City bonds move
forward for public
comment
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
The City of Winston
Salem will be holding
community meetings start
ing March 21 on a potential
$122 million in bonds that
may be on the November
ballot.
The City Council will
hold nine community
meetings to get public
input before it takes an ini
tial vote on the bond on
May 21, which will author
ize publishing a letter of
intent and submitting an
application to the Local
Government Commission.
This will set the maximum
amount the bond will be.
On Aug. 6, the council
is scheduled to hold a pub
lic hearing before voting
on the bonds, authorizing
them to appear on the Nov.
6 general election ballot.
Most of the $41 million
in additions mentioned in
the last meeting didn’t
make it into the cuirent list
of projects announced in a
meeting on Monday.
Instead there were smaller
projects added with some
adjustments to others so
that the new total comes to
$122 million, which would
result in the owner of a
home valued at $100,000
paying $40 more in proper
ty tax.
There are five proposed
bonds that voters may get
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for housing, $21.1 million
for public safety, $14.5
million for economic
development, $43.7 mil
lion for streets and side
walk and $31 million for
parks and recreations.
Projects include $27.1 mil
lion for street resurfacing
and a combined $7 million
for two-way conversion of
Liberty and Main as well
as First and Second streets.
There’s also playground
and Strollway renovations
and second phases for
Hanes, Winston Lake and
Salem Lake parks.
City Council Member
John Larson, who repre
sents the South Ward,
questioned if it was
enough, saying he felt the
amount was inadequate for
the park renovation needs
in his ward. Not counting
city wide projects, the
South Ward ended up with
about $8.8 million, or 12
percent, of the proposed
bond money. The wards
that got the most were the
East, with $11.6 million
(16 percent), and
Southeast, with $11.4 mil
lion (16 percent). Other
council members respond
ed that some wards got
more than others because
of their needs, historic
Proposed
2018 Bond
Allocations
by Ward
This chart shows the break
in the proposed bonds with
projects.
underfunding of certain
wards, and the presence of
amenities there used by
people throughout the city,
like Salem Lake, Since the
city has $630 million in
capital needs, all the wards
will still have many out
standing needs, even with
the bond.
The new projects that
were added into the bond
include:
•$3.6 million for
the replacement of Fire
Station #3 on North
Liberty St. The station has
been operating since 1964
and the structure is past its
useful life.
•$2.5 million for
Washington Park renova
tions including deferred
maintenance, reorienting *
the ball fields, improved
parking and lighting and
creating more open space.
•$1 million for a
Bethania-Rural Hall
Pocket Park, located on the
road of the same name on
land adjacent to Fire
Station #20, which may
mciuae a piaygrouna/nt
ness equipment, walking
paths and benches.
•$1 million for a
Georgetown Pocket Park
near Reynolda Road,
which may have a play
ground, a walking path and
benches.
•$500,000 for the
renovations of the William
R. Anderson Jr. Center
gymnasium.
The bond community
meetings will be held:
• 6 pan., March 21 at
Russell Community Center
• 6 pan., March 22 at
Hanes Hosiery Community
Center
• 6 pan., March 27 at
Miller Park Community
Center
• 6 pan., March 28 at
Georgia Taylor
Neighborhood Center
• 6:30 pan., March 29
at Park View Church Of
God
• 6 pan., April 3 at
Polo Park Community
Center
• 6 pan., April 4 at
Dr. Larry Little recovering
following health scare
BY TEVIN STINSON
Winston-Salem legend
Dr. Larry Little was recov
ering in the hospital,
Monday, Feb. 26, after
doctors found a minor
blockage in his heart earli
er that day.
Here’s what we know;
Little was admitted to a
local hospital after suffer
ing from “acute heart fail
ure” at his home on Friday,
Feb. 23. After staying in
the hospital over the week
end. Earlier on Feb 26,
doctors performed a car
diac catheterization to
determine how significant
the blockage was.
According to Dr.
Little’s brother, Charles
Rivers, the procedure went
as planned and Little is
expected to make a full
recovery.
“The procedure went
well this morning. They
determined that it was a
minor blockage that can be
treated with medication,”
Rivers said. “We expect
him to stay in the hospital
maybe another day or so
and then he will be able to
go home.”
A native of Winston
Salem and a champion for
justice and civil rights, Dr.
Larry Little is a founding
member of the Winston
Salem Black Panther Party.
During his leadership, the
Black Panther Party imple
mented several community
programs, including a free
breakfast program for
school children, free Sickle
Cell Anemia testing and
free ambulance service.
Dr. Little, who graduat
ed with honors from
Winston-Salem State
University (WSSU) with a
Bachelor of Arts Degree in
Political Science, earned
his Master of Public
Affairs Degree from the
UNC Greensboro and a
Juris DoctorDegree from
Wake Forest University
School of Law. He served
two terms as a Winston
Salem alderman. Little
currently serves as a
tenured professor at
WSSU.
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down of money by ward
the exception of city wide
South Fork Community
Center
• 6 pun., April 5 at.
Winston Lake Golf Course
• 6 pjn., April 12 at
Salem Lake Marina
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