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THURSDAY, (
MARCH 7,1991 V
VOL. 80, NO. 30
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iV.C/« Semi-Weekly
DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST
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IN RALEIGH
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Garner's Donald Williams is
Named To McDonald's 20-Man
All-American Basketball Team.
Seepage 15
Ghetto Blaster Musical Gears For
NCSU Stewart Theatre.
See page 6
Banks, Foundations & Government Key
Community Development Corps Plan Attack On Poverty
The recent conference of the North
Carolina Association of Community
Development Corporations in
Raleigh brought together strategists
and tacticians for waging war in
North Carolina. The enemy is pover
ty, isolation and neglect. The victims
are often rural or inner-city and
The North Carolina Association of
Community Development Corpora
tions plans a coordinated attack in
Move On To
Repeal State’s
Run-Off Law
(AP)—Repeal of the state’s second
primary law may hinge on whether
lawmakers believe Harvey Gantt’s
nomination for U.S, Senate disproves
the notion that runoffs hurt blacks,
lawmakers say
“Top mahy times, S second
primary has given people the chance
to gang up on a candidate on a racial
basis,” said Sep. Ralph Hunt,
D-Durfaam, sponsor of the repeal bill
'And many times tb* winner in a
primary gets less votes than
in the first primary
fewer people turn out.” .
That was the accepted wisdom until
Gantt’s relatively easy victory over
lOkn Easley in the |W0 Democratic
runoff (or U.S. Senate—a runoff that
provoked less divisiveness than
earlier ones. Gantt is black and
Buley It white. v •
Another block legislator who has
sponsored repeal Mils in the past said
Gantt’s relatively easy win over
Kasiey may defuse enthusiasm for
repeaiiag the second primary.
“Even now a lot of people may be
tuhed into thinking that you can come
put of a second primary ail right,”
said Bap. H.M. “Mickey" Mlchaux,
For years, blacks have labored to
eliminate the law that allowed runoff
mimaries whenever the frontrunner
felled to get SO percent of the vote.
The threshold was reduced to 40
percent in last year’s legislature, But
oupwwftfe of the law say the deck is
still stacked against Mack candidates
(in a runoff because of the lower tur
nout and the tendency of some voters
to cast their ballots solely on the issue
Inf race.
, The Gantt-Easley race ‘‘was one of
me more humane second primaries
(See RUN-OFF LAWS, P. 2)
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the Black Faml
y. lac. la sacking nominations for
lacarvlag families .la three
and Extended Family,
rhla organisation seek* to
cognise families la your com
malty who have overcome
wtacloo aad serve as a role
dsadol tor ethers. If yea knew of a
daoarvtag family, please call
Vna at 8M-7474 by March it.
PA. FIRM
hae Joined the
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She held the
attorney In the
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Greene la a native of Raleigh aad
the daaghter at the Hoa. aad Mrs.
George R. Greene, 8r. of Raleigh.
IP HONORS PRICE
_tonal, non-profit hoasing
snlsatlen honored Fonrth
I Rep. David Price far his
to promote heme owner
>recently. The National Conn
of State Hoasing Agencies
Price aa award darlag Its
aanaal legislative con
aad 'rental Sensing for lew
(Soo NEWS BRIEFS, P. I)
conjunction with local community
development organisations, banka,
foundations and agents of. state and
local governments. The local non
profit CDCs work with rural, inner
city and usually minority popula
tions.
Already CDCs across the state have
built 75 units of housing in three
years. A contractor’s association has
been formed, attracting more than
II million in new contracts Aminori
ty loan fund hai been established, as
have a day care center, landscaping
service, and youth center. The
framework is evolving to do even
more.
"I think what pleased me most
about the meeting,” explains Abdul
Rasheed, NCACDC director, “is that
we did not get negatives or naysayers
in terms of the legitimacy and the
long-term impact possibilities of
community development corpora
tions to Improve the quality of life of
North Carolina citizens.”
Banks represented at the con
ference included Wachovia Bank and
Trust, First Union National Bank,
Centura Bank, North Carolina Na
tional Bank, and the Self-Help Credit
Union. “We got commitments to par
ticipate affirmatively in ways in the
banks’ best intents,’ Rasheed con
tinues. “That means in ways that
would not increase the banks’ risk
levels, vulnerability, or be against
regulatory constraints.”
Rasheed explains the conference
explored ways for local and state
governments to Increase their in
volvement with community develop
ment corporations as well. Represen
tatives of the Z. Smith Reynolds
Foundation, Babcock Foundation and
Winston-Salem Community Founda
tion were present. Others
represented include the N.C. Rural
Development Center, N.C. Low In
come Housing Coalition, N.C. Legal
Services, N.C. Housing Finance
Agency, N.C. State Community
Development Block Grant Office,
N.C. Institute for Minority Economic
Development and the Local In
itiatives Support Coalition of Rich
mond, Va.
One goal of the meeting was to br
(See DEVELOPMENT. P.»
