Residents
BY TEVIN STINSON
THE CHRONICLE
Residents got a sneak peek at the new Central
Library on Tuesday evening during the Building
Healthy Hearts & Healthy Minds event hosted by
Frank L. Blum Construction and the American Heart
Association.
During the tour, people from across the city learned
about the new and exciting things that will be included
in the library on Fifth Street. According to Matthew
Rodda with Steele Group Architects, the library, which
will be the newest and most modern in the state, will
include an auditorium, a cafe, a children's section com
plete with a patio, a teen area with a green screen, a
makers space where visitors can build and create any
thing they want, and two patios.
Deputy County Manager Damon Saunders-Pratt
said, "This is the library of the future.
"We will have space-for social gatherings and
countless other activities," he said. "We look at this
library as the county's living room and we are excited
that we are almost done with construction."
Photo by Tevin Stinson
On Tuesday, Sept. 20, residents had the opportunity
to view the Central Library located on Fifth Street.
County
considers
projects for
state grants
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
Local jobs and educa
tion initiatives from Goler
CDC and Forsyth
Technical Community
College are among the
projects the county is con
sidering submitting for
Golden Leaf grants.
The Golden Leaf
Foundation was established
in 1999 by the General
Assembly to administer
half of North Carolina's
share of settlement money
from tobacco manufactur
ers. The grants are sup
posed to help the state's
economy, especially in
poor or tobacco dependent
communities.
' County commissioners
reviewed two items that
involve applying for
Golden Leaf grant funds
during its Thursday, Sept.
15 briefing. One applica
tion is for $200,000 from
Golden Leaf's open grants
program to fund the coun
ty's infrastructure work for
a proposed business park
on Idols Road, next to
Tangle wood Park.
The other item involves
the commissioners choos
ing what projects to submit
to Golden Leaf's
Community Based Grants
Initiative, which focuses on
economic development,
education, workforce
development, infrastruc
ture, healthcare infrastruc
ture and agriculture.
County staff has narrowed
it down to five community
projects totaling $2.1 mil
lion, of which the county
can submit three. Forsyth is
competing with 20 .other
counties for the $20 million
in grant funds allocated for
the Piedmont Triad and
southwest region.
? Among the finalists is a
new Goler CDC initiative,
Workforce Technology
Pathway 2020, which will
provide IT training to 100
underemployed or unem
ployed residents.
Participants will take part
in a one-year program,
which will include intern
ships, certification and
assistance finding an IT
job.
"We see technology as
being the new economy for
Winston-Salem and we
want to make sure all our
citizens have an opportuni
ty to participate in this new
economy," said Goler CDC
President Michel Suggs.
Goler CDC's partners
in the project are Forsyth
Tech, Winston-Salem State
University, Wake Forest
Baptist Medical Center,
Wexford Science &
Technology and Inmar.
Goler is hoping to get
$477,000 of the $597,000
needed to fund the five
year project from Golden
Leaf, with the rest coming
from other grantors.
The other finalists are:
?The City of Winston
Salem is asking for a
$500,000 grant to cover
part of the up to $962,000
it's providing for a hydro
ponics facility, which is
also a Goler CDC project.
The facility, which will
grow plants in water
instead of soil, will provide
fresh produce to the
Kimberley Parte communi
ty, which is a food desert.
There are also expected to
be five new jobs at the
facility.
?Forsyth Technical
Community College is ask
ing for a $560,000 grant to
cover most of a $728,000
cost for a new Advanced
Manufacturing Mobile
Classroom. The classroom
will travel to high schools,
letting students there learn
about advanced manufac
turing, which is a highly
demanded skill set that
pays well.
?Winston
Salem/Forsyth County
Schools is asking for
$500,000 for two new pre
k classrooms that will be
placed in schools where
more than 55 percent of
students receive free or
reduced lunch. The grant,
along with $153,000 from
The Winston-Salem
Foundation's Project
Impact, would fund a
teacher and teacher's assis
tant for three years, along
with tablets and smart
boards. The new class
rooms would open in the
2017-2018 school year.
?The Piedmont Triad
Regional Council of
Governments is applying
for a grant between
$100/XX) and $1 million
for a Revolving Loan
Program for small and
large businesses in down
town or developed areas.
PTRC is applying for a
Golden Leaf grant for the
program in each' of its
counties, which is required
by the Economic
Development
Administration, which will
do a one-to-one match on
Golden Leaf grant money.
The commissioners
will vote on submitting the
grant applications in their
Monday, Sept. 26 meeting.
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