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LOCAL HERO
DALE MULLENIX
Staff Pick
In the current circling-the-drain economy, the Urban Ministry Center’s burden has gotten heavier, contributors are harder to come by, and the organization has lost some key people. UMC Director Dale Mullenix, however, has kept things under control. Better yet, the organization has expanded its outreach, and is the force behind Moore Place, an 85-unit apartment complex that will be Charlotte’s first Permanent Supportive Housing for Charlotte’s chronically homeless men and women. It’s scheduled to open in December. UMC’s creative programs for the homeless — art, gardening, soccer, choir, photography and others — have grown, too. Mullenix runs the place, but his is a steady, quietly powerful presence that inspires his folks to do a multitude of good deeds in the face of many obstacles.
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Previous Winners
- 2015 Local Hero - Cam Newton
- 2014 Local Hero - Michael Zytkow
- 2014 Local Hero - John Autry
- 2013 Local Hero - Julius Chambers
- 2013 Local Hero - Michael Zytkow
- 2012 Local Hero - Cam Newton, Carolina Panthers
- 2012 Local Hero - Beverly Clark
- 2011 LOCAL HERO - ANTHONY FOXX
- 2010 LOCAL HERO - Susan Burgess
- 2010 LOCAL HERO - DENNIS DARRELL
- 2009 LOCAL HERO - Barney Offerman
- 2009 LOCAL HERO - Mayor Pat McCrory
- 2008 LOCAL HERO - Mayor Pat McCrory
- 2008 LOCAL HERO - Bank Shareholder John Moore
- 2007 Local Hero - Mark Englander
- 2007 Local Hero - Slain Police Officers Sean Clark and Jeff Shelton
- 2006 Local Hero - Harry Taylor