Repairs bo
Without
Attention
From CAROLINIAN Staff Report*
Some residents of Genesis Phase II,
a single-family housing development
for low- and moderate-income
citizens, are growing frustrated with
repair problems they say have not
been resolved or left unaddressed
from a punch list.
Residents of Genesis II on Candor
Lane, East Street, Haywood and
Swain streets saytheyare concerned
about repairs and forwarded copies
of a letter accompanied by a cassette
recording to Raleigh Mayor Avery
Upchurch; Mayor Pro Tern Ralph
Campbell; Amy Thomas, North
Carolina National Bank-Charlotte;
John Greene, chairman of the
Eastside Neighborhood Task Force;
Julian Prosser, Community Develop
ment Corporation; Lee Reynolds
contractor and president of Genesii
n Neighborhood Association.
The letter, signed by Hubert Grif
fith of 613 Candor Lane, who has beer
a resident since July 1900, also s
member of the Eastside
Neighborhood Task Force, said,
“Residents are frustrated with deal
ing with these problems. Most feel
problems could have and should have
been taken care of much, much
sooner. We appreciate the help giver
in the past, but we feel the situation
will only grow worse if we don’t gel
further assistance.
“Some problems are minor but ii
they don’t get attention now, they will
become major. Dilapidated housing
was ’ demolished to bring fortt
Genesis Place II. Help us stop out
houses from being slums of the
future.”
Griffith said items on his punch list
not address ed lncluded sagging living
room and master bedroom ceilingi
and lumps in the painting, cracking
Joints in the bathroom tile, potholes 01
water that stand in the driveway.
Cathey Ector, eu Davie St., said
(See RESIDENTS, P. 2)
Walnut Creek
Amphitheater
Takes Shape
Developers say that construction fa
on schedule for completion of the am'
phi theatre at Walnut Creek, schedul
ed to open in mid-summer.
Walt Lederli, director of opera
tions for the amphitheatre, said con
struction got off to a strong start aftei
the January groundbreaking. Thanki
to good winter weather, Lederle said
the 77-acre site is fully cleared,
several parking areas are graded,
and the footings have been poured for
most of the permanent structures.
The site is now accessible from th«
two primary entrances near the In
tersection of Rock Quarry Road and
Sunnybrook Road Just outside of the
Beltline and 1-40. Both entrances
have been graded and surfaced with a
first coat of paving materials.
Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, a
$13.5 million, M,000-seat facility, is
h^ing developed and operated under
the direction of the Sony
Music/PACE Partnership and Cellar
Door Concerts, through a 10-year
lease agreement with the City of
RfUigh Located in Raleigh's new
Walnut Creek Park, the am
phitheatre is designed specifically for
concerts and live performances, of
firing ifffHMtifll and light lint fir
superior to those at other regional
venuas.
"The amphitheatre approach to
(80s WALNUT CREEK, P.l)
CONCERNED OVER PROJECT—NkM MW tingle-family
hamaa baught m Candor Lana, East Street, Haywood and
Swain Street* nsod repairs. Seme at the repairs remain
from Om original punch 1st not addrossed or
unsatisfactorily resolved. Residents said dMapMotod
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SB A Designs New Program
Spurs Growth In Female Firms
The U.S. Small Business Ad
ministration has completed a nation
wide program for women business
owners that solidifies an effort to pro
mote and encourage the growth of
female-owned Arms.
Susan Engeleiter, SBA ad
ministrator, said there were a variety
of services to help entrepreneurs
wanting to break into business.
"Many of our programs are for
women. But I don’t believe any of
them have met with the virtual ins
tant success of our Women's Network
for Entrepreneurial Training pro
gram.”
WNET matches experienced
women business owners with women
who have been in business at least
one year and art ready to expand. Ac
cording to Engeleiter, "Women are
increasingly important to the nation’s
economic development. The ex
perience shared by mentors and pro
tegees will contribute to helping
small businesses succeed and grow.”
To meet the unique financial needs
of women in business, the agency Is
working to implement the “under
$50,000” loan program that, while not
limited to women, will be especially
beneficial to companies in service in
dustries, where women are heavily
represented. "We have worked hard
to promote this program,” Ms.
Engeleiter said.
The program has helped women
like Dr. Susanna Sewell of Marion.
She came to the SBA last year looking
for capital to start and equip
CreStview Veterinary Hospital there.
The SBA worked with her to obtain a
$50,000 loan to start up and hire staff.
"Historically, companies
have had a difficult time breaking in
to the government market, and
woman-owned businesses have found
it almost impossible,” Ms. Engeleiter
said. "In 1900, women owned more
than 18 percent of the sole proprietor
ships In this country, yet less than
one-half of one percent of government
contracts were awarded to women.
S I90B, woman owned $1 percent of
sole proprietorships and received
a record $1.9 billion in federal con
tracts, or l.$ percent of all such
awards. Although women’! share of
Moral contracts more than doubled
during the 19Mo, the situation
demands improvement and agency
programs are making a difference.”
Commenting on WNET, Janet
Silber, Homeplace Builders of
Raleigh, said, “I would like to know
that my hard-won experience can
benefit another woman and that it
won’t stop with me.”
to some one else,” she said.
