminate
based on handicap status.
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Central Builders, Inc. of Rocky Mount,
N.C. is soliciting quotations and
participation from MBE/WBE/DBE/
HUB subcontractors and suppliers on the
City of Enfield, N.C. Phase 2 Water
System Improvements project. This
project will be bid on November 20,
2014, and quotations for materials and
supplies and subcontract proposals must
be received in our office by November
19, 2014. We are willing to break down
or combine elements of subcontract work
and in that regard we solicit subcontract
proposals for clearing and grading,
hauling, silt fence and erosion control,
seeding and mulching, horizontal
directional drilling, pipe installation,
water services, concrete sidewalks, etc.
We will provide assistance to qualified
subcontractors in such areas as bonding,
insurance, joint payment agreements,
and quick pay agreements to meet cash
flow needs. Plans are available for
review at our office, in the AGC and
Dodge plan rooms, and may be secured
from the Project Engineer, Engineering
Services, P.A., P.O. Box 1849, Garner,
NC 27529, Telephone 919/662-7272.
Interested parties may contact Brent
Phillips, Central Builders, Inc., P.O.
Box 1679, Rocky Mount, NC 27802,
Telephone 252/442-8047, Fax 252/4464793. [email protected].
STUDENT SUCCESS
CENTER DIRECTOR
LAUNDRY SERVICES FOR
DURHAM COUNTY EMERGENCY
MEDICAL SERVICES
Items of work include:
Hauling, Surveying, Traffic Control,
Seeding & Mulching, Erosion Control,
Clearing & Grubbing, Decorative
Fence, Remove & Replace Chain
Link Fence, Chain Link Double
Swing Gate, Handrails, Cleaning/
CCTV Inspection, Shrubs, Trees
& Plants, Removal of Pavement/
Concrete Driveway/Sidewalk/Granite
Curb/Curb & Gutter, Install 4”
Concrete Sidewalk, 6” Concrete
Driveway, Concrete Curb & Gutter
2’-6” Granite Curb and Concrete
Ramps 6” Thick
Pursuant to North Carolina General
Statutes 143-129, the County of
Durham will receive proposals for
Laundry Services for Durham County
Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
until 2:00 P.M., on December 16,
2014, in the Durham County Purchasing
Division’s Conference Room, 200 East
Main Street, 4th Floor, Durham, North
Carolina 27701. No proposals will be
accepted after the official time and date.
Please send quotations to Bobby Yates at
9220 NC 65 Stokesdale, NC 27357, or
FAX to (336) 548-1903 at least 4 hours
before the bid on Tuesday, November 11,
2014 at 2:00 PM.
A Pre-Proposal Conference will be held on
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at 10:00
A.M., in Durham County Purchasing
Division’s Conference Room, 200 East
Main Street, 4th Floor, Durham, North
Carolina 27701.
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
C. M. Lindsay & Sons, Inc.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Is seeking subcontractor/supplier quotes
from NCDOT Certified DBE/MBE/WBE
contractors for the following projects
CONTRACT ID
C203494
COUNTY:
MONTGOMERY
The above listed projects include but are
not limited to grading drainage, paving,
and structures. Specific items include
surveying, clearing & grubbing, concrete
curb & gutter, guardrail, water line
work, storm water piping, box culvert,
masonry drainage structures woven wire
and chain link fence, permanent and work
zone signs, portable concrete barrier,
pavement markings, traffic signal, erosion
control items and seeding, sub drain
pipe, sewer line.
Plans and specifications can be viewed
at our office in Lumberton, NC. Or the
NCDOT Office in Raleigh, NC.
Quotes and Sub Bids should be submitted
to our office by November 17, 2014.
Quotes can be faxed to 910-739-2820,
by email to [email protected] or by
phone 910-739-8988. Attention: C. M.
Lindsay, Jr.
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Sealed bids will be received by the Wake
County Public School System Purchasing
Department at 1551 Rock Quarry Road,
Raleigh, NC 27610, until 4:00 PM, EST,
November 24, 2014.
K-12 READING TRAINING
Complete specifications and bid forms are
available on the state’s IPS (Interactive
Purchasing System) website at https://
www.ips.state.nc.us/ips/. When making
inquiries, please refer to BID #251-15197.
The Wake County Board of Education
reserves the right to reject any or all
proposals reviewed pursuant to this
advertisement for bids.
This 6th day of November, 2014.
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Sealed bids will be received by the Wake
County Public School System Purchasing
Department at 1551 Rock Quarry Road,
Raleigh, NC 27610, until 4:00 PM, EST,
November 24, 2014.
K-12 WRITING TRAINING
Complete specifications and bid forms are
available on the state’s IPS (Interactive
Purchasing System) website at https://
www.ips.state.nc.us/ips/. When making
inquiries, please refer to BID #251-15196.
The Wake County Board of Education
reserves the right to reject any or all
proposals reviewed pursuant to this
advertisement for bids.
