Last month, the CAHEC team had the privilege of partnering with Southeast Raleigh Promise to help bring a new mural to life at Southeast Raleigh Elementary School. We were proud to sponsor this project and spend time painting alongside the incredibly talented Janice Withers, a Wake County teacher and mural artist whose work brightens schools throughout the county. "Painting murals in schools is one of the most meaningful ways I get to combine my two greatest passions: being a professional artist and a full-time art educator," Janice shared. "I believe that empty walls can lead to empty minds, and every member of a school community deserves to walk through hallways that inspire creativity, spark curiosity, and encourage them to dream bigger."

Projects like this are a reminder that creating vibrant, welcoming spaces for students takes a community working together. We’re grateful to be a small part of making a lasting impact for the students and staff at Southeast Raleigh Elementary.

Written by NetFriends, an IT Partner of CAHEC

The support center at NetFriends has seen an uptick in phishing emails over the past few months. Because of this, they shared a list of signs for us to be on the lookout for.

What's Happening? Attackers have found a way to make their emails appear as though they are coming from a familiar or trusted address, such as your own email address or an official Microsoft address. Since these messages are making it past spam filters, they look normal.

What to watch for:

• Emails that appear to come from your own address
• Messages that impersonate Microsoft support or account services
• Anything claiming to be from specific departments such as HR, Finance, or requesting an email password change
• Urgent threats, warning, or requests for personal information or payment

If something feels off, trust that instinct. Do not reply or take any action. Mark the email as phishing directly in Outlook. In some cases, users are unable to mark the email as phishing. If that happens to you, contact your support team.

To learn more, check out this article about Social Engineering and learn how you can protect your sensitive information.

CAHEC has added the following property to our portfolio:

1030 Alston Court - Waynesboro, VA; 96-unit New Construction for families; Developer: Enterprise Community Development, Inc.

The Villas at Haywood - Asheville, NC; 52-unit New Construction for seniors 55+; Developer: WDT Development LLC, IGB Development LLC, & Broadcraft Construction & Development, Inc.

CAHEC New Markets has added the following investments:

Childcare Resources - Vero Beach, FL: Childcare Resources will transform two vacant, adjacent buildings totaling over 30,000 square feet into an early learning campus and resource hub. The campus will offer childcare beginning at infancy and education for children pre-K through 2nd grade. The new campus will include a lab school with 16 classrooms and student therapy rooms, an additional space for in-school wellness and early intervention services, and professional development incubator for early learning educator workforce training. This increase in space will allow them to add programming for kindergarten through 2nd grade students to serve 200 students annually.

Transforming Western Heights - Knoxville, TN: Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation is spearheading the Western Heights Choice Neighborhood Initiative with the Transforming Western Heights plan, a 70-acre HUD Choice Neighborhood development including over 700 affordable and mixed-income housing rental units and community focused services. The New Markets Tax Credit investment will support the renovation and expansion of an existing Boys and Girls Club, upfitting a new University of Tennessee Medical Center Primary Care Clinic located on the first floor of a new mixed-used building which includes affordable housing, a new construction building dubbed the Connections Building, which will be the home of Real Good Kitchen and Junior Achievement of East Tennessee’s Knoxville Entrepreneurship Center, and an adjacent public park, splash pad, and plaza.

Congratulations to the following properties on achieving 100% occupancy:

River Pointe - Childersburg, AL

Wellers Ridge - Aiken, SC