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Vol. 15 No. 3: 2010 National Outreach Scholarship Conference: Sustaining Authentic Engagement

The Wilson Bay Initiative, Riverworks, and the Sturgeon City Partnership: A Case Study for Building Effective Academic-Community Partnerships

Submitted
September 21, 2011
Published
2011-09-21

Abstract

This article describes North Carolina State University’s Sturgeon
City partnership, which has transformed an urban brownfield
site into a community civic, recreational, and learning resource.
The project was recognized in 2010 with the C. Peter Magrath
Community Engagement Award and the Outreach Scholarship
W. K. Kellogg Foundation Engagement Award for the Southern
Region.