2012 Harambee Festival Friday May 4th and Saturday May 5th

2012 HARAMBEE FESTIVAL – MAY 4th and 5th (REVISED 4/27/12) FRIDAY, May 4                                                                                                                                                        Douglas Block Commercial Tenant Presentations at Theatre:                 Lawrence & Best Estate and Will Planning                             1:30 PM             The Bath Place Skin Care Seminar                                           2:30 PM             Cool Geek Google for Seniors                                                    3:00 PM Thelonious Monk Sign Dedication Ceremony in Theatre               5 PM – 6 PM Unveiling of Thelonious Monk Street Marker – Walk to Marker                              Reception at Four Seasons                    Monk’s Documentary                                                                                7 PM to 7:30 PM Thelonious  Monk Jazz Festival in Theatre (Capacity – 230)    7:30 PM to 9:30 PM Coco   Rouzier Band                                                                      7:30 PM– 8:30 PM The Winston  Band                                                                       8:30 PM– 9:30 PM SATURDAY, May 5                                                                                                                                                             Vendors Set-up                                                                                 8 AM – 11 AM Vendors Booths and Demonstrations                                           11 AM – 7 PM              Douglas Block Commercial Tenants Open House & Tours       11 A.M.      Douglas Block Documentary at Theatre by Rudolph Knight  1:00/1:30/2:00 PM   Harambee Kids Activities                                                                12 Noon – 6 PM Inflatables by Retho Williams     Harambee Music Festival                                                                (12 Noon – 8 PM)   Ote-Sha Creative Arts Ensemble – African Drummers  11:30 AM -12:30 PM Wanda Barnes – Gospel                                                         12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Electric Image                                                                             2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Cupid Shuffle Dance Off (Audience Participation)            3:30 PM – 3:45  PM Freddy Greene – Jazz                                                                3 :45 PM – 5:15 PM Wobble Line Dance (Audience Participation)         5:15 PM – 5:30 PM Plunky and Oneness– R&B                                                   5:30 PM – 7:00 PM   For more information: Contact Rocky Mount ECDC at 252-442-5178 or www.rmecdc.org

 

Breaking News: The Rocky Mount/Edgecombe Community Development Corporation Cordially Invites You To The Groundbreaking Celebration of The Bojangles Restaurant at The Crossing at 64

Response: Bojangles (expected Grand Opening in July) and another business that expects to open around Christmas the Edgecombe County side of Rocky Mount will bring some jobs and much needed revenue. The Crossing at 64 is going to take the Edgecombe County side of Rocky Mount to a whole new level.

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Rocky Mount NC – Crossing At 64 A Visual Of The Location

Since there was an article in the Rocky Mount Telegram “Crossing at 64 waits on businesses” I decided to do a visual of the location. I was in a hurry but I plan to do another visual soon.

Click on picture to watch video (12 mins. 56 secs.)

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Stay Tuned For More On The Crossing at 64 And Other New Businesses/Old Business In The Same Area

The DCN News Blog/Online TV will be doing a personal factual story within the next day or 2 on new businesses/old businesses on the Edgecombe County side of Rocky Mount side within a 2 mile radius of the Crossing of 64 in the Raleigh Street and Fairview Road areas. This is going to be my story and no one else. I am going to get my weapons out and I am going to show you just how damn good the area looks.

For the racist and those who simply do not want to see the Crossing at 64 exist, I can show you better than I can tell you how the area is a prime location.

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Hell Yeah I Said It, Now What? – Rocky Mount NC – Racism At Crossing at 64 Is Alive And Well

Crossing at 64 waits on businesses – Source: Rocky Mount Telegram 

Response from a comment posted on my blog.

I also think that the site would be a prime location given its proximity to Highway 64.  I asked a black friend of mine, who is a real estate agent, about this today.  She stated that potential tenants are scared off due to the fear of the "nearby criminal element." (her words)  She said that other businesses have to constantly call the RMPD due to loitering, shoplifting, drug activity, and unattended teenagers who cause trouble. Signed Binky

My response: Hell yeah this is a prime location and the problem is RACISM. If Mayor David Combs Realtor, Chambliss and Rabil and other white businessmen in Rocky Mount had gotten this Prime Piece of Property before Joyce Dickens it would have long been developed.

There has been a crime report done and the crime is no more than in other parts of the city. Obviously this ignant black real estate agent is ignant to the facts about the crime in Rocky Mount. So just because you spoke to this black friend of yours do not make it truth.

I dare you to look at the crime report and/or contact Joyce Dickens and others mentioned in the article in the Rocky Mount Telegram to get the real facts. It sounds as if your black friend has some issues with these folks because they are promoting false bill of goods. I damn sure hope they do better as a realtor but to tell you something like this they must be sorry as hell.

Ok Binky do your homework and report back.

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Rocky Mount NC – Attracting Business To The Crossing At 64

The following questions were sent to me. 

What are your thoughts on attracting businesses to the Crossing At 64?  There was an article in the Telegram about the issue, but I can’t read the online version because I’m not a subscriber.  Why do you think the city has been so unsuccessful in filling the spots?

Response: First of all over the years there were people working with the City of Rocky Mount Economic Development that was steering all business to the Nash County side of Rocky Mount. Since the Rocky Mount City Council has been a 4 – 3 black majority all kinds of hidden agendas have been brought to the forefront.

Send me the title of the article you are referring to because I subscribe to the Telegram and I will read it and respond to it. I tried to locate it but could not. Curmilus Dancy II – DCN Publisher

Incentives help draw businesses to Douglas Block–Source: Rocky Mount Telegram

Three new businesses are planning to move into the newly restored Douglas Block in downtown Rocky Mount in the coming months. (Paid Content)

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RBC Bank donates $50,000 to development corp. – Source: Rocky Mount Telegram

RALEIGH — RBC Bank has made a $50,000 contribution to the Rocky Mount/Edgecombe Community Development Corp. in support of the organization’s housing development center and its work. The nonprofit group’s Housing Development Center is housed in a former RBC Bank branch made available by the bank to Rocky Mount/Edgecombe Community Development Corp. in 2009. RBC Bank’s most recent donation of $50,000 is in addition to the bank’s $50,000 gift to the organization in 2010. (Read more)

Crossing at 64 to add restaurant

A mixed-use project in Edgecombe County that has been in the planning stages for more than a decade has signed its first tenant.

Last month, Tands Inc. finalized an agreement with Rocky Mount/Edgecombe Community Development Corp. to build a new Bojangles restaurant at the Crossing at 64 project on property where Business U.S. 64 crosses the U.S. 64 bypass. Business U.S. 64 also is known as Raleigh Street. (Read more @ The Rocky Mount Telegram)

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Rocky Mount NC – Two businesses slated to locate in Crossing at 64

A new food mart with gas pumps and a Bojangles restaurant are expected to be coming out of the ground in the next few months at the Crossing at 64 project.

The retail projects, which would create more than 60 jobs, would be the first businesses in the mixed-use project, which has been in the planning stages for a decade. (The Rocky Mount Telegram)