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INVESTING IN ALAMANCE SMARTER
Impact Alamance invested $100,000 to support the Alamance Chamber and Alamance Economic Development Foundation’s Invest in Alamance 2.0 effort. The five-year economic development strategy has five key components:
• Job creation
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• Workforce development and talent attraction
• Small business and entrepreneurial development
• Community visioning
Medora Burke-Scoll went to work as a scientist after earning her master’s degree in biochemistry but soon realized she wanted to teach science. After taking education courses at UNC Greensboro and observing classes at Eastern Alamance High School, she found herself in a science classroom.
Eleven years later Burke-Scoll was named ABSS Teacher of the Year.
“I have made it my goal over the last 11 years to advocate for quality public schools,” Burke-Scoll told the Mebane Enterprise. “And that comes with funding and access to resources and equity amongst the schools in Alamance County.”
Burke-Scoll plans hands-on activities, trying to bring science to life for students in her class. Her goal is to teach students to put the scientific method into action – asking questions, making observations and testing theories with experiments.
Along with teacher-of-the-year honors, Burke-Scoll also received a $10,000 Impact Alamance grant for a classroom makeover and $2,000 for a professional development opportunity of her choice.
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They are designed to strengthen our economy, create jobs and ensure a prosperous future for all Alamance County residents. Technological innovation and shifting economic forces affect Alamance County, playing a vital role in the well-being of the county’s employers.
“The contribution from Impact Alamance to the Invest in Alamance 2.0 campaign further demonstrates the reach of this program of work,” says Reagan C. Gural, President & CEO of the Alamance Chamber.
“With the strong focus on workforce development and community visioning, this grant underwrites short-term and ongoing growth with innovative strategies.”
