THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, June 28, 1994 TAG: 9406240017
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A14 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: Medium
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Regarding the origins and composition of Park Place Academy: The idea for an academy in Park Place grew out of discussions among several Park Place residents and myself over the course of the past year. It is not accurate to state that the academy was fostered by the Urban Ministry Committee of Christ and St. Luke's Church, since it is fundamentally a grass-roots Park Place citizen initiative. Indeed, the academy's bylaws specify that its board of directors consists of at least a two-thirds majority of Park Place residents, and its president, Mildred Halloway, is a long-time Park Place resident.
{REST} The academy has received the enthusiastic support of Christ and St. Luke's Church as well as other area churches and businesses, the Park Place Community Development Corp., the STOP organization and Baby Steps. It is our goal to work in partnership with as broad a spectrum of people and organizations as possible while retaining an identity as a Park Place organization.
The academy is a community-based non-profit organization whose mission is to sponsor and develop various types of intellectual- and artistic-enrichment programs and opportunities for Park Place youth.
We seek to create positive alternatives to the culture of the street which holds many of our youths hostage and to help them develop the skills, hope and vision necessary to lead joyful and productive adult lives in our society. The summer job-mentoring project described in your editorial represents our first steps in that direction.
MICHAEL MUSOLF, chair
Park Place Academy
Advisory Committee
Norfolk, June 21, 1994 by CNB