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Wendell outlines $9.6 million plan to renovate historic Carver School into community center
Summary
Town staff updated the Wendell Board of Commissioners on the Carver Center redevelopment in Pleasant Grove, detailing funding sources, partners and a HUD environmental review with construction expected to start in fall 2025.
Town staff updated the Wendell Board of Commissioners on plans to renovate the historic Carver School into the Carver Center at Pleasant Grove, a multipurpose community facility funded with a mix of federal, county and local sources.
The project matters to residents because it reuses a long‑standing community site and delivers space for a food pantry, micro‑school, offices for community groups and a multipurpose assembly area. Town staff said the total project budget is roughly $9.6 million and construction is expected to begin in September or October 2025.
Town staff told commissioners the Carver School site, which served the Pleasant Grove community as a Rosenwald and later Carver School, has been the subject of planning conversations with the…
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