"Th? goal and desire of The
Salvation Army remains con
stant: to serve our homeless
neighbors in a way that honors
their humanity."
-James Allison
Rezoning
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The Salvation Army
must move from its current
location on Trade Street to
separate families from
those in the corrections
programs. The location on
Cleveland Avenue
would've helped accom
plish that goal, but over the
past months, members of
the neighborhood and the
Housing Authority of
Winston-Salem expressed
their displeasure with the
rezoning.
"Throughout this
process, we have respect
fully listened to the con
cerns of many voices in the
Cleveland Avenue commu
nity," Allison said. "We
agree with those who point
out that the Cleveland
Avenue community has
been long overlooked.
"However, we do not
believe the presence of a
shelter for some of the
most vulnerable members
of our community would
be a detriment to the neigh
borhood or a deterrent to
economic development in
the community," Allison?
said.
The Center of Hope,
located at 1255 Trade St., is
over capacity to accommo
date those families in need.
The Salvation Army must
house some families in
hotels. The proposed shel
ter would be able to house
90 residents, while the cur
rent location only can hold
84.
Although the shelter
will not be moved to the
Cleveland Avenue commu
nity, Allison said the
Salvation Army's desires
remain the same.
"The goal and desire of
The Salvation Army
remains constant: to serve
our homeless neighbors in
a way that honors their
humanity," Allison said.
"We will not place shelter
residents in a context
where they are seen as a
detriment to progress."
According to Lucy
Painter, board chairwoman
of The Salvation Army, the
organization only has
$500,000 to spend on a
building, and they have
looked at other locations in
the past, but haven't been
able to find anything that
fits into its budget.
"We only have
$500,000 to spend,"
Paynter said. "Both pro
grams deserve their own
separate space."
During the press con
ference, Allison said he
hope the entire community
and city officials will help
find a location for the shel
ter.
"Our neighbors who
find themselves in a season
of homelessness need the
support of the entire
Winston-Salem neighbor
hood. The Salvation Army
is committed to the care,
safety and well-being of
our neighbors and requests
the assistance of the entire
community, and city lead
ers, to help us continue the
search for the appropriate
location for the continu
ance of this vital service
within our city."
Photos by Todd Luck
The statue was erected in 1905 by the local chapter of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy, which according to the County, still owns it.
Statue
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the Confederacy James B.
Gordon Chapter, who
erected the statue more
than a century ago, still
owns it. Neither the county
nor the new owners of the
property have control over
the statue, he said.
The monument has a
statue of a Confederate sol
dier on a 24-foot base. On
its front it reads "Our
Confederate Dead" in large
raised letters and engraved
text around the base speaks
of glory and fame for
Southern soldiers who died
in the Civil War.
A local chapter of the
United Daughters of the
Confederacy still exists.
According to the national
organization's website, the
group is open to female
descendants of those who
fought for or aided the
Confederacy and is dedi
cating to collecting and
preserving Southern Civil
War history and educating
others about it. The local
chapter had no comment,
referring The Chronicle to
the state president, who
also had no comment and
referred the paper to the
group's national president
general, who didn't
respond to an email inquiry
before press time.
Management at 50
West Fourth had no com
ment on the status of the
statue, but said there has
been no comments or com
plaints made about it by
residents.
County Commissioner
Walter Marshal said that
the statue is oftentimes
unnoticed by people and
hasn't been a source of
much controversy. He said
he felt it didn't belong on
government property
because, to him, it repre
sented slavery and a time
when the South tried to
secede from the United
States of America.
"It. has a place in our
history and it should be
preserved, but it should not
be on government proper
ty," Marshall said.
Other Confederate
monuments have been a
source of contention lately
around the country and in
North Carolina, which has
more than 100 such monu
ments. A bill that would
require General Assembly
approval to remove monu
ments on public property
that "commemorates an
event, a person, or military
service that is part of North
Carolina's history" passed
unanimously by the N.C.
Senate in April and was
approved by the House on
Tuesday. The measure now
moves to Gov. Pat
McCrory's desk.
N.C. Rep. Ed Hanes
voted against it and
believes the bill was fast
tracked-recently in order to
protect Confederate monu
ments.
"It's kind of a round
about way to end public
discussion on some issues
that need to be talked about
from a race and history
standpoint," said Hanes. "It
is a way to attempt to
defuse conversations from
happening that surround
issues of Confederate mon
uments."
