Good morning. Last summer, the Hope Mills Board of Commissioners created the town’s Homelessness Advisory Committee. But six months later, with the committee set to hold its first-ever meeting on Feb. 11, county commissioners have one problem: three seats are still open, leaving half of the board positions unfilled.
The Homelessness Advisory Committee is tasked with engaging community organizations like churches, public housing agencies, mental health providers and community members like the formerly unhoused, veterans and others to find solutions to homelessness in Hope Mills.
“All of us need to join in on this,” Craver, who serves as the committee’s Hope Mills Board of Commissioners liaison, said in an interview with CityView. “I want my group to work.”
Welcome to CityView Today. Also in today’s newsletter: Franco Webb, a civically active but troubled candidate for Fayetteville mayor, died Friday. He was 58. And as a frosty January trudges on, HomeFront columnist Jaylin Kremer has a list of activities to keep you warm and to help battle the seasonal blues.
Thanks for reading,
Maydha Devarajan
Interim Editor-in-Chief
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Events
TAI CHI IN THE GARDEN
- Where: Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N. Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville
- When: 10-11:30 a.m. today
- What: A Chinese martial art and system of calisthenics with very slow controlled movements taught by Rich Martin.
CLARK PARK NATURE STORY TIME
- Where: Clark Park Nature Center, 631 Sherman Drive, Fayetteville
- When: 1 p.m. today
- What: A free preschool nature story and craft time presented at Clark Park Nature Center.
MICROSOFT EXCEL BASICS
- Where: Spring Lake Branch Library, 101 Laketree Blvd., Spring Lake
- When: 2:30-4 p.m. today
- What: Join the library’s Digital Navigators as they cover essential skills for using Microsoft Excel.
Obituaries
Kevin Maurice Greene
Kevin Maurice Greene, 61, of Fayetteville, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 5.
Robert M. Birke
Robert M. Birke, 99, of Fayetteville, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 11.
Glenda Elaine Cashwell
Glenda Elaine Cashwell, 83, of Fayetteville, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 11.
Until tomorrow!
📚 One of my goals this year is to read more in my free time. Right now I’m enjoying “Babel” by R.F. Kuang, a historical fantasy novel set in Oxford in the 1830s, centered around language, the British Empire and colonialism.
~ Maydha
