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2 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, February 11, 2009
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Emancipation Association
Makes Financial Awards
Members of the Association pictured (1-r): Elder Willie
Ferrell, Presiding Elder J.E. Taylor, Rev. Nathaniel Small,
Sr., President; Rev. Marion Brooks, Rev. Thomas Greene,
and Rev. Charlie Fogle.
A new image for
Sustainable Fellwooc
The Emancipation
Celebration held on January
1, 2009 at Asbury United
Methodist Church was an his
toric event for several rea
sons. A special Litany of
Thanksgiving was included
for the election of Barack
Obama as the first African
American President of the
United States, and for Larry
Chisolm, the first African
American District Attorney
for Chatham County. Also,
Presiding Elder J.E. Taylor
presented a large group of
young people to
Emancipation Association
President, Rev. Nathaniel
Small, Sr., for the official for
mation of the Youth Division
of the Emancipation
Association.
In the wake of this
memorable celebration,
members of the Association
assembled at the Ralph Mark
Gilbert Civil Rights Museum
and awarded a total of
$3,300.00 among seven non
profit agencies of the com
munity to include: Ash Tree
Organization, Inc., Mr.
Morris Brown, Director;
Greenbriar Children's Center,
Mrs. Gena Taylor, Executive
Director; Ralph Mark Gilbert
Civil Rights Museum, Dr.
J.W. Jamerson, III, thainnan,
Board of Directors; West
Broad Street YMCA, Mr.
Peter Doliber, Director;
Wesley Community Center,
Ms. Tammy A.K. Nixon,
Executive Director;
Savannah Faith Coalition,
Pastor Marion Brooks,
Representative; and Coastal
Jail Ministries of Georgia,
Chaplain Johnny Hands. The
Emancipation Association of
Savannah, Georgia and
Vicinity, Inc., takes this
opportunity to thank church
es, organizations and individ
uals for continued support in
our efforts to carry out our
critically important mission.
Sustainable Fellwood,
Savannah's environmentally
friendly affordable housing
development, has a new logo
celebrating its commitment
to community and the envi
ronment. The logo was the
winning entry in a contest
open to Savannah area high
school and college students.
Yuan Yao, a Savannah
College of Art and Design
graduate student, designed
the winning logo.
Yuan was inspired by
the development's concern
for the people and the envi
ronment.
"The community has a
long history," said Yuan.
"The people belong to the
community and therefore
belong to the green environ
ment. The people have a very
strong relationship with the
community and it's a great
environment for people.
That's why I put people in the
logo. It looks friendly and has
a connection with people."
The logo is the silhou
ette of a person, outlined
within the negative spaces of
the petals of a flower.
"The logo captures this
community aspect and idea
of rebirth" so important to
Sustainable Fellwood, said
Denis Blackbume, CFO of
Melaver, Inc. Community
members were thrilled with
the logo, he said.
Karina Nersesova, a
SCAD graduate student, was
the second place winner.
Jiuxue Zhang, also a SCAD
graduate student, was the
third place winner.
The first place prize was
a new laptop computer donat
ed by Seimitsu Business
Technology Solutions. The
second place prize was a
$250 VISA gift card and hon
orable mention was a $100
VISA gift card.
Judges were looking for
a logo that graphically con
veys and illustrates an under
stood message and vision of a
sustainable community.
Sustainable Fellwood
will be built with sustainable
materials with high standards
for energy and water efficien
cy. For example, pervious
paving will be used where
possible to allow water to
naturally infiltrate the
ground, reducing the impact
on the neighborhood
stormwater system.
Construction on Phase I, the
first 110 housing units, began
in Fall 2008.
Sustainable Fellwood is
a mixed use, mixed income
Housing Authority of
Savannah redevelopment.
Master Developer: Melaver,
Inc., in partnership with
Parallel Housing, Progressive
Redevelopment, and
Vanguard Developers. In col
laboration with: Lott Barber,
Architecture and Planning,
Catamount Constructors,
Inc., City of Savannah, and
CHSA Development of
Savannah,
www. SustainableFellwood.c
om.
Savannahians, Mark Your Place in History
The public is invited to
contribute written messages
to be sealed in the Black &
White Gala ceremonial Time
Capsule. The sealed con
tents will be opened perhaps
hundreds of years from now.
Details to be announced
later. The Time Capsule is
meant to preserve
Savannahian’s messages,
sentiments and ideas that
represent this transforma
tional time in history.
The project is the brain
child of Benjamin Polote, Sr.
Pelote says, “This time in
history won’t come again. It
is important not only to those
of us who are here today
experiencing history first
hand, but also to future gen
erations who will be inspired
by our messages.”
The Time Capsule will
be available until February
13, 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00
p.m., Monday through Friday
at The Polote Corporation,
1810 Mills B. Lane
Boulevard, Savannah,
Georgia 31405.
For more information,
call 912-232-1188.
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Chatham County
Commission Chairman
Pete Liakakis’ 2009
Inaugural Address (continuedl)
We are fortunate to have
the experience and profes
sionalism of Sheriff A1 St.
Lawrence and the members
of his department in this
undertaking.
As the expanded deten
tion center comes on line, the
county will be soon thereafter
be completing a major expan
sion of the courthouse. The
increased capacity of courts
will not only improve the
efficiency of judicial pro
ceedings but it will also
insure the courthouse better
serves citizens through
improved accessibility and
customer-friendly features.
Within the next 18
months, the county will also
complete a new records cen
ter which will not only cen
tralize records into a single
archive but allow them to be
better managed. The new
building, which will be con
structed to withstand a cate
gory 5 hurricane, will also
include document imaging
and a document destruction
program to improve the mod
ernization of records manage
ment.
While the big projects
always seem to grab the
headlines, smaller ones can
be just as important to the
safety of our citizens. For
example, another important
but little- noticed improve
ment this year will be the
enhancement of our commu
nity's emergency notification
system. The commission has
funded doubling the number
of emergency sirens through
out Chatham County, which
means 95% of our citizens
will be advised in advance of
threatening natural disasters.
Another project which
few notice but which will
yield public safety dividends
in the future will be the
implementation of the inter
operable communications
system. This multi-million
dollar public safety enhance
ment will put into place a
regional communication sys
tem.
Even the animals who
are pets of countless citizens
will also benefit by the con
struction of a state of the art
animal rescue center which
will be completed during
2009.
As we create new coun
ty facilites, we must provide
Pete Liakakis
for the maintenance of those
facilities. Because of pru
dent financial policies during
the past four years, this com
mission has transferred
almost $30 million from
excess fund balance into cap
ital improvements and capital
repairs. Capital improve
ments continue to bolster the
sales tax program in funding
projects which improve the
community's quality of life.
Just as importantly, funding
for capital repairs ensures that
the needed maintenance of
the county's capital assets
today will avoid burdening
future commissions.
In 2007, the commis
sion unveiled an ambitious
list of 185 projects totaling
350 million dollars. Work
continues on completing the
projects on this list, which
include roads, drainage,
parks, boat ramps, new and
renovated trails, and county
facilities to improve service,
and the commission expects
almost all of them will be
completed within the next
four years.
While investing in our
service infrastructure pays
dividends in the community's
quality of life, this commis
sion also understands the
need to invest in economic
self-sufficiency. Over the
course of this next term, the
commission will continue its
focus on removing the con
straints which keep almost
one out of every six of our
community's families impov
erished. A renewed emphasis
will be made with the con
struction apprentice program
and other programs targeted
to help our citizens reach eco
nomic well-being.
Commission Chairman
Pete Liakakis ’ speech
will be continued.
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