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County yet to receive detailed from page 1 decision is made," said admin istrator Dennis Magovern. The health center is hold ?ipg plans to undergo an accred itation survey by the Accredita tion Association for Ambulatory Health Care Inc., ^however. Magovern said the jjealth center will not contract ..the survey, which would cost ^5-6,000 and take over four months to set up, until they find out if the county will .accept their action plan or a | detailed proposal from Baptist Hospital. The action plan addresses many of the facility's financial and management problems identified in a 1996 consulting report conducted by Towers Perrin, and predicts a decrease in county funding of $3-3.3 million by 2001. Magovern speculated on the reason for the medical cen ter's delay. "It may be that Baptist Hospital discovered that Reynolds Health Center provides an array of services," he said. 1 j SciWorks hosts Black Inventors ? i frontpage 1 % i ui ... i ? i ' black history. The documen ; tary chronicles churches from ? St. Philip's Moravian, the first ; African-American church, to ? present-day sanctuaries such ; as Christ Rescue Temple. As the one American insti < tution historically allowed to ? blacks, the church was the sole ? space in which individual ? potential could develop, where '? "the unskilled factory worker < could become a major finan ' cial manager," or the domestic '< worker oversee the organiza ! tion of large church activities ? and events. ; "Beyond These Walls" ' also showcases the important ? role the church played in edu ' eating the community, espe ? cially in rural areas such as ' preindustrial North Carolina. Education will be the ? theme for next year's video, ? and Builte plans to highlight < Winston-Salem State Univer < sity and its founder, Simon < Green Atkins. 4 | ?j Vivian Burke, Northeast Ward alderman, speaks to those at the Black History breakfast. The road less traveled: Gate to northeast Winston rusts from page 1 had been neglected for so long that it was difficult to involve business owners in planning the project. "[Many] people there aren't tied into the public process," said DeCreny. A number of the small businesses, the group that the city targeted for involve ment, are one or two-person operations and do not have spare time for meetings. And due to past redevelop ment projects, many Liberty Street merchants and residents are suspicious of city involve ment. Others, said DeCreny, may have concerns that the plans would never materialize. Still, a number of business owners and residents formed a merchant's association and advisory committee. "Small businesses have to be there to support the commu nity," said DeCreny. Those small businesses have already been supporting Winston Salem's tax base, she added, and deserve the same consider ation as businesses in other parts of the city. The board of aldermen approved the appropriation of $595,000 for Liberty Street in fiscal year 1993-94, with equal amounts also allocated for the Southeast Gateway and Com munity Crossing projects. The start-up funds for the Southeast Gateway project have been completely spent, said city bud get director Lee Garrity, and the Community Crossing pro ject on University Parkway is underway. Around $400,000 is left in the Liberty Street coffers. So far, money has been spent on Jackson Person and Associates' consulting work and design plans. The board of aldermen approved a contract with the Memphis, Tenn., firm in Octo ber 199S, and a contract was signed early in 1996. The remaining money has not been used because the Lib erty Street project still lacks a completed implementation plan, said Garrity. DeCreny thinks a bond could step up execution of the plan. "More should be done, or Liberty Street should be done on an accelerated basis," she said. The proposed bond referen dum would split $5.2 million between the Liberty Street and University Parkway Corridor projects. With this $2.6 million, phase one of the Liberty Street project would begin in the south central segment of the corridor, from 11th Street to 19th Street. The improvements would include landscaping, road widening, median con struction, sidewalks, street lighting and signage. DeCreny is concerned about perceptions held by some of the people she has been working with. "While the University Park way [Corridor] is a very impor tant project, there is some thinking that they (the Univer sity and Liberty projects) are not parallel, and they should be handled on their own merit," said DeCreny. City/county principal plan ner Judith Hunt, project leader for the Liberty Street project, said that the city wanted more input from citizens, and thus the project moved at a slower pace than the Southeast Gate way and University Parkway renovations. "I think we spent a little more time with Liberty Street," Hunt said. The other two pro jects also predated Liberty Street, she said. About nine years ago. Northeast Ward Alderman Vivian Burke asked DeCreny to do a comparison of city invest ment in the Community Cross ing and Liberty Street Corridor. In the past 15-or-so years, over SO projects such as tree plant ing, park improvements and construction of new buildings have been funded by the city for the 8.3 miles of Community Crossing. In that time, only six projects have been imple mented on Liberty Street. "You know what I'll say ? I think it's a shame," said Burke. "We're generating a lot of money down there, and Summer special election for bonds ftompagej^ Approval of the bonds it estimated to reralt in property tax increases of 3 cents in 1998-99, and an additional 1 cent in 2000-2001. it would cost about $100,000 to hold an addi tional election for the bonds. This money would come out of this year's city budget, said Mayor Martha Wood. Winston-Salem's alder men boaJrd has historically farmed Special elections, said cito manager Bill Smart. He fiptiid'tfce board to keep toe bond billot separate from bdto the upcoming city pri mary in September and the e&itottitt November. M1 have concerns about whether or not the voting on bond issues can get mixed up with voting on people," said Stuart. Not all Special election bonds have suffered poor turnout. An election held in March 1979 to decide if liquor could be sold bp the glass, instead of only pur chased bp the bottle, drew 32.7 percent of registered vot ers. "! Most special elections, though* do got capture the public's interest ?a elections can in November. For exam ple, a bond refereodum voted on la luae 1976 attracted only npytrrfut of recistered vot ers. There it an incentive to hnfc! the bond referendum as soon as possible: saving money. Alan Greenspan, chairman of the federal reserve hoard, recently announced thai rates on bonds woold raise a quarter ofa point City finance staff warn that the federal rate may con* tUtoe to rise. The hoard of elections about twomonths prior, in order to prepare for absentee ballots. Absentee ballots at* allowed from SO days to the election. May 5 would be the opening day of absentee bal lots If the election is held June 24. blues [nm "YACHT CLUB" KNITS banded or tunic tops! pull-on pants and shorts! $36 V/ EA. PC. Navigate your voyage through the season in cool, poly/cotton tops and bottoms. Chose from banded bottom and tunic tops, pull-on pants and shorts. Blue. Also in red and white, s-m-l-xl. Also available in petite sizes p-s-m-l. Casual Sportswear Dillard's J MAPA"^ ' VALLEY "SECRET GARDEN" CHAMBRAY SEPARATES camp shirts! knit topsl solid or print pants! skirts! $36 w/ \J EA. PC. 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