By Melanie Lasoff Levs When Deborah Moore was growing up in the Northside community of Spartanburg, S.C., in the 1950s, it was thriving. “We had gardens, we had nice homes, nice neighbors,” she recalls. The children really were raised by a village, she adds with a chuckle. “If you did something wrong, your parents knew about it … Continue Reading →
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Northside Initiative Celebrates $7.5 million in Donations
By Melanie Lasoff Levs Leaders and residents in the Northside community of Spartanburg, S.C., are still celebrating the announcement last month that three donors have contributed a collective $7.5 million to the continued revitalization of their neighborhood. While $3.5 million has been earmarked for the building of an early childhood development center, the other $4 … Continue Reading →