Unfinished Business City has revitalization plans for East Fourth Street as well BY T. KEVIN WALKER THE CHRONICLE East Ward Alderwoman Joycelyn Johnson sees the heart of Fourth Street as a mountaintop. She says when people look down from the mountaintop, either to the west or the east, they should have a beautiful view. The western view is not too shabby already. There are several eateries, shops and ritzy apartment buildings. The view to the east needs some work. There are few business es and some housing, but nothing that mirrors the other side. Johnson believes a planned facelift for the por tion of Fourth Street from Main Street to Patterson Avenue is a good first step toward leveling the playing field. "We need to look at what happens on the east side of Fourth Street, and we need to bring that same type of energy to the east side." Johnson said. The city held a highly suc cessful grand opening for the revitalized core of Fourth Street last week. Between 15,000 and 20,000 people attended the Rock the Block event Friday, taking an up close look at the new trees, benches and shops that now line Fourth Street between Spruce and Main streets. Aesthetic improvements such as the benches and eye catching light fixtures also are planned for the stretch of Fourth from Main Street to Patterson Avenue. Johnson successfully fought for East Fourth Street to be included in some way in the city's lofty revitalization. although some members of the Board of Aldermen said improvements to the eastern side of Fourth were not necessary. Mayor Allen Joines said last week that he has always believed that improvements should extend into Johnson's ward. With the recent announcement of the expan sion of Downtown Research Pafk. Joines said the improve mehts on East Fourth Street cannot come at a better time. "I think it was important that we make a firm linkage to the East Winston community," he said. "We have residential development going on there and now the research park that is coming." Johnson says the improve ments also will accent the work that Goler Community Development Corp. is plan ning. The CDC plans to con struct new dwellings and a seniors facility along Patter son Avenue. Johnson says other coals are also in the fire for East Winston. The improvements to East Fourth Street will begin immediately, Joines said. Photo by Courtney Gaillard East Ward Alderwoman Joycelyn Johnson greets residents at New Jerusalem Baptist Church. A * Phmo by Kevin Walker Cars make their way toward East Fourth Street over the weekend. n " " ' " ~ ~ " " ~ ' laiK from pa fie A / One resident voiced her concern about the Research Park creating "a traffic night mare" in the East Winston area, but Dean said project planners "are not planning to use the new facility as a densely popu lated research park." Dean anticipates that once Research Park is constructed, there will be a "campus atmosphere with, walking lanes to make it a des tination site for people to come and congregate." Alderman Johnson said the expansion of Research Park to "the other side of Fourth Street" will impact the resi dents of that area due to the number of jobs that could become available. Another attendee ques tioned how the creation of a biotechnology facility would create jobs for local people not trained in the field. According to Dean, educators are already "piquing the interest" of stu dents in science locally in schools and universities with the hopes that they might pur sue careers in the biotechnolo gy field in the future. Forsyth Technical Community College is also creating new curriculum to train a work force for low level jobs in biotechnology, said Dean. Dean said that while many are "committed to making the Research Park project a reali ty." they want to so with the advice and guidance of the res idents who will be directly affected by it. ? Safety, crime patrol, speed ing cars and drug houses were the topics of concern for many East Ward residents. Many expressed disdain and frustra tion over what they say is the police force's diminishing presence in their neighbor hoods. Several residents want ed increasing drug trafficking on their streets. Winston-Salem Police Chief Linda Davis said that law enforcement officers are work ing on initiatives geared toward area youths as well as deploy ing more patrol officers on the streets. Yard cart fees were also brought onto the table after a number of residents indicated they were unhappy with the annual fee charged to them for a service they say they would n't be utilizing. Mayor Joints explained that the yard cart program was started as a way to generate revenue when mil lions of dollars were cut from the state. After being asked to discuss his stance on a state lottery, the mayor stated that he supports the^citizens voting on the mat ter. "It seems to be what ought to give the people an opportu nity to say yes or no whether or not they want (a lottery)," Joines said. That comment drew applause around the room. The forum was one of eight forums the mayor will hold in each ward throughout the city. The next "Talk of the Town" forum will be Oct. 24 in the North Ward. ACCU Forecast for Winston-Salem All maps^forecasts and data provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ?2002 ACCUW?ath6r.C0m Local 7-Day Forecast Thursday Thu. night Rather cloudy Rather cloudy and humid. with rain. 76 63 Friday Saturday u-n ^ A few t- Clearing, showers. 75/59 71/46 Sunday ~1 Monday 1 Mostly sunny. | Abundant sunshine. 68/48 1 71/44 Tuesday Wednesday xJ w Sunny. 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