Press Releases

LINC, Inc. Celebrates 20th Anniversary Milestones Dinner with Keynote Speaker Amanda Knox, M.E. Roberts Program Graduates, and LINC Society Awards, Jan 7 2020

Amanda Knox, Exoneree and New York Times Best-selling Author, to Keynote LINC, Inc. 20th Anniversary Milestones Dinner, Nov 16 2019

LINC, Inc. and Second Chance Alliance Launch Alliance’s First North Carolina Chapter with Community Celebration, Sept 16 2019

John E. Craig Day Cookout at M. E. Roberts Transitional Living Campus, Aug 22 2019

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Recognitions and Awards

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Executive Director, Frankie Roberts, was nominated for the 2019 City of Wilmington’s Commission on African American History Living Legend Award. Nominees are selected for their dedication to improve the community and their keen vision to help others succeed in life.

In 2006, LINC, Inc. received “Public Organization of the Year (Non-Public Sector)” by the Public Administration Program at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Executive Director Frankie Roberts won “Entrepreneur of the Year Award” in 2011.

Additional awards include:

  • Best of Wilmington Awards in the category of Human Services Organizations, 2018

  • The North Carolina Housing Finance Agency, Housing North Carolina Award, for achievement in affordable housing, 2014

  • Wilmington Real Estate Awards, Frankie Roberts, Community Builder, 2014

  • Civitan Club Citizen of the Year, 2012

  • Wilmington Business Journal Entrepreneurial Award, Nonprofit Division, 2011

  • Individual Clarence Award, UNCW Film Studies, 2011

  • Outstanding Professional Award, Cape Fear Council of Governments (Workforce Development Board), 2011

  • Mr. Roberts won “Entrepreneur of the Year Award”, Public Administration Program, UNC Wilmington, 2011

  • “Public Organization of the Year (Non-Public Sector), Public Administration Program, UNC Wilmington, 2006

  • Outstanding Community Involvement & Volunteer Service Award, Wilmington Chapter, Winston-Salem State University Alumni, 2003

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