He said he personally
feels such monuments
should be removed or have
something added to talk
about the history of slavery
in the Confederacy.
A monument to the
North Carolina Women of
the Confederacy in down
town Raleigh was vandal
ized overnight on Tuesday,
July 21, with the words
"Black Lives Matter!"
Last week in Charlotte,
two confederate monu
ments were vandalized,
one with concrete covering
its words and the other with
the word "racist" sprayed
painted on it. On July 5, the
Silent Sam^Qjiffederate
statue at thellniversity of
North Carolina-Chapel Hill
had the words "murderer"
and "black lives matter"
spray-painted on it.
In Graham, Concerned
Citizens of Alamance
County is planning to ask
the county commissioners
to remove a Confederate
monument in front of that
county's courthouse. A
rally to support the monu
ment on Saturday drew
more than 1,000 partici
pants. The rally's sponsor
was a Facebook page
called "Alamance County
Taking Back Alamance
County," which has a
Confederate merged with
an American flag as its
main image and says it's
protecting "Southern
rights." Hie page features
numerous posts on the
Confederacy, including one
with Confederate soldiers
saying "In the face of
tyranny, they stood strong
& proud. Now it's our
turn!"
Confederate symbols in
public places have been a
source of renewed contro
versy after the racially
motivated massacre at a
black church in Charleston,
South Carolina, last month.
The alleged shooter, Dylan
Roof, posted a photo online
prior to the massacre in
which he posed with a gun
and the Confederate battle
flag, a commonly used
symbol by white suprema
cists. This caused a
renewed debate over the
flag.
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley
led a push to get the
Confederate battle flag
removed from the state
Capitol, and lawmakers
followed suit, resulting in
the flag's removal on July
10. The flag had flown over
the South Carolina state
capital since 1961, when it
was raised over the State
House for the Civil War
Centennial, though it's
widely believed that it was
really raised to protest inte
gration, which was com
mon among Southern
states at the time. In 2000,
it was moved to a
Confederate monument in
front of the Capitol. It had
been a source for contro
versy for decades, and the
NAACP just ended its 15
year boycott of South
Carolina over the flag on
July 11.
Many major retailers
have stopped selling the
flag, such as Walmart,
Amazon.com, Sears and
eBay. Many public uses of
the flag nationwide are
being reconsidered and a
#noflaggingchallenge has
gone viral, with people
posting videos of them
selves stealing Confederate
flags displayed on other
people's property. This past
weekend there were clash
es between protesters in
Columbia. South Carolina,
when the Klu Klux Klan
held a rally protesting the
removal of the flag from
the Capitol grounds and the
New Black Panther Party
held a counter-protest. The
protests were on and in
front of the Capitol
grounds.
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NCDOT TO HOLD CITIZENS PROJECT
UPDATE MEETING JULY 23
FOR THE PROPOSED EXTENSION
OF IDOLS ROAD (S JL 3000)
FROM HAMPTON ROAD (SJL 2999) TO UJS. 158
The N. C. Department of Transportation will hold a Citizens Project
Update meeting in July regarding the proposed project to extend Idols
Rd (S.R. 3000) from Hampton Road (SR. 2999) to U.S. 158. The project
proposes to extend Idols Road on new location a distance of approxi
mately 2.0 miles. Right of way acquisition on the project began in Feb
ruary of 2005 and construction is scheduled to begin in the summer of
2016.
The meeting will take place on Thursday, July 23,2015 at the Village
of Clemmons Village Hall at 3715 Clemmons Rd, from 4 p.m. to
7 pjn. Interested citizens may attend at any time during the meeting
hours. NCDOT representatives will be available to discuss the project,
answer questions and provide an updated schedule for the project. No
formal presentation will be made. Citizens will also have the opportunity
to submit comments and questions in writing.
The public can view maps displaying the location and design of the
project online at http://www.ncdot.gov/projects/publicmeetings.
Anyone desiring additional information may contact Diane Hampton,
Division Planning Engineer at 375 Silas Creek Parkway, Winston Salem,
by phone (336)747-7800 or email dkhampton@ncdot.gov. All comments
must be received no later than Thursday August 13,2015.
NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans
with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who wish to participate in this
meeting. Anyone requiring special services should contact Diane Wilson
via e-mail at pdwilsonl@ncdot.gov or by phone (919) 707-6073 as early
as possible so that arrangements can be made.
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