Community Foundation Archives

Some of the Arras Foundation staff (from left to right: Elizabeth Howe, Brian Canty, Hannah Saeger Karnei, Emma DeVenny, Susan DeVenny, and Savannah Crosby) pose in front of a mural on historic Main Street in downtown Lancaster, South Carolina. Photo courtesy of the Arras Foundation.

Ben Speggen
April 6, 2023

The Arras Foundation in Lancaster, South Carolina, is using resident input and data to empower whole-of-region progress.

Zoom panel of four people, two men at the top, two women at the bottom.

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Local Institutions

How a Foundation Transforms the Well-Being of Residents

Ben Speggen
March 1, 2023

Our Towns' Ben Speggen talks with the Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation team to discuss how the Foundation is empowering community development, has transformed a former grocery store into an innovative hub for nonprofits, and more.

By the Dan River, in the River District of Danville, Virginia, this summer (James Fallows / The Atlantic)

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Economic Development

The Reinvention of a Downtown: Danville’s Story Part 2

James Fallows
June 17, 2019

A snapshot of the efforts paying off in reviving Danville's downtown.