The Wilson Bay Initiative, Riverworks, and the Sturgeon City partnership: A case study for building effective academic-community partnerships

June 23, 2015

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This article describes North Carolina State University’s Sturgeon City partnership, which has transformed an urban brownfield site into a community civic, recreational, and learning resource. The project was recognized in 2010 with the C. Peter Magrath Community Engagement Award and the Outreach Scholarship W. K. Kellogg Foundation Engagement Award for the Southern Region (Levine et al, 2011, p. 121).

Levine, J.F., Hargett, G., McCann, J.P., Potts, P.D., & Pierce, S. (2011). The Wilson Bay Initiative, Riverworks, and the Sturgeon City partnership: A case study for building effective academic-community partnerships. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 15(3), 121-133. Full Text.