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IhhbJ j! ?* i w m ?i> .? 5* ? ii" k ;%* ? aK' r , 3pi !j, .??' 3, -\L*S.:. ?' ifjoi ' ? ? ? - ? ' ' -*? rr ||^ft0T^Tpnw' ',: V Winston-Salem State will form CDC ? toUBon-Evsurra '? WW M Bamae WIM Winston-Salem State University will toon form ? community development corporation with a $377,000 graat awarded from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Winston Salem State University (WSSU) was among 17 hiatorical ly black colleges and universities awarded up to $400,000 each from the $6.5 million HUD gnat for community rsvitalizfttion and eco nomic development. The university'a intentions were announced in a Sept. 24 press conference, held in Washington, D C. WSSU Chancellor Alvin Schesnider wu among the representa tives from the 17 colleges and universities in attendance. WSSU had contracted a formal partner ship with the East Winston Community Development Corporation under former chancellor Cleon F. Thompson. But recently the partnership between the two entities has seemed to be in name only. The rift may have begun when Dr. Constance Johnson, a WSSU professor, resigned from her post as chair person of the East Winston CDCs board of directors. Johnson left her position in Utc spring; with her departure, communication bet wen the two organizations broke down. Relations were further strained when a national organization that administars grants to CDCs distanced itself from the East Winston CDC. Structured Employment/Economic Development Corporation (Seedco) footers partnerships between community develop ment corporations and historically black col leges and universities. The organization assists universities in rebuilding their sur S* CDCowM wii^oN^t^ ; G*EE?sioro high - 4 ^ I | 1 i m m^ ^ . - For Reference I T TT7 ? UDrVKTTi ^ 1 ? nr v^nwjiN U - i 121197 * *CAR-RT-SORT* *C0x2 ?|. ? ^ *F" m N c ROOM ?_ T m The Choice for African-American News and Information _ ill/ wc.Lr? FORSYTH CNTY PUB LIB WWWlWHIO IB 660 w 5th _____ JPPWPWBPHBPPWHWPiPIl^?!P? . ?HI WINSTON 2 710; ~ lZ^Lj-?-^HHHH*HlllH*H8^BHi*HHI***?HHH**HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHi The heckler and the heckled meet as friends |AP Photo/Will Counts) Blizaboth Bekford, loft, ono of tho Utrt* Hock Nino who intogratod Control High Sthool In 1937, talk* with Haxol Mattory In front of tho rchool In LHHo Mock, Ark., Monday, Sopt. 32, 1997. MaBBory {whoao noma wob than HomoI Bryan) wob a Btvdont protOBtmr eaptvrod In photOB hoekling Bekford aftor aho wob tvrnod away from tho Bthool by tho Arkanaaa National Guard Sopt. 4, 1937. Little Rock reunion bridges racial divide &y PEGGY HARRIS Associated Press Writer ; LITTLE ROCK (AP) ? Elizabeth Eckfoid made her way through a crowd of angry whites after Arkansas National Guardsmen turned her and eight other black students away from * - 1 Central High School. Hazel Bryan was in the crowd that day. Her face grimaced in hate, she shouted at Eckford, who walked on, clutching her books, her emotions hid den behind dark glasses. That moment?40 years ago ? was captured by Will Counts, a photograph er then for the Arkansas Democrat, now the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. His photo immortalized Eckford as a symbol of the civil rights movement and Bryan's young face as a symbol of See REUNION on AS Aldermen primaries yield unusual results By bridget evarts for reelection. The Chhonicle Stiff writer Only 18 percent of the South Ward's regis tered voters are African-American; about 1 Low turnout is rarely a surprise during percent of those voted in primary elections, ihis year, tne surprise came in the form of some of the alderman ward results. Perhaps one of the toughest upsets in the Sept. 23 primary was Democrat Inez Davis' victory over incumbent Lynne Harpe. Harpe, who has served as Southwest Ward alderman for 16 years, lost to Davis by a margin of about 20 votes. Davis chalked up her victory to the sup port of family and friends, and added that sfie felt many unaffiliated voters and Republicans backed her campaign. "I think many people in this ward know that I care very much for neighborhoods, and for this city in general," said Davis, a long time community activist and mathematics teacher at the North Carolina School of the Arts. She thanked Harpe for her years of ser vice. Harpe was the only incumbent to lose in this year's primary, but some were surprised by former Alderman Frank L. Frye's loss to Democrat B.G. Hauser. Hauser will face Vernon Robinson for the South Ward seat in November. Robinson took the South Ward Republican race easily, beating Jere Dailey with almost 69 percent of the votes. Robinson was the favored candidate of Alderman J. Hugh Wright, who did not Tile Inax Davis