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Blueprint For Growth Discussed
Summit viewed as major first stop
Photo by LB. Speas Jr.
James Grace and MUtter Evans co-chaired the summit and talked
about Its accomplishments at a news conference Monday.
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By PATRICIA SMITH-DEERING
Chronicle Staff Writer
"Summit"? the highest level of authority,
specifically in connection with diplomatic nego
tiations. While not at the high level that one nor
mally thinks of, the Winston East Summit was
just as significant an event for the African- Amer
ican community in Winston-Salem.
Held Aug. 9-11 at the Radisson Hotel in
Charlotte away from media scrutiny and exter
nal influence, distancing its 73 participants from
their day-to-day professional and family con
cerns, the Winston East Summit accomplished at
least one of its goals. It brought together in a
neutral setting, a large group of representatives
from the African-American community, mirror
ing the diversity which characterizes the eco
nomic ^religious, societal, and educational com
posite of East Winston.
" Everything depends on the follow-up.
... If there is no follow-up, then this
past weekend was just a weekend at
the Radisson." .
_ - Khalid Fattah Griggs
At the press conference held Monday, Aug.
13 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, James R. Grace,
Jr. and MUtter Evans, co-hosts of the media event
and co-chairs of the Summit, called the conclave
"positive, productive, successful.. .Seventy-three
African-American community leaders from
diverse backgrounds with multiple interests par
ticipated in activities that allowed them to get to
know one another better and create some bond
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A sampling of those who participated in the
? Summit ^would appear tPLSiipport the achieve
ment of some of the principal goals of the group.
"Overall, I felt good about the coming
together of people from different segments of the
community," said Earline Parmon, Forsyth Coun
ty Commissioner-elect. "We have a lot of talent to
help East Winston become a viable community ?
again. The fact that we could sit down and listen ;
to where people of different persuasions were i
coming from is significant." I
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Minority developers unveil plan for 18-acre development
Proposal calls for more
than just beautiful homes
By TRACY L. PROSSER
Chronide Staff Writer
A proposed East Winston housing
development includes plans for a new
branch of the Forsyth County Public
Library and of Forsyth Technical Com
munity College as well as a new day
care facility.
East Pointe Developers, a partner
ship between Ernest Pitt and Thomas
Trollinger, introduced citizens in the
C.arver School Road area to its plans
Tuesday, Aug. 14. It calls for a resident
tial development of moderately priced
houses in the neighborhood.
The lot for the proposed East
Pointe development is a wooded 18
acre parcel on Carver School Road
between Lansing Drive and Viking
Drive. The area would be divided into
43 lots ranging from 13,050 to 16,050
square feet in size for private homes.
East Pointe Developers has four
possible floor plans, but will custom
_ build houses if there is an interest,
Trollinger said. The cost for the hous
es will range from $70,000 to $90,000.
Pitt said garages could be built on the
houses for about $4,000 more.
Pitt and Trollinger emphasized
that this will be a quality neighborhood
comparable to Northwood Estates.
There will be restrictive covenants to
_ ensure the quality of the houses built,
and East Pointe intends to preserve as
many of the present trees as possible,
Piu said.
East Pointe Developers proposes a
12,000 square foot building for the
library and college branch and another
of the same size for the day care facili
ty, which could possibly provide adult
as well as child care. Trollinger said
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Hunt defense attorney
concerned about effect
of county's racial makeup
By TRACY L PROSSER because of extensive pre-trial pub
Chronide Staff Writer
Darryl Eugene Hunt will be
retried for the 1984 murder of Deb
orah B. Sykcs in Catawba County,
but a member Hunt's legal defense
team says the county has a racial
distribution that he thinks will affect
the outcome of the trial to the detri
ment of his client.
Judge Forrest Farrell, who will
hear the case in September, said the
defendants originally asked to try
the case out of Winston-Salem
Attorney Larry Little, a mem
ber of Hunt's defense team, request
ed a change of venue to a location
that resembled Forsyth County
demographically. He suggested
Durham, Raleigh, or Charlotte.
Catawba County was selected
Farrell said Catawba County
was an "excellent location" for the
trial, which is set to begin Sept 17
in Newton.
In March 1990, Hunt was
Photo by L.B. Speas Jr.
Developer Thomas Trolllnger points out plans for library branch
and day care facility.
Library, Forsyth Tech
branches considered
, By TRACY L. PROSSER
Chronicle Staff Writer
A new East Winston branch of
the Forsyth County Public Libcary
on Carver School Road is in East
Pointe Developers' plans for a resi
dential development on Carver
School Road.
"The current East Winston
- Branch has a problem with what
happened to the area around it," said
Mary McAfee, assistant director for
the extension division of the
Forsyth County Public Library. The
branch is located at 1110 East Sev
enth Street, which is in the middle
of a commercial build-up where
there are no houses, she said.
'There is a long-range plan for
the library, and a part of that plan
indicates a.Carver School Road
branch which would serve the East
Winston community," McAfee said.
McAfee said use and visibility
would be considered in choosing a ?
location for another East Winston
branch. She said one advantage of
the Carver School Road site is that
it is closer to where the population
actually lives.
Ernest Pitt and Thomas
Trollinger are partners in East
Pointe Developers and have devel
oped plans for an East Winston
- branch of the library and Forsyth
?Tech satellite facility tobeona cor- ?
ner of the residential development.
They presented their plans to repre
sentatives from the county govern
ment and Forsyth Tech staff in a
meeting Wednesday, Aug. 15.
John S. Holleman Jr., chairman
of the Forsyth County board of
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Larry Womble calls for
eviction policy review
By RUDY ANDERSON man's Public Safety Committee Mon
Chron.de Managing Editor day night, Aug. 13.
Darryl E. Hunt
acquitted in Catawba County for the
murder of Arthur Lee Wilson, an
Afro-American from Winston
Salem. Although Hunt came out
the victor in that case, Little said he
thought a trial where an Afro
American man was accused of
Larry D. Little
killing a white woman would not be
heard the same way the trial of an
Afro-American man accused of
killing another Afro-American man
would be. "This is America. This is
Please see page A2
Southeast Ward Alderman Larry
Womble wants the city Housing
Authority to re-examine its policy of
evicting families when one of the
members has been convicted on drug
charges.
Womble contends the policy
adopted by the Housing Authority
under directives from the federal
Department of Housing and Urban
Development is like forcing people to
live in a near police-state atmosphere.
Womble made his concerns clear dur
ing a meeting of the Board of Alder
But Elaine Ostrowski, executive
director of the Greensboro Housing
Authority, said Wednesday that the
policy just enables the authorities to
take that course of action in an effort
to get the drug trafficking problem
under control in public housing.
Greensboro has instituted a similar
policy to that of the Winston-Salem's
Housing Authority.
"We are in the business of hous
ing people, not putting them out on
the street. But something has to be
done about this situation and this poli
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