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No More Free Rides. WSTA Resumes Bus Fares
By C.P. Tew | 24 hours ago
On January 4, the Winston-Salem Transit Authority resumed charging bus riders in Winston for the pleasure of using its mediocre service. Bus fares had been suspended since last Spring in an effort to promote social distancing and limit driver/passenger interaction. Like so many Covid-19 measures, WSTA's safety measures have been relaxed. But according to WSTA, buses are still being cleaned on an hourly basis and deep cleaning of the buses is being done after business hours. Donna Woodson, WSTA General Manager, briefed the City Council's Public Works Committee on Tuesday.
Coalition Of Activists Engages With Stale, Status Quo Oriented City Council
Winston-Salem City Council Meeting Merry-Go-Round: January 4, 2021, Gunshot Detection, Belview Rec Center, Affordable Parking + Union Station!
Throwback Thursday: Funding Brookwood Business Park, Ignoring Piedmont Circle
The Winston-Salem City Council Prioritizes Elite Development Instead Of Affordable Housing
Winston-Salem City Council Meeting Merry-Go-Round: Arbor Acres Expansion and DTWS Streetscape Plans Approved
By C.P. Tew | October 7, 2020
The October 5, 2020 meeting of the Winston-Salem City Council concluded in just under one hour and ten minutes. The meeting was comprised of "two zoning petitions, two UDO text amendments, and an item related to the adopting of the downtown streetscape master plan." Arbor Acres's zoning petition was a little contentious. But it looks like most property owners around Arbor Acres can accept the Methodist retirement home's expansion if the City implements some traffic calming measures and building height doesn't get excessive. The measure passed 7-0, with Dan Besse recusing himself.
Winston-Salem City Council Meeting Merry-Go-Round: Union Station Restaurant Requirements, A Do-Nothing Gun Violence Resolution, The City Adopts Juneteenth Holiday, And Generously Funds Share Co-op!
By C.P. Tew | September 22, 2020
Last night's meeting of the Winston-Salem City Council was short but packed with important agenda items. The votes cast at last night's meeting will impact our community positively or negatively for years to come. The decisions the Council makes with our limited resources matter. While the Journal's Wesley Young covered the City Council's adoption of Juneteenth as a paid holiday for all City employees, there were other matters Winston's newspaper of record didn't cover. Chief among them was a $300,000 to help make Share Co-op a reality. Regarding the Juneteenth holiday, this is a welcome, but ultimately hollow achievement as long as poverty in Winston is tied to race, and little is done to improve East Winston.
Smith Reynolds Airport Is Estranged From Northeast Winston
Tuesday, September 8, Donald Trump made a campaign stop at Smith Reynolds Airport. At the same time that the Trump hot-air show /Covid-19 party was taking place at Smith Reynolds, the Winston-Salem City Council debated and approved the Smith Reynolds Airport/Whitaker Park Strategic Area Plan. If ever there was a coincidence, that was it. The two events have nothing to do with each other. But, interestingly, while the racism inherent in Trump's campaign rally is explicit for everyone to see, the structural racism that produced the Smith Reynolds Airport/Whitaker Park Strategic Area Plan requires some unpacking.
The People's Business: August 17, 2020
By C.P. Tew | August 17, 2020
Today is the first day of class for students attending Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools. The good news is, the kids don't have to worry about what to wear. But the bad news is that they can't go to school. For at least the first nine weeks of the school 2020-2021 school year, school has to come to them; they are going to have to learn to love online learning. That's a huge challenge for students, parents, and teachers.
Winston-Salem City Council Meeting Merry-Go-Round: Front Street Capital And Industry Hill Move Forward, Purple Crow Gets $200,000
By C.P. Tew | August 5, 2020
Monday's meeting of the Winston-Salem City Council was a good example of how our City Council serves Winston's wealthiest, well-connected few. All of the items on the City Council's agenda were approved unanimously, without any dissenting votes. Think about that; not a single dissenting vote was cast in a meeting that lasted well over an hour. One could argue that the mayor and councilmembers were simply agreeing on zoning measures and a relatively modest incentive deal with a local manufacturer. But Allen Joines and his compliant councilmembers were rubber-stamping developer's prerogatives, while largely ignoring the concerns of the working class.
Introducing, Winston-Salem's One Tile Campaign
By C.P. Tew | May 29, 2020
Vivian Perez-Chandler, co-founder of Soy Emprendedor and Mayor and Winston-Salem Alliance President, Allen Joines hosted an online press conference, late Friday morning with members of the local press. The press conference was streamed live on YouTube. For 30 minutes, Joines and Perez-Chandler described their new, "Restart Winston-Salem, the One Tile Campaign." Joines called it "an exciting new effort to help small businesses in our community." According to the Mayor/W-S Alliance Prez, the One Tile Campaign was created by a "small group of minority women," whose goal is to "restart Winston-Salem, one tile at a time." Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough and local businessman Max Maxwell also spoke in support of the One Tile Campaign.
