CREATE to hold career expo for area eighth graders
Mike Clayborne, president of the CREATE Foundation, spoke Tuesday to members of the Columbus Rotary Club about a career expo which the foundation is helping put together for eighth grade students in northern Mississippi, including the Golden Triangle.
CREATE executive: ‘We have a massive problem on our hands’
For the past 10 years, Lewis Whitfield has been an executive with CREATE, the Tupelo-based community foundation that has grown to serve 17 counties in northeast Mississippi since it was founded in 1972.
Education critical to development, says CREATE speakers
Correlation between education retainment levels and economic development and the importance of improving in both areas was among many issues discussed when regional community development leaders convened Friday for the CREATE Foundation’s annual State of the Region meeting in Tupelo.
Lowndes County Foundation joins forces with CREATE
One of the state’s largest community-giving organizations announced a partnership with a local endowment group Thursday.