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Feb 6, 2023 · With an old chalkboard behind him, Ed Fitts ’61 stands in the long-closed Littleton High School building. Fitts is helping refurbish his old school. Stretching a Dollar. Ed Fitts was born in Macon, N.C., a crossroads near the train tracks down the road from Littleton. His mother and father separated when he was five.
Dec 8, 2021 · Ed Fitts was born and raised in Littleton, North Carolina, but in 1957, he left the town for N.C. State and went on to make a fortune selling packaging to fast food companies. Now, Fitts has returned to the tiny town that has dwindled to less than 600 residents. He is investing with high speed internet, a school, a coffee shop and more to try ...
Jan 1, 2022 · Fitts’ love for Littleton sparks revitalization. By Colin Campbell. 01/01/2022. Retired packaging executive Ed Fitts and his wife, Deb, lead a renaissance of a Halifax County hamlet. As Ed Fitts stands in the grass behind the old Littleton High School, he can still point out where the goalposts stood when he was a high school student playing ...
Oct 24, 2022 · This loss really sunk in when The Fittses would pass Littleton High School, where Ed had played football for the Blue Jays. “It pulled at the heartstrings, and we said, ‘We can’t allow this to just fall apart,'” Deb Fitts told Business North Carolina. A mural painted on the side of a building on Main Street in Littleton.
Mar 27, 2024 · The first Fitts Charitable Foundation project opening for business was Daphne’s Coffee Shop in December 2020. The site is named after Ed’s mother. Other projects followed. Affordable housing is another aspect the Fitts Foundation will soon bring to Littleton with the 142-unit Odell-Littleton Road Village.
Sep 6, 2021 · Ed Fitts foresees an enrollment of 70% students who pay tuition and 30% subsidized by a school endowment. “In an ideal world, we would have students that are one-third African-American, ...
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Jan 14, 2021 · Still, Friday was Daphne’s day. And the fact the coffee shop is named for Ed’s mother, with her painted portrait overlooking the entrance from the building’s brick walls, made it more poignant. “She was a big part of this community,” Ed Fitts said. “She was pretty well known in her artistic field.”
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