HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — Southwest High Point is home to some of the oldest infrastructure in the Triad, and a new grant will help modernize that part of the city from the elementary school to the sewer lines.
The Southwest Renewal Foundation is one of 105 entities nationwide to receive a chunk of a $1.6 billion Environmental Protection Agency Community Change Grant.
High Point City Councilwoman Monica Peters and Executive Director of the Southwest Renewal Foundation Dorothy Darr are a pair of changemakers.
“You can see it’s been a type of structural neglect. I think if areas are disinvested … sometimes they are marginalized,” Darr said.
SWRF was the lead applicant for the huge community change grant and was awarded $8.5 million.
With eight partners, including the school system, the city and other educational partners like Guilford Technical Community College, the plan for the grant money is multi-tiered, starting with supporting the community college and expanding trade training opportunities.