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The MWBE pro gram falls under his auspices. When a public project exceeds $100,000, Paige’s office gets minority-owned business es involved in the project through subcontracting. However, the downtown projects are not being funded by tax- , Paige, said MWBE is not officially securing projects for, minority- and :il|d businesses in that multimillion dol- the things we see a lot of is private tiling our program, saying, T’d like to H I said. “Across the country there is a L sness of trying to iiicrease minority |,| tarticipation on these projects.” I the developer in charge of the con- ( Baptist Hospital called the MWBE a list of minority- and women-owned at could subcontract for them, has nothing to do with this,” Paige lappens all the time. It happened on BYT. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE w The world ushered in a new &hfury seven months ago with festive gatherih^iaf^ sweeping res olutions to do better and live better. But Lula Hardy will celebrate a new century Sat urday with about 250 family members and friends. There will be a live band, colorful decorations and food will be plentiful, but Hardy will be the main attraction as she celebrates 100 years of life. “I don’t feel 100 yet,” a lively Hardy said earlier this week from the house where she is cared for by several of her children and grandchildren. “God has taken care of me. He blessed me. “ Besides her strong faith. Hardy offered few other secrets to long life. There are no magic elixirs or ritu als, she said, that have kept her going for a century. God and her family have been the best medicine. “I just feel so proud when I see them all come li See Minority on A10 around,” Hardy said of her family. They come around often, five generations of them, to see and pamper their matriarch with her ripe watermelons, one of her favorite foods, along with “salads” (collard greens) and chicken wings. “Seeing her makes me just want to go on,” said Bumu Rucker, Hardy’s youngest child. “I feel I shouldn’t complain about anything....It’s a blessing See Century on A5 Market does not want to be Srn city’s best kept secret anymore BY PAUL COLLINS THE CHRONICLE Photos by Paul Collins I'ight, and Joe Pettaway sell vegetables at the farmers market. There was a special event last Thurs day at the Downtown Farmers Market - a program on “great grilled vegeta bles” by Susan Friedman, who works with Downtown Winston-Salem Asso ciation, which is the marketing coordi nator for the Downtown Farmers Mar ket. Several people watched - and lis tened - as Friedman grilled escarole (a lettuce), onions, com, cherry tomatoes, red onions, zucchini and Belgian endive, and gave tips about grilling vegetables. Afterward those watching got to sample her tasty creations. Special events are held periodically at the market to help promote it. Friedman described the market as “a hidden gem” and “an urban oasis.” “You can get almost anything you need to make dinner, plus the crafts, I think, are really unusual. And the baked goods....” The market is at Cherry and Sixth streets next door to the Visitors Center and the Downtown School. The market, which is operated by the city, is open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. from May through October. Frank Foster, manager of the mar ket, said, on average, 20 vendors sell at the market. “They come from as far as Cana, Va., Davidson County and Davie County.” Two hundred to 300 customers come to the market a day, Foster said. “We’ve advertised in the paper and it’s been on TV. In a way it’s a little hid den. I don’t think everybody knows about it,” Foster said. Vem Switzer and Joe Pettaway, of Vem’s and Joe Produce, were selling a See Market on A10 Mamie Brown makes a fruit basket to sell. "The Locals feeling welfare-to-work pinch BY CHERIS HODGES THE CHRONICLE ey poses with his new boss. President Clinton, at 'nvention last month in Baltimore. ley lands job in on administration ‘EKER jjj Clinton administra- ~ tion. Pressley began work Mon day as director of communica tions for Commerce Undersec retary Cheryl Shavers. Shavers is the commerce undersecretary See Pressley on A5 ;ssley - the brash vho has twice h District House funded from his ‘t in the May mary with a new For some people living in the Cleveland Avenue Homes, operat ed by the Housing Authority of Winston-Salem, life is not easy and no one seems to want to help them. That is why Forsyth County Commissioner Walter Marshall stepped in. “For about two years I have been working with clients, people who are in the TANF program (Temporary Assistance For Needy Families) or somehow under the influence of DSS,” he said. Marshall, who is also a mem ber of the Department of Social Services board, found that people are not getting the assistance that they need. Women like Carleen Logan have been trying to enter the TANF program to get job assis tance or help with going to school. In a written statement, Logan said she has been trying to get assistance since October. “Since the first of the year. I’ve really been on my social worker to give my name to whoever needs it to get me in the Work First Pro gram,” she said. After what Logan said was months of waiting, she called Social Services and she was told there is a waiting list for orienta tion. “They have put other women that are running out of time on TANF at the top of the list....It is not my fault that this happened to them. But I am not trying to let this happen to me,” Logan said. Marshall said that the system is not working properly. TANF is a block grant pro gram designed to make dramatic reforms to the nation’s welfare system by moving recipients into work and turning welfare into a program of temporary aid. There is a five-year time limit on the pro gram. Marshall said looking at the TANF statistics, everything seems to be OK. But when you go out into the community, it is a differ- See Cleveland Ave. on A9 Photo by Cheris Hodges Harolyn Harris and her neighbor sit on the porch of their Cleveland Avenue Homes apartments. 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