This 6th day of November, 2014.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
(RFP No. 15-009)
Copies of the solicitation may be obtained
in the Durham County Purchasing
Division, County Administrative
Complex, 200 East Main Street, 4th
Floor, Durham, North Carolina, from 8:30
A.M, until 5:00 P.M., Monday through
Friday. An electronic copy of this RFP
can be obtained by sending your request to
[email protected]. Questions
concerning administrative matters should
be directed to Rishanda Fowler, Buyer, at
(919) 560-0041.
The County reserves the right to accept or
reject, in whole or in part, such proposals
as appears in its judgment to be in the best
interest of the County.
Publication Date: November 6, 2014
INVITATION TO BID
MWBE/SDBE SUBCONTRACTORS
Type of Position: Full-Time
Hiring Range: $53,500 - $60,000
(Based on experience)
Application Deadline: Open until Filled
Minimum Qualifications:
Master’s degree in advising, counseling,
higher education administration, student
development or related field required.
Three years of advising experience in
a higher education setting required.
Demonstrated excellent communication
skills. Supervisory experience preferred.
Visit the employment opportunities on
our website at www.wilsoncc.edu for an
application and additional information
or contact Human Resources at (252)246-1410.
EOE/ADA
PRofessional
Vance County
Recruitment
Announcement
Position:
County Manager
Salary:
Negotiable DOQ
Application Deadline:
Open until filled
APPLICANTS MUST APPLY BY 5:00
P.M. ON THE DEADLINE DATE:
GENERAL SUPERVISOR
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/
STREET DIVISION
SALARY RANGE:
$34,154.02 - $56,353.65
AIRPORT MANAGER
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
SALARY RANGE:
$52,983.63 - $87,423.23
POSITIONS OPEN UNTIL FILLED
EOE
POSITIONS AVAILABLE AT
JAMES SPRUNT
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
VICE PRESIDENT OF COLLEGE
A D VA N C E M E N T – M u s t h a v e a
Master’s Degree in Marketing, Public
Relations, English/Journalism, or related
area. Considerable mid-level or higher
administrative experience in marketing,
public relations, fund-raising, research,
planning and institutional effectiveness.
This position will require residence in
the service area of the College (Duplin
County) within 8 months of accepting
the position.
VICE PRESIDENT OF STUDENT
SERVICES–MusthaveaMaster’sdegree
in Counseling, Student Development
Administration, Adult Education or
related field. Experience in administration
of programs providing services to
students, including planning, budgeting,
service development and delivery, and
evaluation. Experience in coordination
of services with internal and external
groups. Experience in coordination of
college educational programs and services
with external agencies and organizations.
This position will require residence in
the service area of the College (Duplin
County) within 8 months of accepting
the position.
Bar Construction Co., Inc. is soliciting
quotations for the following project:
Vance County is currently seeking a
The University of North Carolina
County Manager to perform complex
at Greensboro – Steam Distribution
executive work planning, directing &
System Replacement - Phase III. Bids
coordinating the overall operation of D I R E C T O R O F P U B L I C
are due at 3:00 pm on 11/20/2014.
the County; ensuring proper operations; INFORMATION AND PRINTED
Interested subcontractors should contact
staffing & budgeting; advising & assisting MEDIA – Must have a Bachelor’s Degree
Mike Schultz at 611-A Industrial Ave,
Greensboro, NC 27406, (336)-274-2477, the Commissioners on operations & in Journalism, English, Communications
governance; and related work as apparent
or [email protected].
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or assigned. Technical knowledge of the and word processing skills. Experience
governing process of federal, state, & local i n n e w s o r f e a t u r e w r i t i n g . S o m e
INVITATION TO BID
levels required.
experience in photography, including
MWBE/SDBE SUBCONTRACTORS
development and printing of black and
A Bachelor’s degree with emphasis white photographs. Some experience in
Bar Construction Co., Inc. is soliciting
in Public or Business Administration, publication design and desktop publishing.
quotations for the following project:
Economics, Finance, or related field is
JAYCEE PARK PARKING AND
INSTRUCTOR – BUSINESS
STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS. required; a Master’s degree is preferred. ADMINISTRATION(9months)–Must
Minimum
of
3
years’
experience
as
a
Bids are due at 2:00 pm on 11/25/2014.
County Manager; 5 years’ experience as have a MBA or Master ’s Degree in
Interested subcontractors should contact
a Deputy County Manager or comparable Business Field with 18 graduate hours
Mike Schultz at 611-A Industrial Ave,
Greensboro, NC 27406, (336)-274-2477, experience at other government levels; or in business administration. Excellent
at least 5 years of senior level management communications and human relations
or [email protected].
experience in Public or Business skills. Some directly related work
experience.
Administration.
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Fayetteville Technical Community
College
CLOSING
DATE:
Submit a letter of interest, detailed
Noon,
November
20, 2014
Yates Construction Co., Inc. is soliciting resume with references and a completed
PROJECTED
DATE
FayettevilletoTechnical
Community
College
bid for WBE/MBE participation for the Vance County application
Vance
EMPLOYMENT:
City of Greensboro, Contract 2012-66 County Human Resourcesis as
accepting
applicationsOF
in the
directed on
December
1, 2014
Jaycee Park Parking & Stormwater application.
the following position.