Other mentors selected for this pro
gram in North Carolina include
Carolyn Grant, Plants by Grant,
Raleigh; Cany Stacy, OiaLogos In
ternational, Raleigh, with protege
To meet the unique financial needs of
women in business, the agency is working to
implement the “under $50,000” loan program
that, while not limited to women, will be
especially beneficial to companies in service
industries, where women are heavily
represented.
Katherine Moore of Eaatern
Delivery Service haa had several
mentors in her career. However,
because of the nature of her business,
none were women. “I am keenly
aware of the importance of having
advice and counsel when trying to
succeed in the business world. I cer
tainly hope that I can be of assistance
Patricia Lovely, PJ’s creeasiae uen,
Washington; Marilyn Nason, WNC
Business Journal, Asheville;
Katherine Moore, Wilmington;
Bonnie Wldenhouse, Touehberry
Associates Realtors, Charlotte,
protegee Katherine Gardner,
(See SBA PROGRAM, P. 2)
fill
Resolution
Trust Program
To Expand
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., presi
dent of the National Rainbow Coali
tion, and L. William Seidman, chair
man of the Resolution Trust Corp.j
have announced plans ty hold
regional conferences for minority:
businesses and to expand the minori
ty business community’s relation
ships with the RTC via their Minority
Outreach Program.
The pair made the announcement
during a joint press conference held
in conjunction with the day-long RTC
Minority Outreach Conference held
at the Sheraton Washington Hotel, iq
northwest Washington, D.C. More
than 900 minority- and w omen-owned
businesses from across the country
participated.
“The outreach so far has been
limited and ineffective,’’ Jackson
said. “The red tape process has
legislated us in but minorities have
been regulated out The fallout from
the bailout is an opportunity for the
locked out. This is a first in a series of
regional conferences designed to not
only address minority concerns, but
provide them with the information to
receive lucrative contracts and
advertisements.”
Seidman, who admitted the federal
agency has not heed effective in
receding minorities, said, however,
“We have made an effort, but we
clearly [have not reached our goals].
We haven’t done as much as we coukf
have. But minorities musit also d<►
their part by registering with the
RTC in order to be qualified to be in
cluded in the RTC'* registrar list.’’ >
The RTC released data indicating
minorities had received five percenC
($17 million) and women received 2C
percent ($76 million) of the nearly
$330 million in contracts awarded tt£
date. The RTC, according to Jackson;
has given minority law firms a merd
one percent of a total $137 million
paid in legal fees during the first nind
months of 1990.
Jackson spearheaded the con
ference following numerous com-4
plaints from various minority enter
prises which charged that the RTC
was not only stifling business oppor
tunities through redlining, but that
the agency has entwined most in red.
tape.
Seidman and Jackson met last
August to discuss the RTC’s commit
ment to minority- and women-owned
Arms. Today’s Minority Outreach
Conference was a first in a series of
joint ventures between the Rainbow
Coalition’s Commercial Division and
the RTC.
Legendary Coach, Harvey Reid,
Jr. Cotlapaem, Dies During Playoff*
A legendary boyi' basketball coach collapsed during
a playoff game earlier this week at Wilson Ftke High
School. Harvey Reid, Jr. was M.
Reid, North Carolina's wtnnlngest prep coach, col
lapsed with about (our minutes remaining In the first
quarter during the first-round playoff against Fayet
teville E.R. Smith.
Reid was taken to Hlghsmith Rainey Memorial
Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Pike Prin
cipal Clint Johnson told team members of their coach’s
death.
The cause of death was not Immediately known, and
arrangements for Reid’s funeral were Incomplete at
press time.
Raid, who had a career record of SIMM Is 42
seasons, appeared fit before the game. He suffered a
heart attack In MTt, and his recovery made him an ad
vocate of cardiac rehabilitation, an exercise and
recovery program (hr heart-attack victims, la MM,
Reid underwent heart bypass surgery.
Raid began his basketball coaching career at Rim Ci
ty’s Frederick Douglass High School, where the team
played an a dirt court for the first four seasons.
The Demons finished the IM1 regular season M-7
overall and M in the Big East, good for third place.
Fike lost In the first round of the Big East tournament
last week.
Diving the 1M0 playoff*, in which Kike advanced to
the state championship game, Reid became the 10th
high-school boys’ basketball coach la the nation to
victory.
to seven state
MS, and his
1-M. Douglass dually got a gym in ISM, and his teams
won all but five home games In the next M seasons.
Douglass won state titles In MU. 'M and 'M.
When integration came, Raid became the coach at
Elm City High School and won state titles in M74, ’75
and ’TO. With the merger of the Wilson County Schools
Reid, a
Anne Chestnut High la Fay- <r
of
a bachelor of
Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte and studied
additionally at the University of Kansu sad Wake
Forest University.
He began hie professional career as a math teacher
IMS. Meet people will say that Reid will be
remembered u a meider of mm on and off the basket
ball court.