event – Building a better South

Half-day sessions set for morning, afternoon in Walterboro

MAY 29, 2018 | The Center for a Better South will offer two identical half-day workshops on June 14 in Walterboro to help people living and working in the S.C. Lowcountry Promise Zone to learn how to use traditional and online marketing tools in their businesses, nonprofits and other organizations.

NOTE: The workshops are only for residents of Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper counties who live or work in the Promise Zone. The workshops are not for people who live outside the zone.

Each workshop, which will be taught by longtime Charleston communications professional Andy Brack, is limited to 20 participants. Brack, who also chairs the Center, has served as a U.S. Senate press secretary and provided strategic communications advice to political and corporate clients over the last 20 years..

9 a.m. to noon, June 14: Colleton Museum and Farmers Market, 506 East Washington St., Walterboro, S.C. Click here to register for the morning session.
1 p.m. to 4 p.m. June 14: Colleton Museum and Farmers Market, 506 East Washington St., Walterboro, S.C. Click here to register for the afternoon session.

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One-day, intensive training sessions seek to catalyze requests for funding in region

JAN. 11, 2017 | The Center for a Better South will offer one-day grant-writing courses in February and March by recognized professionals to help organizations improve skills for seeking federal funding available through the S.C. Promise Zone.

“We’ve heard in focus groups this fall from Jasper County to Barnwell County that people want specialized training so that they can apply for various federal grants that are available to organizations and communities through the Promise Zone designation,” Better South President Andy Brack said. “Our new grant-writing sessions are the first of several entrepreneurial training opportunities designed to help people learn more so we can accomplish Promise Zone goals.” Continue reading “NEWS: Center to offer 2 grant-writing courses for Promise Zone residents”