In the December issue of The Paper I was disappointed to note that no mention was made of the active part many area residents played in securing the veto of Governor Hearnes for the JobCorpsTraining site.
Category: SDCC
Under the auspices of the Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council, the Residential Service covers several different areas.
If the Reverend Calvin Stuart ever regrets his appointment as executive director of the Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council, Inc., he'll have no one to blame but himself.
The Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council is looking for a new executive director to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Jim L'Ecuyer.
The Skinker-DeBaliviere Council office at 6008 Kingsbury will be closed from December 11 until January 3.
In the midst of the controversy over whether a federally-financed Job Corps Center should be located in the Skinker-DeBaliviere neighborhood and 22 families from a building in the Pruitt-Igoe apartments should be relocated in the West End, Twenty-eighth Ward Alderman John G.
The Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council approved "in principle" at its Nov. 22 meeting the proposal of the City Plan Commission to grant tax incentives and other benefits towards redevelopment of the area just west of DeBaliviere.
The group working on establishing a children's center, similar to the Project Five summer day care camp, are making plans for establishing a year-round children's center for the community.
The proposed residential Job Corps Center temporarily slated for the Skinker-DeBaliviere area will apparently be located elsewhere.
Mrs. Sharon McPherron, chairman of the Skinker-DeBaliviere Community Council membership committee, reports that the council netted over $200 in its recent membership drive.
The Community School Board has been busy over the past six months establishing a school program.
Washington Heights Neighbors has elected Mrs. Joyce Warren, 5824 Waterman (863-3054) president of the association.
