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New IHQ For Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
Since the link is no longer good, here's an article.
CARY - Cary has edged out Atlanta and Chicago to lure the international headquarters of Sigma Gamma Rho, a historically black sorority now based in Chicago. Sigma Gamma Rho will open its new office in February after acquiring in December the 18,000-square-foot Colony on Weston Parkway II building, which is on Southill Drive. The group, through its Seven Pearls Foundation Inc., paid nearly $2.7 million for the building that First Colony Corp. of Charlotte built in 2000. Prominent Sigma alumni include U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown of Florida, actresses Tonia Williams and Victoria Rowell and the Rev. Willie T. Barrow, co-chairwoman of the Rainbow-Push Coalition. Jennifer Jones, the transition leader in charge of preparing the Cary office, says the group surveyed about 100 properties in Georgia, Illinois and North Carolina. She says the Cary building was chosen for its square footage, proximity to the airport and the area's overall business climate. "After surveying properties, we determined the North Carolina property met all our needs and also noted that North Carolina is one of the best places to relocate a business," Jones says. The Cary Chamber of Commerce has been assisting Jones' efforts in part by donating use of work space. Sigma Gamma Rho has three active graduate chapters in Raleigh, Durham and Cary with a total of about 100 members. The sorority has undergraduate chapters at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University in Durham, North Carolina Central University in Durham, and Shaw University and Saint Augustine's College, both in Raleigh. Jones says the sorority eventually plans to add more staff to work with its growing membership, which includes about 85,000 women in more than 400 chapters in the United States, Bermuda, the Virgin Islands, the Bahamas and Germany. Though small in the number of new jobs for the region, the sorority brings other qualities. For example, it will host a leadership conference this summer for about 500 of its top chapter leaders at Cary's Embassy Suites hotel, which is near the new headquarters building. Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc. was organized in 1922 in Indianapolis, Ind., by seven school teachers. The group became an incorporated national collegiate sorority on Dec. 30, 1929, when a charter was granted to Alpha chapter at Butler University. |
Sorhor Ninjapoodle,
I received this e mail the other day and I was so happy because this was one of the things that was shared at our Midwinter Conference. Madame Grand Basileus Dr. Bryant, First Grand Basileus Soror Loveless, and Regional Director Soror Blakeney revealed all of the particulars to us. Sorhors everywhere you are going to be so proud of the new headquarters because it's beautiful and in a prime location. I love the fact that it's in the Northeast Region. God willing, I want to be at the dedication in the summer. Serioussigma22:cool: |
Congrats on the new HQ Ladies of Sigma!:)
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Congrats, Sistergreeks.
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Congratulations, Sistergreeks. This is great news. Black women continue to do thangs in this country!
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SisterGreeks,
Congratulations! I'm excited because that's in my home state, a little over 30 minutes from where I grew up! Next trip home, I'll definitely take the time to go by and see it and get pictures! I know 1browngirl is already there waiting on the steps! :D "I love calling North Carolina home. . . " "I'm going to Carolina in my mind. . . " (thanks James Taylor!) Sorry - getting a little homesick. Congratulations again! |
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btb - you know it!! :D :D HQ is located about 15min. up the road from where I work. I have already drove by and taken a look during several of my lunch breaks. |
Well! I can add one big detour to my trips down South this summer.:)
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Congratulations on your new IHQ!
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Wonderful news. Congratulations!
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Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated
1000 Southhill Drive, Second Floor, Cary, NC 27513 1-888-SGR-1922 P. (919) 678-9720 F. (919) 678-9721 |
Congrats! Welcome to the TarHeel state.
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