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and goals.
Clement concluded his
speech at the Banker’s Con
vention by advising us to be
ambassadors for black
business. “Different ships
may have brought us here,
but we’re all in the same
boat,” he commented.
“We ain’t where we should
be, we aren’t where we’re
going to be, but thank God
we ain’t where we use to
be,” he stated.
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bereaved parents. If the FBI has such evidence, arrest
should be made immediately. If there is no substantiating
evidence, immediate steps should be taken to remove the
offending official from any position of delicate and
critical responsibility.
The Atlanta community has every right to expect full
and complete cooperation between all levels of govern
ment in such a crisis; but public disclosures about eviden
tiary matters without the collaboration of Atlanta police,
raise serious questions about the motives and bias of
some officials. Lowery feels that the Atlanta crisi? is one
of utmost and unpresedented dimensions and the gross
impropriety by key officials is a cost that the community
cannot afford.
The SCLC urges a high level consultation between
government officials at all levels to assure the community
of full and sure cooperation in efforts to put an end to
these heinious crimes, and apprehend the killers.
Bill
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ed because Reagan has no
intention of focusing on
Fair Housing for anyone
and unless Rep. Pegg
receives some letters and
phone calls, shfe’s not going
to change her stand on the
issue.”
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Authority - Home Buyers Working Tog’^k
By Yvonne Anderson
Staff Reporter
“1 don’t like to talk about myself, I
just don’t like it when people refer to
themselves,” said Dorothy Ross, coor
dinator for the Housing Authority.
Accompanying her job are the
pressures and conflicts that go with any
job where one acts as intermediary bet
ween any two groups. Despite this,
Ross keeps her head down to earth.
“I was born here, went to Atkins
High School, then I went to Chicago,”
said Ross of her background. “After a
while, I just wanted to come home, so I
came.”
She returned in 1969 and worked
with the Experiment in Self Reliance.
Ross went to the Housing Authority
(HA) in 1971 as as Assistant Communi
ty Service Officer. “That’s a long title
but it doesn’t mean anything,” Ross
said with a smile.
Being an intermediary between the
(HA) and the Home Buyers Associa
tion (HBA) is not an easy job, as Ross
is quick to point out. Last year she and
her superiors were involved in a tense
communities; out of that
came my present position."**'''
Ross feels that a lot hasL
complished within the prj ^
declines credit for making|
Mrs. Dorothy Ross
complishments work.
“Whatever has been
in the program wasn’t
myself,” she said.
Maggie Martin, president,,
thampton community, '
Ross is a terrific person, wjJ
together.”
Beside her job, Ross is j,,:
the Urbanite Social Club asu'
dent. She attends Our Ladyot'i
Catholic Church and edits the j
news letter, a quarterly pn|,|.*
Ross said, “It’s a means form*
lect and disperse information!,
conflict over the recognition of the
Home Buyers Associations of the seven
Turnkey III communities.
“That agreement was the key thal
opened the door to a working relation
ship between them and us,” explained
Ross. “Out of that, the association was
given the authority to represent theii
the (HA) and residents and
residents themselves.
Ross sees the future of the
as good. “I see changes bein
but I don’t see where the prog,
be phased out,” she said, "i
good of a program and it’s b,
long, hard struggle, interesti,
challenging.”
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for “UDAG” Grants for the current grant period.
The center is to be built on a 7.5 acre city owned site
bounded by Fifth and Ninth Streets and Cleveland and
Claremont Avenues. The center is to be owned and
operated by East Winston residents.
The East Winston Local Development Corporation,
non-profit group, is headed by Attorney R. Lewis Ray. It
is spearheading the movement to develop the center. It
plans to form a for-profit corporation and to sell stock to
area residents to assist with the financing of the center.
The city is working closely with the corporation.
Although full particulars have not been worked out at
this time, it is felt that plans are sufficiently developed to
submit the application for the grant.
Other tenants to be sought for the center are a variety
hardware store, a beauty shop, a barber shop, a
music/record store, an apparel store, a shoe store, a
gift/book/stationary store, and a sports shop.
The project will contain 45,400 square feet. It will
generate approximately 60 permanent jobs and 100 tem
porary construction jobs. The annual payroll is estimated
to be around $550,0(K).
The project will be built at a cost of $2 million, and it
will be financed as foliows:
- $l.i million loan from a private lender
- $340,000 UDAG Loan.
- $300,000 equity investment by area residents.
- $i48,000 CD loan.
- $85,000 City.
The proposal to build the 130 unit low and moderate in
come housing project was presented by the Low Income
Housing Development Corporation of Durham. The cor
poration has operated in North Carolina since 1967 and it
has built over 1400 multiple and 300 single family housing
units in the state
The housing proposal had the endorsement of the East
Winston Restoration Association, the Black Aldermen,
and the City-Wide Neighborhood Housing Coalition.
The need for the project was well documented.
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Development have guidelines which mandate the ex
istence of such an association.
Norma Wright, president of the Broadway Community
Association, said, “When you get together and talk, one
gets more things done.”
However, president of Kingston Greens, Jimmy Pet-i
tigrew is not satisfied.
“We want them (HA) to give us retro-active funds,
because they owe it to us,” said Pettigrew. “We were
supposed to receive a budget for the ten years that thei
program has been in operation and they are just getting
around to it now.”
Pettigrew said that his development held back their
agreement with the HA to settle disagreements among
themselves. He also said that they were having problems
dealing with the bureacracy (Housing Authority).
“We had to get ourselves an attorney to get that agree
ment and to get an understanding on the legal side of
things,” said Pettigrew.
North Hills president, Verdell Hayes, said, “I’ve only
been president six months, but I haven’t had any pro
blems. It’s a warm relationship between our development
and the Housing people.”
“Our center has been painted and repairs have been -
made on our request,” Hayes added.
In the late 1960s, through the efforts of the National
Council on Negro Women, a home ownership rental pro
gram was established entitled Turnkey, by Joseph Burns-
tein. Its purpose is to enable local low-to-moderate in
come families an opportunity to own a home.
Today 160 of the 967 Turnkey Ill homes have been
bought by their owners. The success of the program is
demonstrated by the fact that 100 homes were bought as a
result of residents having the time to learn how to finan
cially manage the home before they assumed mortgage
responsibilities.
James Haley, executive director of the Housing
Authority,"Said, “It is an excellent program that enables
people to buy a home who wouldn’t otherwise have the
opportunity. It’s the best housing program we’ve got.”
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