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munity," said East Ward Council Member Derwin
Montgomery. "What we see tonight (on May 4) are indi
viduals who are passionate about that and want to make
sure this council and others know the desire of the com
munity and what the community wants to see happening
within its confines and boundaries. That does not end with
this conversation, but it's only a portion of the larger pic
ture."
In 2010, the Housing Authority of the City of
Winston-Salem developed a master plan for the Cleveland
Avenue Community that was endorsed by both the city
and county planning boards and the City Council.
The goal of the plan is to "create a mixed-income,
mixed-use neighborhood by increasing the density toward
the Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, attracting retailers,
removing the superblocks by reconnecting the street grid,
providing a new boulevard, and creating a pedestrian
friendly environment."
Resident Amber Baker is looking to put down roots in
the community and is hoping to reinvest in the communi
ty
"Currently I reside in Kensington Village, which is a
wonderful example of a property that was once riddled
with crime and an eyesore for the city that has since been
redeveloped," Baker said. "I am now to looking to pur
chase in East Winston because
I'm willing to put my money where my mouth is. As
a professional, I realize that the way we will continue to
build that community is when people like myself purchase
in that neighborhood.
As you continue to build East Winston, you need to
look at what you're putting there as people like myself
look to reinvest in the city."
In 2014, HAWS was awarded by the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development a $500,000 Choice
Neighborhoods Planning Grant to support those efforts of
transforming the designated area. The plan covers 130
acres of the area.
HAWS claims to have invested $10 million dollars in
the community since 2010 including the development of
multiple new multifamily residential properties.
The Oaks at Tenth is a new multifamily development
that has been recently completed, and Camden Station
Apartments, at the corner of Cleveland Avenue and
Twelfth Street, are now under construction.
While it was pointed out that the city has made invest
ments into the area's shopping centers on New
Walkertown Road and the old Mutual Insurance building,
it still leaves much to be desired.
"Yes, we've made investments, but we are going to
have to do a whole lot more than what we have done if
this neighborhood and community is to become what peo
ple have seen it to be in the past and what we all know it
can be in the future," Montgomery said.
Resident and local political watchdog JoAnn Allen
said that the council seems to lack vision.
"As long as we're talking about downtown, you all
have all the vision you can muster up. But when we talk
about South Winston, East Winston or Northeast Winston,
there is nothing.
You all make all these decisions but you don't come
and actually see what's going on," Allen said. "Your job is
to do right by the people who elected you to be there, once
again, whether that was legally or illegally.
You continue to make East Winston one of the poorest
in the state."
Mayor Pro Tempore Vivian H. Burke said that she has
been one of the-few elected officials that has gone on
record as saying that there have been too may undesirable
activities east of U.S. 52 and that council is going to have
to do better.
"When you let one part go down, it's not helping. It
effects the whole city. I love east of 52 and nobody's
going to make me leave east of 52.
I just want you to join us, like you are this evening,
when we're speaking about how we think our city ought
to look.
We need you to come and support how you think your
city ought to look and what you think we ought to be
doing," she told a chamber full of residents.
Montgomery seconded that thought saying residents
should continue to make their voices heard at the meet
ings and beyond.
"I impress upon all those who are here today, let this
not be the last time we come together to have this conver
sation but let us join together to make sure that what we're
talking about as a neighborhood and community actually
happens and comes to fruition.
That we work diligently within our community to
make sure that we put the pressure, not just on City Hall,
but state and federal government, to make sure that we see
what needs to take place in our community."
Mayor Allen Joines was called Tuesday to give his
perspective on the issue but The Chronicle was told by his
staff that he was out of town and would not be returning
until Monday, May 18.
City Council will hear the rezoning issue again on July
20 at 7 p.m. at City Hall in room 230. The meeting can
also be viewed live online at http://winston-salem.gram
cus.com/MediaPlayer.php?publish_id=29, or by watching
the city's television station (WSTV-13) on Time Warner
Cable on channel 13.
Groups
from page AI
Community and Business
Development departments,
as well as representatives
of existing neighborhood
associations and
Neighborhood Watch
groups, will be available at
the fair to answer questions
and assist with forming
new associations and
groups.
Representatives of
recently formed neighbor
hood associations are
encouraged to attend and
register with the city.
Residents not affiliated
with a neighborhood asso
ciation or Neighborhood
Watch can find out if they
live in an area with either
group, and if so, can be
enrolled at the fair.
Also at the fair will be
representatives for the Fire
Department, CityLink and
Recreation and Parks and
the Human Relations
departments. There will be
music, light refreshments
and door prizes.
The city says it pro
motes neighborhood asso
ciations and Neighborhood
Watch because they
enhance neighborhood
safety and provide a direct
link for conveying timely
information to city resi
dents. For example, police
can contact a
Neighborhood Watch
group to warn its members
if a burglar has been active
in their area.
Neighborhood associa
tions build relationships
between neighbors, give
neighborhoods a voice
with the City Council and
city staff, and give city
officials another means of
reaching citizens with use
ful information, such as
Sanitation holiday collec
tion changes and opportu
nities to apply for city pro
grams.
For more information
about the fair, call
CityLink 311 or visit
CityofWS.org/CBD.
Neighborhood
advocate gains
$180,000 in
organizing grants
SPECIAL TO
THE CHRONICLE
Neighbors for Better
Neighborhoods (NBN) will
enter its 25th year July 1. It
closes out fiscal 2014 on
June 30th by celebrating
communiiy organizing in
14 added east northeast
Winston-Salem neighbor
hoods, strides made possi
ble through $180,000 in
grants from The Winston
Salem Foundation, Kate B.
Reynolds Charitable Trust,
Z. Smith Reynolds
Foundation, the City of
Winston-Salem and
Forsyth County.
In addition, new con
tracts with the Housing
Authority of Winston
Salem (HAWS) and United
Way of Forsyth County
totaling $117,000 provided
resources to
add five addi
tional staff to
accommodate
scheduling
. Neighbor Nites
(an NBN cre
ation) and to
conduct sur
veys in the new neighbor
hoods.
Neighbor Nites are
where residents connect to
discuss and share resources
in their own neighbor
hoods, and where they plan
projects that benefit their
families.
Over 24 years ago,
NBN gave its first grant for
the purpose of strengthen
ing a Winston-Salem
neighborhood that used an
asset-based community
development (ABCD)
approach.
Coming full circle, this
year's Winston-Salem
Foundation Community
Luncheon keynote speaker,
John McKnight, first met
NBN Executive Director
Paula McCoy during his
visit to Winston-Salem in
the 1990s. McCoy warmly
introduced John McKnight,
professor emeritus of edu
cation and social policy at
Northwestern University in
Evanston, Illinois at the
luncheon; and McKnight
received her with pride,
remarking on the enduring
strides NBN has made in
*
Winston-Salem since their
first meeting over 20 years
ago .In true ABCD fashion
on the day before the
luncheon, NBN hosted "A
Neighborhood Moment
with John McKnight" at
Fourteenth Street
Recreation Center. It was
well-attended.
NBN is a local organi
zation that partners with
neighborhood groups.
fContact NBN at 336-602
2519 or
dwashington@nbncommu
nity.org for more informa
tion.
Pictured left to right: Front row, Margot Jerome, Paula McCoy,
Robert Leak III, Dee Washington, Carly Williams, Cornelius
Graves, Nakida McDaniel, John Gladman II, Lucia Terpak.
Back row, English Bradshaw, Kenneth Holly, Anthony Rue
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