Improvements – RE-BID.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
GRANT
COORDINATOR
Additional information, candidate
profile,
AND ADDITIONAL
Items of work include: Hauling,
application
is available
INFORMATION
Landscaping, Grading, Tree Removal, and a county
For detailed
information
andat:
to apply,
please visit our LOCATED
electronic AT
www.vancecounty.org.
www.jamessprunt.edu/hr-jobs
Concrete, Removal of Sidewalk
employment portal at https://faytechcc.peopleadmin.com/
and Curb & Gutter, Catch Basins,
Equal Opportunity
Masonry, Removal of Electrical Lines Vance County is an
Questions?
Email us at
Fayetteville
Technical Community
College
Employer
and Light Poles, Erosion Control,
PO Box 35236 [email protected].
Traffic Control, Asphalt Pavement
Fayetteville, NC 28303
and Marking
This Employer Participates in E-Verify.
EOE/AAE. Member
www.faytechcc.edu
Phone: 910-678-8378
Este Empleador Participa en E-Verify
NC Community College System.
An Equal Opportunity Employer
Please send quotations to Bobby Yates at
9220 NC 65 Stokesdale, NC 27357, or
FAX to (336) 548-1903 at least 5 days
before the bid on Tuesday, November 25,
2014 at 2:00 PM.
PROFESSIONAL
educatION
Sampson Community
College
LITERACY INSTRUCTOR FOR
S P E C I A L N E E D S A D U LT S :
Bachelor’s Degree in Education with
experience teaching intellectual disability
students and the ability to work effectively
with diverse populations required.
Applicants must also have a valid NC
driver’s license.
Applications must be received by 4:00 p.m.
on Friday, November 14, 2014 and can be
downloaded at www.sampsoncc.edu. For
further information regarding the above
position contact:
Personnel Director
Sampson Community College
P.O. Box 318
Clinton, NC 28329
910-592-8081, Ext. 2005
[email protected]
In order to foster an organizational culture of quality, cooperation and engagement,
Vance-Granville Community College seeks to recruit and hire exceptional
employees. VGCC faculty and staff members are dedicated to our mission of
educating, inspiring and supporting a diverse community of learners to achieve
professional and personal success. If you have a passion for serving students and
your community, consider a career at VGCC. The following positions are
available:
Coordinator of Human Resources
Coordinator/Instructor of Law Enforcement & BLET
Instructor of Nursing (ADN Program)
Instructor of Nursing (PN Program)
Instructor for Radiography
Child Care Center Cook
Part-time Child Care Center Substitute
Part-time Commercial Cleaning Instructor for Prison Program
Part-time Integrated Software Instructor for Prison Program
For more information and to apply online, visit our website, www.vgcc.edu,
click on Human Resources then click on Search and Apply for Jobs.
Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
November 6 - November 12, 2014
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Fayetteville Technical Community College
Fayetteville Technical Community College
is accepting applications in the
the following position.
GRANT COORDINATOR
For detailed information and to apply, please visit our electronic
employment portal at https://faytechcc.peopleadmin.com/
Fayetteville Technical Community College
PO Box 35236
Fayetteville, NC 28303
www.faytechcc.edu Phone: 910-678-8378
An Equal Opportunity Employer
Appointments only:
Thank you, advertisers
and readers! We appreciate
your support!
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In order to foster an organizational culture of quality, cooperation and engagement,
Vance-Granville Community College seeks to recruit and hire exceptional
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REQUEST
FOR PROPOSALS of Law Enforcement & BLET
Coordinator/Instructor
RFP No. 15-012
Instructor of Nursing (ADN Program)
Pursuant to North Instructor
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Statutes 143-129, the County of Durham
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for Radiography
will receive proposals for Manhole
Inspection Services for Durham
ChildCounty
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Treatment
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Child
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until 2:00 P.M., on December 11, 2014 in
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the Durham
County
Purchasing Division,
200 East
Main Street,
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A Pre-Proposal Conference
be held Opportunity Employer
on November 12, 2014 at 10:00 A.M., in
Durham County Purchasing Division’s
Conference Room, 200 East Main Street,
4th Floor, Durham, North Carolina 27701.
Copies of the solicitation may be obtained
in the Durham County Purchasing
Division, County Administrative
Complex, 200 East Main Street, 4th
Floor, Durham, North Carolina, from 8:30
A.M, until 5:00 P.M., Monday through
Friday. An electronic copy of this RFP
can be obtained by sending your request
to [email protected].
Questions concerning administrative
matters should be directed to Anita
Satterfield Torian, at (919) 560-0741.
The County reserves the right to accept or
reject, in whole or in part, such proposals
as appears in its judgment to be in the best
interest of the County.
Publication Date: November 6, 2014
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