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about where your ticket is,
but where you're going.
"Is your ticket
punched? We have to ask
the question 'where are you
going'?," he said. "Young
people don't waste your
time. We don't know how
many days we have, but we
do know this day, and we
have a responsibility every
day when you are in your
classes, when you talk to
each other and you are
working on this thing
called law, get the deepest
understanding that you
can."
He said just being a
lawyer doesn't mean you
are on the. side of justice
but it takes effort, courage
and commitment, along
with an understanding and
willingness to work hard.
He also told the young
lawyers to become a genius
in their fields, posing new
questions to help improve
society and the industry.
"I want you to go
against the grain. I want
you to be the type of lawyer
that when someone says it
can't be done, you say, 'Let
me take a look at that.' Take
that chance to look. I want
you to be the type of lawyer
that will stand tall,"
Gregory said.
The event was organ
ized by BLSA Vice
President Ariana Burnette,
who said that the banquet
was successful.
"I've heard nothing but
great feedback," she said.
"Walking through the halls,
a lot of professors and stu
dents said that it was one of
the best banquets they've
attended."
Three students were
awarded scholarship
nonies from the organiza
ion: Correll Kennedy
class of 2017), Cheslie
tryst (class of 2016) and
Kabila Abdulhafiz (class of
JO 15). The scholarships
vere presented by Judge
Denise S. Hartsfield. A rep
esentative from BLSA
said that they would prefer
lot to disclose the scholar
ship amounts.
The BLSA Legacy
Award was presented to
Tracey Banks Coan, asso- "
ciate law professor and
assistant dean for
Academic Engagement.
Student members vote to
recognize faculty members
that have been dedicated
and very involved in
BLSA.
"Everybody who takes
her class understands how
passionate Dean Coan is
about making sure that you
actually understand the
information and making
sure you actually learn it.
She means a lot to the stu
dents," Burnette said.
At the banquet, David
H. Wagner Jr. was recog
nized, along with Terry
Hart Lee. Wagner was one
of the first black students to
graduate from Wake Forest
Law, and consistently
demonstrated his commit
ment to education and the
community as a principal
and business owner. The
university and the family
are in talks to do something
that will honor his memory
and allow his legacy to
continue among Wake
Forest Law students.
Lee was the first female
black law student to gradu
ate from the university. She
founded the BLSA chapter
at Wake Forest and worked
in governmental law across
the nation.
The National Black
Law Students Association
was founded in 1968 by in
an effort to articulate and
pronjote the heeds and
goals of black law students
and effectuate change in
the legal community. The
Wake Forest chapter of the
BLSA is a local organiza
tion of law students affiliat
ed with the regional and
national BLSA organiza
tions.
BLSA sponsors a
scholarship banquet each
year to fund merit-based
scholarships that are given
to one BLSA student-mem
ber in each class. Students
eligible for the scholarship
must be dues-paying mem
bers in their first, second or
thirdyear as a law student.
Tney must have met the
required service hours, both
pro bono and community serv
ice, to apply for the scholar
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the Public Safety Center,
which is getting a $10 mil
lion renovation with bond
money,
Built in 1984 when the
department had 263 offi
cers, Police Chief Barry
Rountree said the center is
now "busting at the seams"
with the current 559 offi
cers.
Just a couple miles
from the church on
Waughtown Street is where
the first $2.5 million dis
trict office will be located.
He said it could be finished
as soon as next year.
"By having district
offices, it will allow the
police officers to be in the
community more," said
Rountree. "It'll also
improve public safety by
having officers in the com
munity, so that is a big plus
for us."
Also discussed wis
Revitalizing Urban*
Community Areas, or
RUCA, which lends money
as low interest or forgiv
able loans to businesses for
the rehabilitation and
improvements in selected
distressed areas in the city.
The City Council is still
deciding which areas will
receive the $2 million in
bond funds for new RUCA
loans.
Some unfinished busi
ness of the last round of the
program came up recently
when Southeast Plaza
Shopping Center recently
asked the City Council for
more financial assistance.
Initial RUCA improve
ments to the plaza included
repaving the parking lot,
improvements to the facade
and rehabilitating areas in
the back of the plaza now
occupied by businesses.
On Feb. 1, the council
'"Toted 5-3 to grant the plaza
owner $825,500 to make
improvements it says will
help attract higher quality
businesses.
"By having district offices, it will allow the
police officers to be in the community more,"
Police Chief Barry Rountree
The money is a combi
nation of loan forgiveness
and funds from sweep
stakes business license
fees.
Montgomery said it
was a good investment,
since he considers
Southeast Plaza one of the
most successful RUCA
sites, because of its trans
formation and the amount
of private investment that's
occurred.
"For me, sometimes
when you're looking at dis
tressed areas, areas that are
in need of assistance, it
takes a little bit more than
you have available to push
that area where it can be
truly sustainable," he said.
Montgomery said in the
new round of RUCA there
will be more oversight and
more attention to the long
term needs for each site.
Also in the bond issues
is $4 million for
Transforming Urban
Residential
Neighborhoods, or TURN,
which will provide finan
cial assistance to rehabili
tate single-family, owner
occupied or investor
owned properties in heavi
ly blighted areas,
TURN will be investing
as much $800,000 in
selected residential areas.
"The TURN program is
not intended to defeat
every issue that's in a
neighborhood," said
Montgomery. "Investing
money in housing alone
does not deal with a lot of
systemic issues in neigh
bors, but this is part of a
larger puzzle that works
together to help begin to
mend some of those issues
we see in meetings and we
see housing as a big part of
that process."
In addition to the voter
approved bond i sijues,
upcoming renovations to
Benton Convention Center
and Union Station #ere
funded with limited oblige
tion bond money, wfcich
only required coohcil
approval and not a ptfblic
vote. ,
Union Station, located
in the East Ward beside
Winston-Salem State
University, is a former train
station that was used for
years as a garage before the
city purchased it.'
It is slated to become a
local and regional bus hub,
augmenting the nearby
Clark Campbell
Transportation Center
downtown, and is eventual
ly envisioned to be used for
regional and long distance
rail service.
The project is now in
the engineer and architec
ture stage, which should
last six to eight months,
said Montgomery.
"It's a very exciting
project and one that's been
many, many years in the
works," Montgomery said.
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