Price site should be used for education, not sports
Longtime residents of the South Warnersville neighborhood and the former J.C. Price School are treasured links to the past, present and future vitality of the Warnersville community. J.C. Price School doesn't appear to have a role in the site's future for the present owners.
A sports park featuring a football stadium and a softball field doesn't have a role in the quality and quantity of life for the taxpaying Warnersville community citizens.
It is true that J.C. Price does have a historical place in the community. The school is the only remaining building in the neighborhood founded for freed slaves in the 1860s and demolished by urban renewal in the 1960s. However, ownership of the property does not give the owners the right to infringe upon the community of taxpaying citizens of Warnersville.
Brick and mortar will be demolished but the spirit of freed slaves and educators lives on, and so do the third and fourth generations of freed slaves in Warnersville.
We need the owners of the property to understand our desire to utilize the J.C. Price site for producing future educators, leaders and professionals from our community.
Jean B. Williams
Greensboro
Comments (7)
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With only 70% finishing high-school - and the quality of that degree also in question - I'm much more concerned with Education than I am Sports and even Education more than Black Heritage.
Posted on July 5, 2006 8:20 AM
All I can say to this letter is: huh?
Posted on July 5, 2006 8:45 AM
I'm with you, YD...huh??? Is the property now owned by a private company? If so, I think they have the right to do what they want if it meets zoning laws.
Posted on July 5, 2006 9:36 AM
YD and Carol:
Whew, I thought it was just me that didn't understand that LTE! Carol, I agree with you on the ownership issue and might add that if this building is so darn important to the community, why didn't they do some fund-raising activities to get money to buy it? I would be willing to bet that with effort and maybe some grant-writing, this could have been accomplished.
Now, I guess we all sit back and wait for Skip and friends to throw the race card.
Posted on July 5, 2006 3:31 PM
Good points, Bunny. When the old Jamestown School was scheduled for demolition, the community rallied, bought it, and now we have a beautiful library in a wonderful historic building.
Posted on July 5, 2006 4:24 PM
Dont you love when your neighbors want to tell you what to do with your property...actually I think that since Greensboro College wants to own the place...its part of the educational process.
Posted on July 5, 2006 7:42 PM
6string,
I hate to say it but I'm betting that if A&T had bought the property for the same purposes, you wouldn't be seeing this letter.
Posted on July 6, 2006 12:02 PM