Daring to dream of equal progress: East Lake in Atlanta is ‘blueprint’ for Quixote Club and Sumter STEAM Charter

BY BRUCE MILLS
bruce@theitem.com
Posted 8/1/20

It happened in a struggling neighborhood on the east side of Atlanta, and local private business owner Greg Thompson is confident it can happen here in south Sumter.

In the late 1990s, a few philanthropists started the work of transforming one of …

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