{"id":6813,"date":"2013-08-09T08:39:42","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T12:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=6813"},"modified":"2013-08-09T10:14:24","modified_gmt":"2013-08-09T14:14:24","slug":"coatesville-ministers-alliance-to-welcome-lincoln-u","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=6813","title":{"rendered":"Coatesville Ministers’ Alliance to welcome Lincoln University"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gov. figures, local businesses, students to be present for welcome event<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

By Kyle<\/strong> Carrozza<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/span>Staff Writer, The Times<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"lincolncoatesville\"<\/a>COATESVILLE \u2013 The Coatesville Ministers’ Alliance has organized an event to welcome Lincoln University students to Coatesville on Saturday from noon to 6 pm.<\/p>\n

The \u201cWelcome Lincoln University\u201d day will be held at Gordon, the same building that will host the university\u2019s classes in the fall.<\/p>\n

State Rep. Tim Hennessey and state Sen. Andy Dinniman will be present, as will various officials from the city and county governments.<\/p>\n

The day will start with a ribbon cutting, which will be followed by a variety of events, including a basketball game, an open house, awarding of scholarships, and a performance by the Lincoln University Jazz Ensemble. Food and arts and crafts vendors will also be present for the day.<\/p>\n

Pastor Randall M. Harris of the Tabernacle Baptist Church said that he hopes that the day will be the first step in a positive relationship between Lincoln University and the city of Coatesville.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re looking at about 800-1000 folks converging on the city, so it\u2019s going to be a day that brings about a bunch of unity,\u201d said Harris. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a great day, a great opportunity for the entire city.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also hopes the university will play a part in a revitalization of the area.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot only having a major university in our city but also with the addition of the new train station being built, additional housing being built – it\u2019s going to be spectacular, and hopefully, it\u2019ll draw even more businesses to want to come into our city,\u201d he said<\/p>\n

But Lincoln\u2019s physical presence means more than just having a fiscal presence. Having a facility of higher education could give something for Coatesville students to aspire to.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re hoping that a great population of our young folk will take advantage of the education opportunities,\u201d said Harris.<\/p>\n

Harris indicated that he is as hopeful for his city. He wants the day to be the one of many positive events with Lincoln and the university to be one of many positive changes for the city overall.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a nice bright spot to see the town flourishing all over again.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gov. figures, local businesses, students to be present for welcome event By Kyle Carrozza,\u00a0Staff Writer, The Times COATESVILLE \u2013 The Coatesville Ministers’ Alliance has organized an event to welcome Lincoln University students to Coatesville on Saturday from noon to 6 pm. The \u201cWelcome Lincoln University\u201d day will be held at Gordon, the same building that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,172,3,1],"tags":[427,2651,1659,2652,2650],"class_list":["post-6813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-events","category-featured","category-uncategorized","tag-lincoln-university","tag-pastor-randall-m-harris","tag-state-rep-tim-hennessey","tag-tabernacle-baptist-church","tag-the-coatesville-ministers-alliance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}