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BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
Winston-Salem is getting
ready to see some big trans
portation changes.
The N.C. Department of
Transportation has begun look
ing at a specific stretch of
Business 40 that it says needs to
be revamped. In all, as many as
eight
Driages
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may be
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Interchange and the former
Hawthorne curve, near Wake
Forest University Baptist
Medical Center. A project of
this size warrants a considerable
amount of construction, which
will likely take years to com
plete.
" (The state) needs to look at
the safety, the mobility, the con
gestion, particularly along that
strip of highway at Business 40
and make some recommenda
tions about what's going to hap
pen and they need the commu
nity's input," explained Jumetta
G. Posey, CEO and Founder of
Neighborhood Solutions, a
Denver-based public-involve
ment firm.
The NCDOT has hired
Posey's company to gauge the
public opinion on the possible
changes. The company will con
duct surveys, door-to-door in
about 15 neighborhoods to find
out what local residents think
about the proposed project and
to get their ideas on how the
project could be as less incon
venient to motorists.
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Deja vu at Reynolds High
50 years after young black woman integrates Reynolds, another young woman becomes school's first black president
BY LAYLA FARMER
THE CHRONICLE
Fifty years after
Gwendolyn Bailey, Reynolds
High School's first black stu
dent, stepped through its
doors, a young, African
American woman is making
school history again.
Phoebe Roberts, a senior,
is the first black student body
president since the school
integrated with Bailey's
enrollment in the fall of 1957.
"It doesn't surprise me
that it took 50 years, but I'm
glad it didn't take more,"
Roberts said. "I believe (my
leadership) helps open the
door to bring in other people
and let them know that we can
run and be in leadership; we
can make a difference."
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Roberts paid homage to
Bailey with a brief statement
she prepared and read over the
intercom at the beginning of
the school day on the anniver
sary of Bailey's courageous
first day at Reynolds.
"My speech was basically
just addressing the school ...
and just inspiring people to
think about the fact that if she
hadn't entered the school and
used courage like, 50 years
ago, then we wouldn't all be
sitting here now, with the
friendships and relationships
that we have," Roberts
explained. "It was like an
awesome experience
because you know 50 years
ago, the first African
American student entered
school and I got to make the
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Children from Centenary
United Methodist Church
Childcare Center sit along
Fourth Street Tuesday to get
a good view of a solemn
Sept. 11 procession. The
sixth anniversary of the ter
rorist attacks was also
marked with a ceremony in
Corpening Plaza, where
public safety officials from
throughout Forsyth County
paid homage to their fallen
comrades. Ironically, these
kids weren 't yet born when
the attacks occurred.
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The groundbreaking of the Music
Maker Relief Foundation's (MMRF) lat
est fundraising project was unlike any
other. Musicians gathered in a semicircle
on the pavement just outside of the new
lot, guitars slung over their shoulders,
They smiled at each other through the
sunglasses that shielded their eyes from
the late morning sun and they sang. They
sang of the things they had known and
seen and felt, tapping their feet in the tra
ditional Piedmont Blues that flowed from
their instruments.
The groundbreaking ceremony
marked the start of an exciting new proj
ect for Durham-based Music Maker, born
of a generous gift from an anonymous
citizen who believes in its mission.
"A builder in Winston, who builds
about 30 homes a year . . . had been want
ing to do something philanthropic for the
past few years, but hadn't really found a
charity that he fit with," explained
Denise Duffy, cofounder of the organiza
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building a home on spec and donating the
profits."
The home will be nestled in
Clemmons, not far from Winston-Salem,
where Music Maker was founded. The
gift will gamer an estimated $85,000, if
not more, for the organization, Duffy
says.
The money will support the many
programs funded by Music Maker, which
serves musicians age 55 and above who
are rooted in the southern tradition and
have an annual income of less than
$18,000.
"They're good people and I love the
blues. I noticed they were just carrying it
on, keeping the blues going on," said
Music Maker Musician Ron Hunter.
"That's why I'm very proud to be
involved, because I love playing the
blues."
The organization meets the musi
cians' needs in every way it can. from
paying for groceries or medical bills to
organizing tours and producing CDs, in
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Roslyn Lash talks about Housing /
Neighborhood Development programs.
American Dream-makers come out in force
The possibility ofhomeownership pitched to
hundreds at expo
BY T. KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE 1
Dreams were met with realities
Saturday at event designed to put
local people on the road to home own
ership.
A steady flow of people with
dreams of owning homes came to
Miller Park Recreation Center during
a five-hour Affordable Housing Expo,
where banks, realty companies and
non-profits pitched their services and
programs. Tlie expo - and open house
events on Sunday - made up
.American Dream Weekend - a collab
r orative effort between the city's
Housing/Neighborhood Development
wing, nonprofits like the Experiment
in Self Reliance, real estate compa
nies such as Granite Mortgage and
banks like Piedmont Federal.
Roslyn Lash of the
Housing/Neighborhood Development
Dfepartment said that most people
don't know the plethora of programs
and options available to potential
home buyers, even those on very
fixed incomes with little money
saved. For example,
Housing/Neighborhood
Development's, programs include
ones that provide downpayment/ clos
ing cost assistance and funds to reha
bilitate older houses on the market.
"Our goal is to make more of the
See Homes on A12
Photos by Kevin Walker
Piedmont Federal's Mike Boston tells Trish Moore about some of the
bank's special mortgage programs.
In Grateful Memory of Our
Founders ,
Florrie S. Russell and
CarlH. Russell, Sr.
"Growing and Still Dedicated to Serve You Better"
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