Lynn* Harp* Varnofi Robinson the primary election. However, Robinson noted, the South Ward is still one of Winston's more diverse areas: blue collar workers and young professionals, as | well as black, white and Hispanic residents, live together in the South Ward. "As the South Ward goes, so goes the nation," said Robinson. "The South Ward is a very nice snap shot of America." He said his campaign volunteers reflected the diversity of the ward ? some Democrats worked for him, though they couldn't vote in his pri mary. Robinson said he looked forward to public debates with his opponent, and is confident that he has tapped the sentiment of the South Ward. "I think that thinking Democrats will join togeth er ALOCRMCN on A3 LER rebuilds Northeast step by step 4 By BRIDGET EVARTS 17JJE ?HKONiCLt Staff Writer ?' Liberty East Redevelopment Inc. (LER) has-a mission to take back northeast Winston, one piece at a time. And now, with the city board of aldermen's blessings, LER will help tackle one of the most problematic developments in the area. Fairchild Hills is a 245-unit property located off 25th Street. Only 140 of the units are currently rented out; most stand empty and boarded-up. Last week, the board of aldermen approved a proposal presented by LER and a Triangle-area developer to acquire and redevelop Fairchild Hills. This will be the second time the northeast Winston group and developer Gordon Blackwell have paired up on such a project. Several years ago* Blackwell's Regency Development Association approached the city about acquiring 121 units of rental property on Cleveland Avenue. The apart ments were dilapidated and crime-ridden, and city officials had resigned themselves to handing the property over to the housing authority. Blackwell offered to rehabilitate the units at about a fourth of what the city had esti mated, had it done so on its own. "I was very happy when they came along," said Monica Lett of the city's Housing and Neighborhood Development Office. "They went far beyond anybody's expectations, in terms of the quality of work done" Those apartments are now known as Burke Village named after Northeast Ward Alderman Vivian Burke. Last year. Burke Village received the Housing North See FAIRCHILD on A3 The UK board of directors, Willie B. Conrad Sr., Nonty Carpenter, Minnio Thomas and Naomi Jones, stand in front of Fairchild Hills Apartments. UK has partnered wfth a Raleigh developer to rehabilitate the properties. Bledsoe says Project Homestead signed bond ? ???*?? 3tr SI BgPBSnBRnBR ! M| ? By BRIDGET EVARTS The CheonkU Staff Writer , .1 Project Homestead in Oreensboro ha* become involved in another limousine venture, said the nonprofit housing provider's former business associate. ,.? Dale Bledsoe, owner of All Stretched Out Limousines on West Market Street, said that he , attempted to get a bond on a 1995 Mercedes lim I ousine currently in his possession, and found that ' t Project Homestead's president had already signed 1 ? ?' ; ' * a bond for the limo's co-owner, Lorrance Lawson. The bond is with Mays Insurance on East Wbndover in Greensboro. The bond, said Bledsoe, was for $86,000. "If the car gets damaged, Project Homestead has to pay $86,000," Bledsoe explained. He said that insurance agent Linda Ballance told him Project Homestead's financial statement backed the bond, signed Aug. 29. Bledsoe said that if the Rev. Michael King, the housing organization's president, signed a bond Set BOND on A12 HAWS may have missed Drug Elimination Grant By BRIDGET EVARTS The Chronicle Staff Writer A local Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) official said that several housing authorities may have missed an opportunity to fight drugs and crime in public housing. Jesse Kome, public affairs offi cer for the North Carolina HUD office, said that an unusually high number of authorities did not apply for the Drug Elimination Grant or missed the deadline this year. The Housing Authority of Winston-Salem (HAWS) may have been one of those authorities. The national HUD office allo cated $259 million last year for the grant. Out of 978 applicants, 650 authorities received funding. The grant can be used to increase police presence, toughen tenant screening and eviction practices, fund security improvements create youth programs, in order tos reduce drug activity and crime in public housing. Applications had to be deliv ered to the state HUD office in Greensboro Aug. 8 before 3 p.m. A source close to the local housing authority said that the application for the grant, which would have provided about $500,000 funding for HAWS, had not been submit ted on time. That office also, .administers grants to HAWS and sj See GRANT o\A7 S ? I
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