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The Chronicle
Forsyth County Public Library
Volume 40, Number 12 Wnston-Lte^,^^-SALEM, N.C THURSDAY, November 14, 2013
Photos by Kevin Walker
The Oaks at Tenth will soon open.
lobs required
lor tenants
of new
development
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
The 50 units that will make up The Oaks at Tenth
will boast hardwood floors, energy-efficient kitchens,
washers and dryers and many other features that urban
dwellers have come to expect.
The Housing Authority of Winston-Salem (HAWS)
wants The Oaks to be its prototype, a symbol of what
modern public housing can and should look like. But
breaking the public hous
ing mold, say HAWS offi
cials, is less about aesthet
ics and more about the
men, women and families
who will make facilities
like The Oaks their home.
Located at Tenth
Street and Cleveland
Avenue - the site of the
former Johnson Square -
The Oaks at Tenth will be
the Housing Authority's
first "Step Up" property;
as such, all able-bodied
adult residents will be
required to maintain a job
as a provision of their
HAWS CEO Larry Woods
lease. Each head of household must work at least 30
hours weekly; that requirement increases by 10 hours
per week for each additional adult that resides in the
unit. Monthly rent payments will be congruent with a
household's income.
"People move in to public housing when they are 21,
and they stay until they pass away," HAWS CEO Larry
Woods said Thursday during an open house at The
Oaks, which won't welcome its first residents until later
this year or early next year.
Woods said dependance on public housing has
become a generational cycle that is detrimental to both
residents and the Housing Authority, which has a wait
ing list that is perpetually overburdened because resi
dents rarely transition out of government-subsidized
housing.
Step Up is based on the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development's "Moving to Work" program.
Woods said HAWS has been fortunate in that a number
of local agencies have signed on to help those who are
interested in living at The Oaks but do not currently
meet the employment criterion.
The poverty-fighting Kate B. Reynolds Foundation
has chipped in $250,000 to help cover educational and
training programs; Goodwill Industries of Northwest
North Carolina and Northwest Piedmont Workforce
Development will also offer training and employment
services.
Ten of the The Oaks units - which have one to three
bedrooms and various floor plans - will go to clients of
the Experiment in Self-Reliance (ESR), an agency with
a long track-record of uplifting the working poor and the
See HAWS on A8
Road to re-election
littered with setbacks
Adams fought through Lupus diagnosis and the death of sibling
BY LAYLA GARMS
THE CHRONICLE
When local news stations reported that the
people of the North Ward had selected City
Council member Denise "DD" Adams for a sec
ond term, Adams was overcome with emotion.
The city native made her way around the liv
ing room of her Marlowe Avenue home with,
tears in her eyes, embracing friends and family
members as they cheered and showered her with
congratulations. For Adams, who took office in
2009, the election was far more than another
step in her political career. It was the spoils of a
hard fought victory, a symbol of triumph over
great adversity.
"I was just thankftl. I was thankful to my
family and to God, particularly, for giving me
another chance, and to friends and supporters -
everybody that helped me," said the 59 year-old.
"1 would be lying if I said I wasn't a little bit
See Adams on A7
Photo by Layla Garnu
City Council
member Denise
"DD" Adams
(right) with her
( sister, Tanya
Adams.
Lying Down lor Justice
WSSU nwk. by OM On
Students - many donning hooded sweatshirts - symbolically lay on a brick walkway at Winston-Salem State
University during a Thursday, Oct. 31 event to remember slain teen Trayvon Martin and to call for the US.
Justice Department to bring charges against his killer, George Zimmerman. Organized by students, the
protest featured speakers such as State Rep. Ed Hanes, City Council member Derwin Montgomery and
Larry Little, a WSSU professor and noted Civil Rights leader.
Gathering brings senior citizens to town
BY LAYLA GARMS
THE CHRONICLE
The annual conference of the North
Carolina Association of Senior Citizens
Clubs was held Nov. 6-8 at the Ramada
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Sundance Plaza)
hotel, attracting hun
dreds of people from
across the state.
Among them was
90 year-old Pearlie
May Dixon, who has
scarcely missed a con
ference since joining
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"Oh honey, that's my vacation," Dixon
said of the gatherings, which are held in a
different city each year. "You meet so many
See Seniors on A10
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District V members Grade Joe Byrd, Carrie Bardwell and Hattie
Fulwood perform the National Anthem.
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A hearty meal and thank-you for veterans
BY LAYLA GARMS
THE CHRONICLE
Veterans were treated to hot meals and plenty of gratitude
Monday.
In celebration of Veterans Day, American Legion Post 128,
which is thought to be the oldest predominantly black post in the fl
city, feted vets of every stripe with a savory, home cooked meal. t
"It's important just to show the veterans that the community
appreciates them for what they did and how they served," said
See Veterans on At
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Ganra
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