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NLC from page \4 American members. Besse is one of 40 NLC Board members - not includ ing the Board's president, first vice president and sec ond vice president. The Board, which is made up of elected officials from cities and towns throughout the nation, also includes High Point City Council Member Berrfita Sims. Besse previously served as the chair of the NLC's Large Cities Council, which comprises representatives of cities with populations of 200,000 or more, or the largest city in a state. The National League of Cities .series as a resource to and an advocate for the more thatr 19,000 cities, villages and towns it represents. The organization is devoted to strengthening and promoting cities as centers of opportu nity, leadership and gover nance. ESR from paRe A4 fered a major financial set back due to unforeseen cir cumstances as well as clients who ^re caught in the cycle of generational poverty and chronic homelessness. The agency's target pop ulation is the working poor, and its mission is to help them move toward self reliance. As part of that mis sion, ESR, which is head quartered on 1550 University Court, will dedi cate Fifth Street Apartments U on Thursday, Jan. 26 at 10 a.m. The apartments are adjacent to the agency. .? This project is a collabo rative partnership between ESR and the NC Housing Foundation. The eight new low-income rental apart ments will house veterans, those with physical disabili ties and the chronically homeless. ( File Photo A picture taken in a Rolling Hills stairwell in 2009 shows ' some of the structure's wear and tear. Sale frum pout' 4 / Hambrick, who is consid ered the mother of the Rolling Hills community, said PK Management has. made no effort to interact with the residents or explain its plans for the community. The letter, which residents say were tossed on the ground near their doorsteps, has been the only the com munication from the compa ny. "From the 28th of December until now is ample time to introduce yourself to the neighborhood and let them know what your plans are," declared Hambrick, 59. "We're still in limbo, won dering what, when and how is going to happen to us." Meranda White, a mother of three, moved into the complex in August and says she feels uncertain of her future. Some rumors are swirling that the comojex may not remain a low income establishment under the new management. In a City of Winston Salem media release. Woods says I that PK Management "has I access to capital I market resources r that can be used to k make significant I improvements to the I property," but I whether or not the | company .plans to invest its dollars in Pnllino Hills; is ctill a i tery. "There's been no com munication whatsoever; we didn't know anything (about the pending sale)," declared White. "It makes you won der what's really going on, and how we're going to get treated, and if we're going to have someplace to live at all." Teresa Blanco, the regional manager for PK Management, declined to comment then abruptly , ended a telephone phone conversation on Monday, when The Chronicle inquire^ about what plans, if any, the company has for the complex. Rolling Hills faced a variety of challenges under HAWS management. Residents have publicly complained about everything from an infestations of bed^ bu^s, roaches and vermin to the ragtag physical condi tions of the complex. Resident Tellleah Flowers said she is hopeful the company will make some improvements to the proper ty "If they're going to keep us down here, they need to at least do some work with the apartments," said the mother of two. "Either they need to move us out of here or they need to get out here and start doing some work to make these apartments livable for these families." ^ity nauve Phillip Carter, who has advocat ed for Rolling Hills residents on several occa sions, said lifst week that he believed the sale could be a fresh start for Rolling Hills. "I think it could be a good thing, but the only way it could be a good thing is if the owner and the residents understand that it has to be a partner ship," Carter stated. "We believe in good faith that they (PK Management) are coming and they're going to work with the residents and the residents are going to work with them and this is going to be one of the most premiere complexes in Winston-Salem." Hambrick, who has?lived in Rolling Hills for more than seven years, is not as optimistic. She says she is offended by the company's lack of communication with its tenants, and concerned about what may lie ahead for her community. "I'm very upset," said the great-grandmother. "I'm a human being, and I feel like I have the right to know what's going on." Flowers mv< Photo* by Layfa Farmer Meranda While and her chil dren Jaila, 5 and Brycen, 3. A Good Sigma Brother Submitted Photo Delta Sigma Chapter President Reginald D. McCaskill, left, presents the chap ter's 2011 Sigma Man of the Year Award to Brother Willie Conner. The award was among several handed out Saturday during\i Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. Founders Day event at Winston-Salem State University. Conner is the chap ter's financial secre tary, and the frater- < nity's North Carolina yocial action direc tor. More informa tion about Founders Day activities will be featured in the Jan. 19 edition of The Chronicle. . 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