Wake County, Transom Development to Open Family Resource Center

4/28/2008

Wake County and Transom Development, Inc., a subsidiary of SunTrust Bank, will open the doors of a new 2,500 square-foot family resource center in central Raleigh on Friday, May 2, 2008, at 3 p.m. The Cedar Moor Family Resource Center, 2410 Melvid Court, Raleigh, is the result of an innovative partnership between the County and Transom/SunTrust, that will offer the children and their families in Cedar Moor integrated, coordinated and personalized help through tutoring, mentoring, life-skills training, and structured recreational and cultural activities for pre-school, elementary, middle and high school youth and adults.

As part of the collaboration, Wake County will facilitate and provide an array of human services, including access to social services, healthcare and educational activities. The County will also provide community development activities to support the maintenance of the resource center, as well as assist Cedar Moor Apartments, the Grove at the Cary Park, Pine Hills Apartments and Courtyard Commons with community and resident relations programs at these properties. Transom/SunTrust contributed toward the construction of the facility, and will support the maintenance of the resource center and its operation. Residents in the Cedar Moor community will contribute to the daily operation of the center as well.

“Wake County Human Services, and our outreach staff, have had a presence in the Cedar Moor community for decades,” said Human Services Director Ramon Rojano. “We are excited about our partnership with Transom Development and look forward to making this resource center a vibrant place of services for our children and for our families in the community.”

The Cedar Moor Family Resource Center, and the community partnership that made it possible, is an example of Wake County’s Human Capital Development Initiative at work. The premise of the Human Capital Development Initiative, the Board of Commissioners’ top priority for 2008, is to help 10,000 Wake County residents increase their quality of life through life-coaching, skills training and a collaboration of community involvement.

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