Picturing the past: El Centro Comunitario de Hispano Americano

Note: This is part of a series about the history of the local community centers in Transylvania County.El Centro Comunitario de Hispano Americano (CCHA) first began in 2001 as part of community outreach for the Brevard-Davidson River Presbyterian Church. The first name of the initiative was Welcoming Hispanics In Transylvania County (WHITC). Spearheaded by Howie Boyd, Betty Boyd and Judy Nebrig, bilingual congregants who saw an opportunity to extend lessons they’d learned in mission work abroad to the Latino community in Transylvania County, it’s been going strong ever since.kAm%96 =@42E:@? 7@C “t= r6?EC@[” 2D >@DE =@42=D 42== :E[ :D 2 3F:=5:?8 @? E96 D:E6 @7 E96 49FC49 H9:49 925 366? 3F:=E 2D 2 >2?D6 E@ 9@FD6 4=6C8J] %96 49FC49 :D =@42E65 @? =2?5 E92E 925 96=5 E96 E9C66\DE@CJ uC2?<=:? w@E6=[ H9:49 925 =@DE :ED FD6 2D 2 9@E6= 2?5 72==6? :?E@ 5:DC6A2:C 3J E96 E:>6 E96 49FC49 3@F89E :E :?

This excerpt comes from the named source. Read the original for the full reporting.