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Volume39,Number44 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. THURSDAY, June 27, 2013
Southside development to
have large Goodwill presence
Photo by LayU Garm\
(From left) City Council Member James Taylor with Goodwill CEO Artdibel and
Goodwill Campus Manager Nate Williams.
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Local Moles post for a photo in hues of the group's signature emerald color.
BY LAYLA GARMS
THE CHRONICLE __
Goodwill Industries of Northwest
North Carolina will officially open its
newest retail store tomorrow, ushering
in a new era of redevelopment and
community partnerships for the
agency.
The 11,000-square-foot building -
built to the highest energy conserva
tion standards - is located at 7528
Waughtown Street. It sits adjacent to
the old Goodwill store, which will be
torn down to make room for new
development in the coming weeks,
explained Goodwill CEO Art Gibel.
"We've ? had that store on
Waughtown for decades. It's old. It
does great business for us but it's
highly inefficient because of the age
of the building and the lack of parking
around," Gibel said. "We just jumped
at the opportunity to be able to buy
that property to build a new store."
Goodwill has big plans for the 4.5
acres. The agency will oversee a sec
Sce Goodwill on A7
MOLES CREATE MIIMMIS
British soul diva Marsha Ambrosias performs.
BY LAYLA GARMS
THE CHRONICLE
Prominent women from across the
Southeast donned their trademark emerald and
white and flocked to the Twin City last week
end for the 63rd Annual Conclave of The
Moles, Inc.
More than 500 Moles and their significant
others, known as Mules, convened in Winston
Salem June 20-23 for the Conclave, which,
true to the social organization's mission, was
chock full of galas, luncheons and outings.
"It's all about having fun," said Conclave
Co-Chair Lisa Caldwell, who has been a Mole
for the past two decades. "Our motto is 'Enjoy
yourself... it's later than you think,' and that's
basically what we do - we enjoy each other
and just socialize."
As its motto suggests. The Moles, Inc. is a
historically African American social club with
chapters throughout the nation. Moles and
Mules meet monthly to share a meal and
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Carolyn Highsmith (center) speaks at a
recent Ministers Conference meeting.
Outcry
spurs
tax value
upticHs
BY LAYLA GARMS
THE CHRONICLE
Shaw
Residents in Monticello Park have
been granted some relief from the deval
uation of their homes, following a deci
sion by the Forsyth County Board of
Equalization and Review last week.
Many homeowners in the community,
which is situated off Carver School
Road, saw their home values drop to
between $30,000
and $50,000 - i
about a third of
their 2009 tax val
ues - during the
county tax asses
sors' 2013 revalua
tion process,
according to Tax
Assessor John
Burgiss. Earlier
this month, the
Board, which is
charged with
reviewing tax lists,
hearing appeals from property owners
and making any necessary appraisal
changes, requested that tax assessors
reinvestigate 14 communities where
appeals and public outcry over the 2013
revaluations had been most widespread.
Monticello Park was in the number, and.
after visiting the community and assess
ing the homes more closely, tax assessors
, recommended that the Board reinstate a
significant portion of value to 50 homes
whose owners did not participate in the
appeals process.
"It's a substantial increase, almost
doubling what the one-third value, but
we still have a value on these properties
that is lower than 2009, even after these
changes." Burgiss said.
He said the community had only three
eligible sales during the two year period
(2011 and 2012) that assessors used to
calculate the home values, leaving a
greater margin for error in the tax asses
sors' process. A second neighborhood,
which Burgiss declined to identify, is
also likely to see its values increase fol
lowing a recommendation Burgiss and
his team will make to the board on June
28.
"This is not unusual but it's also not
common. It's not something we've done a
lot of," he said of the recommendations.
"(But) we always said if we found some
thing that justified it being redone, we'd
bring it to the board."
June 28 will also be the deadline for
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THE CHRONICLE '
The race for the East Ward City Council seat is shaping up to be a
repeat of 2009.
Both City Council Member Derwin Montgomery and Joycelyn
Johnson, whom Montgomery beat four years ago, announced their plans
this week to run for the seat. Montgomery was an undergraduate student
at Winston-Salem State University when he upset incumbent Johnson in
the Democratic primary. The win in the heavily Democratic ward
ensured him a seat on the City Council and a place in history, as he
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City Council
Member
D e r w i n
Montgomery
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Joycelyn
Johnson (left)
address sup
porters at sep
arate events
this week.
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