2012 brings many exciting challenges and opportunities to Sustainable Alamance.  Our major objectives for the coming year include:

Establishment of a Family and Community Economic Sustainability Center - the FaCES Center.  The center will serve as a central presence to serve those in need in the community.  This facility will provide easy access for those seeking assistance as well as those that have a desire to help but needed an access point into the world of poverty and community development.

The FaCES Center will be a location for intake, teaching and training, entrepreneurial development, and perhaps a location for healthy living advice, medical assistance...... all within an environment that is non-threatening and non-judgmental.... leading to more and better access and use.

Establishment of an Urban Farm.   We have been given access to 4 acres of underutilized land within the city limits, and plan an urban farm top raise fresh produce.  This urban farm business  will provide a way to create jobs, build relationships with individuals and within the community, and help provide locally produced, healthy food that can be provided for the parts of the community that hive the highest rates of diet related illnesses.

Imagine men that have been selling drugs now selling healthy food into the same neighborhoods they used to victimize!  Imagine neighborhood picnics in areas that families would not dare to engage neighborhoods.  We not only restore lives but families and neighborhoods using healthy food.

We are also planning a study on God's heart for the community and the marginalized in January of 2012, starting on January 3.  Space is somewhat limited, so p;lease let us know if you are interested.