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4 UCW JULY 4-10, 2018 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM PUBLISHER'S PEN STAFF PUBLISHER Bill Bowman Bill@upandcomingweekly.com ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER/ EDITOR Stephanie Crider editor@upandcomingweekly.com OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Paulette Naylor accounting@upandcomingweekly.com ASSISTANT EDITOR Leslie Pyo leslie@upandcomingweekly.com SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR Earl Vaughan Jr. EarlUCWSports@gmail.com REPORTER Jeff Thompson news@upandcomingweekly.com GRAPHIC DESIGNER Elizabeth Long art@upandcomingweekly.com CONTRIBUTING WRITERS D.G. Martin, Pitt Dickey, Margaret Dickson, John Hood, Jim Jones, Shanessa Fenner, Jason Brady, Lauren Vanderveen, Matthew Skipper, Shane Wilson SALES ADMINISTRATOR/ DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Laurel Handforth laurel@upandcomingweekly.com MARKETING/SALES Linda McAlister Brown linda@upandcomingweekly.com ––––––––––– Up & Coming Weekly www.upandcomingweekly.com 208 Rowan St. P.O. Box 53461 Fayetteville, NC 28305 PHONE: (910) 484-6200 FAX: (910) 484-9218 Up & Coming Weekly is a "Quality of Life" publication with local features, news and information on what's happening in and around the Fayetteville/Cumberland County community. Up & Coming Weekly is published weekly on Wednesdays. Up & Coming Weekly wel- comes manuscripts, photographs and artwork for publication consideration, but assumes no responsibility for them. We cannot accept responsibility for the return of unsolicited manuscripts or material. Opinions expressed by contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher. The publisher reserves the right to edit or reject copy submitted for publication. Up & Coming Weekly is free of charge and distributed at indoor and outdoor locations throughout Fayetteville, Fort Bragg, Pope Air Force Base, Hope Mills and Spring Lake. Readers are limited to one copy per person. ©2018 by F&B Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction or use of editorial or advertisements without permission is strictly prohibited. Various ads with art graphics designed with elements from: vecteezy.com and freepik.com. For decades, I have used this column to opine about issues that affect the quality of life in this community. On some rare occasions, I have yielded this space to local civic and politi- cal leaders and organizations whose messages for a better Fayetteville and Cumberland County resonate. e substance of the messages conveyed mir- rors the same valued mission and mandates that have made Up & Coming Weekly a unique community newspaper. is week, I'm sharing information from one of the most important projects and opportunities ever to grace our community, the North Carolina Civil War & Reconstruction History Center. is is the information you need to be in the know about this wonderful project. Enjoy. A town hall meeting, "Toward a More Perfect Union: e N.C. Civil War History & Reconstruction Center," sponsored by the history center and Fayetteville State University, will be held ursday, July 12, at 7 p.m. e event will be in the Rudolph Jones Student Center on FSU's campus, 1200 Murchison Rd. It is free, and the pub- lic is invited to attend. e town hall, which will be moderated by FSU Chancellor James Anderson, will provide a public forum where the audi- ence will be invited to ask questions. e center's architect, Victor Vines, and its ex- hibit designer, Jerry Eisterhold, will answer questions and discuss future plans. Other representatives from the center will also be present to answer questions. Planners say the town hall meeting is intended to give an overview of the N.C. Civil War History & Reconstruction Center to those who will reside closest to it, within Cumberland County and surrounding areas. Ground for the first phase of the center was broken April 18. e facility will reside at 801 Arsenal Ave. in Fayetteville, the pres- ent site of the Museum of the Cape Fear and the site of the Fayetteville Arsenal. e arsenal was originally built by the U.S. government. At the beginning of the Civil War, it was taken over by the Confederacy. e arsenal was used to produce weapons for the Confederate Army until it and e Fayetteville Observer newspaper building were destroyed by Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman during his Carolinas Campaign in March 1865. e first phase of building involves rehabilitating three existing Civil War-era homes, including the John Davis House, which will be used as headquarters for the center's Digital Outreach Education program. Progress is underway. Also planned on the grounds is a 60,000-square-foot building with con- struction set to begin in 2020. e build- ing will replace the existing Museum of the Cape Fear. If built as envisioned, the center will cost $65 million. Of that amount, $27 million has been raised, with $7 mil- lion raised privately, $5 million from the state of North Carolina and $7.5 million each from the city of Fayetteville and Cumberland County. Once complete, the center will be owned and operated by the North Caro- lina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. is is a great opportunity for our community. We hope to see all our Up & Coming Weekly readers there to learn more about this future Fayetteville/Cumberland County venue and how it will positively impact our community. anks for reading Up & Coming Weekly. Town hall for the N.C. Civil War History & Reconstruction Center by BILL BOWMAN BILL BOWMAN, Publisher, UP & COMING WEEKLY. COMMENTS? BILL@upandcomingweekly.com. 910-484-6200. WHAT: "Toward a More Perfect Union: The N.C. Civil War History & Reconstruction Center" WHEN: July 12, 7 p.m. WHERE: Rudolph Jones Student Center, FSU WHY: To learn about the center and ask questions Image at left, courtesy the N.C. Civil War History & Reconstruction Center, shows an artist's rendering of the project. HIGH 95 HIGH 95 JULY 5 JULY 6 JULY 7 JULY 8 JULY 9 JULY 10 Partly Cloudy Isolated Thunderstorms Partly Cloudy Isolated Thunderstorms Scattered Thunderstorms Isolated Thunderstorms LOW 74 LOW 75 LOW 75 LOW 75 LOW 74 LOW 75 HIGH 93 HIGH 94 HIGH 94 HIGH 95