by Paige Morrow | Feb 28, 2020 | Employment
February 25, 2020 – Congratulations to Extraordinary Ventures employee, Luke Glatz, on 11 years (and counting) at Extraordinary Ventures! Luke works on the Event Crew at EV, where he and his team are responsible for event set up and breakdown, keeping the...
by Paige Morrow | Feb 27, 2020 | Employment
February 24, 2020 – Congratulations to Extraordinary Ventures employee, Derek Flake, on 9 years (and counting) at Extraordinary Ventures! Derek works on the EV Bus Crew, where he and his team are responsible for detailing the interiors of the Chapel Hill Transit...
by jeromeallouche01@gmail.com | May 19, 2017 | EV Stories
I first learned about Extraordinary Ventures when I was still in law school. At that time, I was working with a young man who had Autism. His parents had come together with other parents and community leaders to create a unique business which aimed at employing people...
by jeromeallouche01@gmail.com | May 17, 2017 | EV Stories
My husband and I own The Barn at Valhalla, a wedding and event venue located on 30 acres in Chapel Hill. We have a staff of only three people including myself, my husband, and our booking manager. We are the owners of The Barn, but we are also the marketing team,...
by jeromeallouche01@gmail.com | Apr 7, 2017 | EV Stories
I vividly recall the day in 2006 when I met with the mother of a high school student with a disability and talked about our vision to develop a business to employ people with autism and other developmental disabilities. This was the start of an amazing and bold effort...
by jeromeallouche01@gmail.com | Mar 28, 2017 | EV Stories
As a father of an adult son with autism, I often wondered when my son was growing up, what he would be doing as an adult. Fortunately, no… amazingly fortunately, our son Evan, my wife and I found Extraordinary Ventures (EV). Evan began his work as an employee of...
by jeromeallouche01@gmail.com | Mar 24, 2017 | EV Stories
I have known about Extraordinary Ventures for several years now. I have had the opportunity to not only plan events through the Event Center, but have been able to share in several events that range from adult and children birthday parties, high school and college...
by jeromeallouche01@gmail.com | Mar 22, 2017 | EV Stories
I first became involved with Extraordinary Ventures in 2010. I’ve built websites for them, helped with marketing, served on advisory committees, and helped organize the annual basketball camp. As someone focused on marketing, I first saw the small business...
by jeromeallouche01@gmail.com | Jul 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Sarah Lineberry On July 26 1990, President George HW Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act into law. This act extends the protections of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on race, national origin, sex, or religion,...
by jeromeallouche01@gmail.com | Jun 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
Employment Matters By Sarah Lineberry Individuals with an intellectual or developmental disability (IDD) face incredible challenges to workforce participation. Among people with disabilities, those with IDD have the lowest rates of employment, workforce participation,...
