County bond hearing
scheduled for Aug. 8
Linville
Witherspoon
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The public will get
their chance to weigh in on
the bonds on Aug. 8, when
Forsyth County commis
sioners make the final deci
sion on whether to add
them to the November bal
lot.
The county commis
sioners took another split
vote to move the bonds for
ward and set their next reg
ular meeting in August as a
public hearing on the
bonds. The three bond
items are a $350 million
Winston-Salem/Forsyth
County School bond, a $65
million Forsyth Technical
Community bond, and a
$15 million Parks and
Recreation bond. The
county calculates that it
could pay up to $217 mil
lion in interest on the com
L; a ^ i"
omen million oi
bonds. If all three pass the
final August vote and are
approved by voters, county
taxes will increase by 3.6
cents per $100 of property
value in 2018 and another
3.8 cents in 2022.
The measure to move
the bonds forward passed
5-2 with Commissioners
Richard Linville and
Gloria Whisenhunt voting
against it.
"I do believe the needs
could be met with lesser
amounts," said Linville.
Linville said he
believed the bonds, com
bined with renovating or
building anew courthouse,
would be too much debt for
the county to take on. Hie
county commissioners will
be deciding this year on a
plan for a new or renovated
courthouse, which will cost
more than $100 million
and will most likely be paid
for with limited obligation
bonds.
Whisenhunt echoed
Linville's thoughts, saying
it would be her first time
opposing a school bond,
which she found "heart
breaking."
"It's too much at one
time," she said.
Commissioners Walter
Marshall and Everette
Witherspoon spoke in
favor of the bonds.
Witherspoon said it's been
10 years since the last
school bond. He said if the
commissioners hadn't
passed up the opportunity
to do a school bond in
2012, the needs wouldn't
be so great now. He hopes
the county can do school
bonds on a more regular
basis going forward.
"I think it is needed,"
said Witherspoon. "The
amount came from our
neglect to do our duty in
the past. Some things just
build up."
Marshall agreed and
said he felt the school
board did a good job of
accessing its needs in its
bond proposal.
"I trust their judgement
on what our schools need,"
said Marshall.
School board chair
Dana Jones said she . was
pleased the bonds are
going forward. She said the
board started with $600
million in needs and nar
rowed it down to $350 mil
lion.
"We have done our due
diligence to put forth proj
ects that have to be done,"
she said.
The school bond deals
with agin? buildings and
technology, along with
having enough classrooms
to accommodate the grow
ing student body. It'll pay
for two ^ew middle
schools, four replacement
schools, additions to four
schools and renovations at
four others. It includes new
or refreshed technology in
classrooms and 3D printers
in media centers.
The Winston-Salem
NAACP and other organi
zations have advocated at
school bond meetings for a
new middle school in East
Winston. Jones said that
request wasn't added to the
bond because the new
schools in the bond are
designed to relieve other
schools in their area that
are over capacity.
There is already a mid
dle school in East Winston
at Winston-Salem
Preparatory Academy,
which is currently under
capacity. The school sys
tem has been exploring
ways to entice more par
ents to send their children
there.
The Forsyth Tech bond
will create a new aviation
program at Smith Reynolds
Airport, along with paying
for building renovations
and construction at the col
lege's various locations.
The parks bond includes
several park renovations,
mostly concentrated in
Tanglewood Park in
Clemmons, and $5 million
for a multi-use agricultural
center, also located at
Tanglewood.
The next county com
missioners meeting is 4
p.m. on Aug. 8.
i
Girl Scouts
elect new
board members
SPECIAL TO
THE CHRONICLE
Colfax - Girl Scouts
Carolinas Peaks to
Piedmont (GSCP2P) elect
ed new members to its
board of directors at a
recent board meeting. The
current GSCP2P Board of
Directors now includes:
Board - Officers:
?Chair - April
Broadway, Winston-Salem,
president and CEO of
Dreamcatchers Educational
Consulting, Inc. and man
aging partner, Nfinity
Consulting Group, LLC.
?Vice Chair - Simeon
Cross, Asheville,
Owner/CEO of Biltmore
Marketing
?Secretary - Tammy
Vimig, Tobaccoville, direc
tor of client services and
operations for Inmar
?Treasurer - Richard
Buffkin, Winston-Salem,
financial advisor and pastor
with the Western North
Carolina Conference of
United Methodist Churches
Board - At-Large
Members:
* Karen Bartlett, Bryson
City, realtor for RE/MAX
Awenasa Realty
?Martha S. Bradley,
Waynesville, lawyer for
Cannon Law
?Glenn Deal,
Taylorsville, financial con
sultant for Thrivent
Financial
?Jackie Palmer,
Hickory, customer experi
ence leader for Wells Fargo
Board - Regional
Members:
?Stacy Anderson,
Asheville, vice president of
Leslie Anderson
Consulting, Inc., Region 2
(Buncombe, Haywood,
Henderson and
Transylvania)
?Julie Gray Heath,
Gastonia, educator at
Daniel Stowe Botanical
Garden, Region 4
(Cleveland, Gaston,
Lincoln, Rutherford)
?Debbie Moser, North
Wilkesboro, owner/opera
tor of D Moser Travels,
Travelink, Inc., Region 6
(Alleghany, Ashe, Avery,
Watauga, Wilkes)
?Estelle Stokes
Bowden, Greensboro,
world languages depart
ment chair of Greensboro
Day School , Region 10
(Guilford)
?Frances Beasley,
Welcome, vice president of
development for Old Salem
Museums & Gardens,
Region 11 (Davidson,
Davie, Randolph)
Representing
GSCP2P's 40-county juris
diction throughout central
and western North
Carolina, the new board
consists of life-long Girl
Scouts, community leaders,
nonprofit and corporate
executives, and several
board veterans. The board
members will use their
experiences in Girl
Scouting, finance, commu
nications, government,
education, technology,
marketing and more to lead
the state's largest girl
focused organization.
"It's incredible to have
a group of diverse, skilled
community leaders, execu
lives ana aeaicaiea uiri
Scouts on our board of
directors," said Lane Cook,
CEO of Girl Scouts
Carolinas Peaks to
Piedmont. "I am confident
that this board will com
bine their skills and expert
ise to enhance and expand
the lives of girls throughout
central and western North
Carolina."
The board of directors
is a policy-making and
governance body responsi
ble for establishing the
vision for GSCP2P, devel
oping strategic priorities,
and providing governance
and fiscal oversight for the
implementation of these
priorities by the CEO and
staff members. Board
members must be members
of the Girl Scout
Movement, live by the Girl
Scout Promise and Law,
and work to promote Girl
Scouts as the leading
organization for leadership
development of girls in
North Carolina.
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