City Of Winston-Salem Doles Out COVID-19 Grants
By C.P. Tew | April 29, 2020
Monday, the City of Winston-Salem issued a press release summarizing the COVID-19 Fund grants that our tax dollars were being spent on. The City also released a video of the Citizens' Bond Oversight Committee meeting. The Citizens' Bond Oversight Committee fell short of the six reasonable demands that my comrades at Housing Justice made last month. I was struck by the emphasis that was put on addressing food insecurity and the lack of attention on housing insecurity. As Wesley Young pointed out in the Journal, the largest single grant, of $100,000, went to the Forsyth Backpack Program.
Winston-Salem Braces For COVID19
By C.P. Tew | March 16, 2020
The City of Winston-Salem recently announced that it was closing public facilities and suspending meetings in an effort to address the looming Coronavirus/COVID19 crisis. All recreation centers will be closed until further notice. All public assembly facilities including the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds, the Benton Convention Center, BB&T Ballpark and Bowman Gray Stadium are closed. City Hall and the Bryce A. Stuart Municipal Building will operate under normal business hours for critical city business only that cannot be done online or over the phone. Previously planned City of Winston-Salem meetings and events have been canceled.
Montgomery Is Determined To Keep Moving Up: From City Hall, To The General Assembly, To Congress
By C.P. Tew | February 25, 2020
-Updated 2/25/2020, 1:30 pm
Derwin Montgomery is a man of many titles. He's Reverend Montgomery to his congregation at First Calvary. He's CEO to the board of the Bethesda Center, and he's Representative Mongomery to his constituents in NC House District 72. Montgomery is also a co-owner of The Chronicle. If Montogomery finds a way to defeat four other contenders in the NC 6th District Democratic Primary, then he'll be well on his way to becoming Congressman Montogomery.
"The City Is A Business, A Big Business."
"With this vote, the four hard-working members of the Finance Committee just saved the City $11 million. That's about three million each. That's pretty good for a day's work." Those were Finance Committee chairman Robert Clark's comments on refinancing water and sewer revenue bonds. Total debt load, water and sewer revenue bonds outstanding are about $400 million.
Remember Local 22!
Transformation?
"A little $22.6-million project with maybe $11 million in city involvement turned into a colossal project that required a whole lot more public money. Naïve city officials basically got depantsed by Billy Prim, the team owner, who got an additional $15.7 million in 2009 after the project stalled, running the city's tab to about $28 million. In the end, the stadium wound up costing $48.7 million."
-Scott Sexton, Winston-Salem Journal, Apr 2012
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Historic and Architectural Resources of African-American Neighborhoods in Northeastern Winston-Salem ca. 1900-1947
Reynoldstown: Race, Blight, Disease, Highway Construction and the Transformation of Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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North Carolinians ages 65-74 are now eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccination, NC DHHS said. Move follows recommendation by Alex Azar, secretary of UD DHHS, to expand the age range beyond the previous ages 75 and older in the Phase 1B subgroup. https://bit.ly/38LdbQa
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This new post is a refresher on the former Watkins Street neighborhood-because evil deeds should not be forgotten! #ThrowbackThursday #Gentrification #WSNC https://winstonwatchman.com/throwback-thursday-remembering-watkins-street-the-african-american-west-end-enclave-destroyed-by-the-dash/
Susan of Texas@SusanofTexas·
Trump has outlived his usefulness so they don't care. https://twitter.com/politico/status/1349720152640684033
POLITICO@politico
We asked Wall Street execs what they thought about Trump's historic second impeachment and the Senate fight to convict him. The consensus? Do whatever. Just finish it. And move on.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-money/2021/01/14/wall-streets-big-wish-please-move-on-792783?cid=su_tw_mm
Emily A. Benfer@emilyabenfer·
On day 1, @JoeBiden must take action and issue a new robust #eviction moratorium that is uniformly implemented and enforced across the country.
Housing advocates call on Biden to extend eviction ban - ABC News - https://abcn.ws/2KbhIlg via @ABC
Triad City Beat@Triad_City_Beat·
'Food Love': GSO native feeds families during pandemic with vegan meals https://triad-city-beat.com/food-love/
I like the idea of turning Trump over to the Iranians to answer for the murder of general Qasem Soleimani. Trump has less than a week in office. Another impeachment at this point is inconsequential.
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur
BREAKING: The House of Representatives votes 232-197 to impeach President Trump for incitement of insurrection on the U.S. Capitol.
He's the first president in history to be impeached twice.
A day with the King: A look back at Dr. King's visit to Winston-Salem https://wschronicle.com/2021/01/a-day-with-the-king-a-look-back-at-dr-kings-visit-to-winston-salem/ via @WS_Chronicle
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