AventWest Community
Development Corporation

AventWest Community Development Corporation (AWCDC) is a group of caring and concerned individuals, religious organizations, educational institutions, social service providers, businesses, and other community agencies. Our goal is to improve the lives of our neighbors who live, work, worship and recreate in our community by addressing economic, health, educational, safety and community spirit issues.

The AventWest Community Development Corporation exists to empower the people living, working, worshipping and recreating in the portion of Raleigh generally bounded by but not restricted to Athens Drive, Avent Ferry Road, Western Boulevard, Gorman Street, Hillsborough Street and Jones Franklin Road, hereafter referred to as the Shalom Zone. The Corporation works through religious organizations, educational institutions, social service providers, businesses, other community agencies and individuals to address the economic, health and community spirit issues identified by the Corporation.

AWCDC organized as a nonprofit corporation in June of 2000 and received tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code on August 16, 2002. The work of this CDC is focused in Southwest Raleigh and seeks to draw together people from all houses of faith in AventWest as well as schools, businesses and residents of the community.

AWCDC community activities have included English as a Second Language (ESL) classes, community festivals, a Community Health Fair promoting family health and fitness as well as a cooperative blood drive and mammography screening service. Participants included members of area churches and residents of the neighborhood. The program has worked with the North Carolina Pediatric Society and El Pueblo to train lay health advocates for our community as part of the Health Promotores program.

The corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity for all qualified persons, without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, or age, to the extent required by law. This applies to all employment practices, including hiring, promotions, training, disciplinary action, termination, and benefits.

We expect all employees to show respect and sensitivity toward all other employees, and to demonstrate a commitment to the corporation's equal opportunity objectives. If you observe a violation of this policy, you should report it immediately to your supervisor or an officer of the corporation.

Violation of this policy may result in disciplinary action, up to and including possible termination.