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Community Building Institute director retires; CBI reports $1.5M budget, expanded programs
Summary
Verlina Stewart, outgoing executive director of the Community Building Institute, briefed the Middletown City Council on CBI’s programs and finances, cited a $1.5 million operating budget, clean audits for 2023–2025 and services to more than 2,500 individuals; she announced Marie Edwards as the incoming executive director.
Verlina Stewart, executive director of the Community Building Institute, told the Middletown City Council on Dec. 16 that she is retiring and summarized the nonprofit’s recent activity and finances ahead of a ribbon cutting for the renovated Robert Sunny Hill Junior Community Center.
CBI was founded in 2009 and Stewart said the organization operates with a $1.5 million annual operating budget and approximately nine full‑time and eight part‑time staff, a number that can increase during summer camp season. Stewart reported clean single audits for 2023…
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