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PCC’s Latest Happenings
Written By: Donna Rhodes | Issue: May 2024
With its turmoil and trouble finally in the rear-view mirror, The Peggy Crosby Center sets course for a busy year ahead.
Peggy Crosby Center Board Chair Robert E. Smith and Pisgah Legal Services Regional Development Officer Leslie Manning.
At last, Covid, frozen pipes, roof leakage, and more are in Peggy Crosby Center’s distant past.
This year PCC’s doors swing open with a wide grin to its vibrant tenants and workforce. Every space is finally filled. Even a storage room was reconfigured to add one more office for PCC’s newest occupant, Pisgah Legal Services.
Few will need an introduction to Pisgah Legal, a service that provides free civil legal aid and advocacy to Western Carolina’s low-income residents. They help in a variety of ways: housing, safety from abuse, income, and health care. They will likely partner with a few other agencies at Peggy. Discover more at pisgahlegal.org/free-legal-services.
Board Chair Robert E. Smith welcomes the full house. “All our spaces are rented now. The few remaining areas are for mechanical and cleaning material space or areas like a supplies room, conference room, and kitchen for staff (tenant and building) use.” He adds, “We are not only adding a new nonprofit tenant, but we are also increasing our total number of nonprofits from six to seven. This helps us fulfill our mission more completely than ever.”
Linda Schowalter, the Board’s Secretary, closed with comments on PCC’s location and endurance. “The Peggy Crosby Center is located at the top of the hill on Fifth Street in Highlands. This is where the old Highlands Hospital was located. The building has been rehabilitated to take exceptional care, housing many small businesses over the years. The building has been evaluated. It comes through every time. With an eye to the future, the non-profit has had the benefit of generous donors.”
The entire Board gives their thanks to everyone who keeps Peggy’s sails billowing. Most will agree, Peggy’s a ship that rescues us all on occasion.
If you’d like to know more about Peggy’s history and/or her latest improvements or her tenants, visit peggycrosbycenter.org.
