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Ponderosa Neighborhood Holds Significant “Piece” Of History VS By Joe Brown Poet Staff Writer ^ ■This week’s neighborhood leader was not elected or appointed by the residents. He just took the initiative and responsibility out of concern for his neighborhood. Without any officer* or staff, Harvey Pettis has been organizer of the Ponderosa Neighborhood for nine years. "Well Dave Howard of the City’s Planning Commission was looking for someone to take the responsi bility in getting information to the neighborhood residents,” «wrpi»<w Mr. Pettis. ‘ - ' “I wanted to make sure the neighborhood did have that litera ture.” 1 v. • The Ponderosa neighborhood holds a significant piece of history. It was originally built in 1963 for predominantly'white families. As desegregation increased the follow ing years, white families moved out; giving black families more room to move into the area. The ponderosa was one of the few neighborhoods that represented the first home ownership made available to blacks. Mr. Pettis bad lived in the neigh borhood for seven, years before moving, but says he sees a major change taking {dace in the homes itself. ‘‘Most of the families are selling their homes and buyers are renting them out. Hie neighborhood is losing ity homes and more (homes) are becoming rentals,” Mr. Pettis points out C.C Cameron To Receive 1986 Society’s Award ■ JBBvSir'j!!1 * t,* ■ » vvj * ■>..r f~ ' John M. Belk, Chairman of the North Carolina Public Service Award Society’s Banquet, an i nounces that the 1986 recipient of the | Society’s award will be C. C. I Ckmeron, Executive Assistant to the | Governor for Budget and Manage f ment. ■ (Proceeds from the event, to be hold May 19 at the Charlotte Con vention Center, will benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Prior to Cameron’s cabinet level position in Governor Martin’s administration, he served for many y*Mrs with the First Union Cor poration in various positions which included: Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and President. He retired from the Corporation in January, 1985. Cameron has received numerous honors as a financial and civic leader. In 1675 he was named Charlotte Man of the Year. In 1981 be was Chairman of North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry, and has been a leader in education a and arts activities both locally and statewide. Previous recipients of the N.C. Public Service Award include: i former Governor Robert W. Scott; ;■ the late Senator B. Everett Jordan; ithe late Senator Sam Ervin Jr.; R. Phillip Hanes Jr.; Dr. Leo W. Jenkins; the late Norma P. Cates; Bob Umber lake; Senator Jesse Helms; William and Ida FYiday; Richard Petty; former Governor James B. Hunt Jr. , Bishop William R. Cannon; and listen B. Ramsey, Speaker of the House of Repre sentatives. Billingsville School If you’re interested in learning more about topics such as Japan, sign language, computers and rocket building, then BillingsviUe Elementary School is the place to be Friday, February 28, from 14 p.m. Parents, teachers and community volunteers have gotten together to Provide a variety of mini-courses from which students can select each Friday during February. A total of 21 courses are offered. For more information, contact June McKinney, assistant principal, at 378-1188. Betsy Haley, CMS testing special ist, will visit Newell Elementary School during Parent Information Night Thursday, February 27, at 7:30 p.m. to answer parents’ ques tions about achievement test acorss. Barbara Keelan, coordinator of the After-School Enrichment Pro gram, and Qlenda Manning, Chapter I community assistant, also win be on hand to talk with pa rents. For more information, con tact Sharon Canipe, principal, at 588.1481, Educational Values March », 13 and 34 are the remaining datee for parents to ex plore the traditional educational values at Hawthorne Traditional Junior High School -jfj aV Any parent with a child currently in the sixth grade ia invited to come out and take advantage of the scheduled events. The school tour ’ hours are from 9:30 a m until noon. Housewarmings are scheduled for February 37 - March 20 from 7:30-0 P Refreshments will be served and member* from the Hawthorne PTA, Hawthorne faculty, and Hawthorne student body will be present at all events to answer any questions. j Ilarvey PetUs . ...Neighborhood leader “If the property value is not monitored for the rentals, the value of the house may suffer.” The neighborhood consists of about 160 homes in which 20 per cent are low-income families. It is located within the boundaries of KenhiJ] Drive and Markland Drive. The area itself offers two sections; the apartments and homeowners’ area with the exception of the rental homes increasing each year. Mr. Pettis is very concerned about the neighborhood establishing its own organization. He says the pri mary need is for the neighborhood organization to develop and establish officers. "It would be nice if the City could send someone to help the neighbors set up an organization,” Mr. Pettis asks. "They need assistance in de veloping their own voice.” The neighborhood leader states a message 'to the fesidents of the Ponderosa. “It is very important that you organize because there are plans being made city-wide that are going to affect you,” he urges. "If you don’t have an organiza tion to watch the City plannii^s, it could be a strong impact on you.” When asked does he see a neigh borhood organisation for the Ponder osa in the future, be replied, "There isn’t going to be anything unless someone takes the initiative.” Mr. Pettis works as a City real estate agent. Accident Rate Drops 1 - After increasing slightly during November and December, the school system’s rate of accidents decreased during January. Through January, there were a total of 83 bus accidents, compared to 104 for the same period last year. Of this year’s accidents, 25 were due to the bus driver’s negligence, 45 were due to the negligence of the other driver, three were due to both drivers’ negligence and 10 were due to other causes. The school system's goal is only one bus accident per every 100,000 miles driven by buses. The rate so far this year is 0.64 per accidents per every 100,000 miles. That rate not only meets the system goal, it exceeds it. This is the first year that the school system has met the goal. _:_. ■ 17 mf "tot", 1.3 mp. meotme * p» cigeretto by FTC method SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Cigarette Smoke Contains Cerboo Monoxide What Ara Your Suggostlons For Community Dovslopmont Funds The City of Charfotte will receive a Community Development Block Grant in the approximate amount of $2,870,000 July 1, 1 988 of this year for the Com munity Development Program. The Com munity Development Block Grant is a ma jor source of money made available by the federal government to assist local com munities in achieving the primary objec tives of developing and maintaining de cent housing and expanding economic opportunities, principally and primarily to benefit persons of low and moderate income Community Development funds may be used for the following types of activities in those instances where other program re quirements are met: • Acquisition of property for rehabilita tion, preservations, clearance, orother public purpose. • Public improvements/facilities in cluding: parks and playgrounds; street improvements, including curbs and gutters and sidewalks. • Rehabilitation of buildings and im provements including assistance to privately owned residential and non residential properties; public or private entity owned or acquired properties for use or resale in the provision of hous ing; public housing modernization. • Economic development including the acquisition of property for economic development; assistance to neighborhood based non-profit organizations, local development cor porations, and small business invest ment companies under certain cir cumstances to carry out neighborhood revitalization and economic develop ment activities. • Public services including those con cerned with health, education and employment. The above are examples of eligible ac tivities and do not constitute a complete list of all the criteria for qualification as eligible under the Community Develop ment Program. Citizens are encouraged to submit pro posals on community development and housing needs for the City These may be presented soon at a formal Public Hearing or mailed to Mr J W Walton, Director, Community Development Department, 301 South McDowell Street, Suite 510, Cameron-Brown Building, Charlotte. North Carolina. If additional information is needed, please contact: Mr Richard Woodcock Community Development Department 301. South McDowell Street, Suite 510 Charlotte, North Carolina 28204 Phone: (704) 336-2016
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