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Show Thursday. November 22. 1979. THE HKRALI). Provo. -- (LPIi ATLANTA For the last three years a group of architects and planners has been helping little-know- Bountiful cst ct non-prof- it groups community the navigate through complications of cost estimates, grant proposals and government bureaucracy. The Community Design r t ATIS FAMILY SS.OC flbflflMBRfl TMEATK 2tlMMftMSM(frNt7ISS04 from 11 A.M.-- P.M. 7 ing and Urban Development plans to use the pro- l MM. TIL, Children under ire 10 half-pric- III. e nprofit community have become increasiAtlanta metro area each ngly attractive to middle one costing the governclass professionals worment nearly $6,000 a vear ried by high commuting to hold costs A recent National One hope for easing the I'rbun Coalition study of problem is a Design t5 neighborhoods across (.'enter project in the the country, including three in Atlanta, warned city's West End that aims at that urban renovations recycling the abandoned often mean the displacehomes. But the effort ment of the poor to new faces obstacles typical of ghettos. difficulties surrounding But not all members of urban rebuilding efforts the community are woracross the nation ried by that prospect. Last year the center "We've got a good was one of 21 out of about here," said 170 applicants receiving black banker Michael looking high and low for monev There's a big need tor these services." Burdeen partly blinded in Vietnam and later the victim of kidney failure has devoted himself to community affairs in recent years He proudly notes that although the center's board includes a lawyer, banker and city commissioner, the professionals chose him for the chairman's post. ra & SAT to neighborhoods." One of Purdeen's special grants from Hl'Ds d Ottice of Neighborhood gest concerns is an increasing number of Hl'l) Project, bringing together community foreclosures near his representatives to coordinate improvement efforts "We're really saying that if anything is going center offers: "We built a southeast Atlanta home community center here vacant houses that often five years ago and 1 went signal a neighborhood's the decline. There are about through an ordeal - change in the the peo- neighborhoods le are going to have to e the ones to take charge." explained Richard Dagenhart. an assistant architecture professor at Georgia Tech and the West End project's director. HUD is giving the group 10 vacant homes in the area and will finance a revolving fund to TOMORROW ONLYI Brunson board blacks who want the poor out of the West End." Despite a revitalization sparked when developer Wade Burns renovated more than 20 homes in s the the West End remains typical of many changing innercity mid-1970- neighborhoods. More than SELECTED THEATRES THIS CHRISTMAS more than side-by-si- rebuilding - old J ..... . k r G mmwipTiiiuiTMuwiiBmw HWML GUDMKX SUGGESTED 1:15 J 100 MS 3 5 SIT. 30 Yd V 489-540- IESUS '"imwm&waa 1 MILT Aft 0 J:4S-74- 5 MS ICARUXON SQUARE! r 7:15 The adventure ti:i FISH THAT SAVED SUSAN ANSPACH SHOW i' HE? MICHAEL DOUGLAS 3 BIG SHOWS ON ONE SCREEN NICK NOLTE MAC DAVIS m0 3744061 '' PJL MAT. tkswcTdpat" MS-M-S 6:30-9:0- PIUSBURG film with o rattling good comedy 41 'U1 --3 7 JO & 4 90 TKURS-SU- :1 CARILLON SQUARE ' I Commissioner t David Rivers. The inexpensive houses rVocicrn www. UIV. Lrvwgll Pontar'fi lilUV ilia 0 West End project will sell to families may help break that cy cle. But issues about the low-inco- of the future make-u- p community remain to be resolved. "How would you feel if the government told you to take a bum who hasn't had a bath in a year and put him up in your guest room?," asked a white community leader. We have no objection to people who have training and a similar background. But you just can't mix people together who are reconcAt least the project has brought people ilable. J N MANN THIATItS COflMl "It's .probably been reduced somewhat, but hell yes, redlining is still going on in Aiiania. saia former Budget and Plan-nin- g ferences are : MATTCEES DAILY AT: - totally different. Brunson remains optimistic: "The debate is healthy and the dif- DAILY- 1i30-3J5-- m PARADE is to love each other forever... AT: DAILY DRIVE IN FRIDAY- CMBSTIMS Promise" ...the man you thought you knew. RSS-SSZ9- AY 1 w3f 114 I "The Springville borhoods. SPECIAL JITTER AT 0:00 PH lEJft FANTASY! MMMTHCATREt 3) TOMORROW -- neigh- "high-risk- " ( MAT. 254 S. Main, Sprinaville trjTCRACKER . rs -- w g West End is banks' systematic refusal to loan money to poorer, red-linin- IPG University Mall ill' ease somewhat as MERYL STOuGP FAMILY RATES1 10 7 the renovations continue and property values increase. One reason why morgage money may be hard to come by in areas like the SPECIAL THAKKSCIVIXG SHOWTIMES . . cing." That situation should 58-3181 and 3JSS? 5:00-7:30-9:- - neighborhood could be a slow process. "There's no prospect of building on these lots," said Dagenhart, picking his way over a broken sidewalk. "The cheapest house will cost $55,000 and when the house next door is valued at $13,000, you can't get the finan- THEATRE Fori percent A walk through the area finds a mix of newly refurbished homes often with empty lots and sagging houses. Fully CORAL Imenc 75 black. Starring DU3TIN K0S7T.1AN residents were white in 1960. But by 1978 the population had dropped by a third and was mm I percent of its 90 12 000 d COMING TO pro- community others want to maintain the diversity It's not just a race issue 1 ve heard low-inco- MOTION PICTURE End West what next - some want to make this a middle-clas- s renovations. The houses will be at cost to renters for about $15,000 each, with the money going back into the pool. If the plan works, HUD says it's prepared to furnish more free homes. The project hopes to e families keep from being pushed out of communities that OF ANEW is on the the Design "The question is ject procide money for in who of (enters $1-1- tWO went to establish a West End Revitalization big- mmML"3 presents Barbara Streisand Walter Matthau recently-forme- the Development. The tiJV-liJfj- theatre playhou$e n cross-sectio- wanted me. a community activist and that savs a lot about the organization and its "They W:I-J-7..- SCHEDULE 13M:15-70--m 11D 2.4M such homes in the drawings to HOLIDAY I p community-hel- SKCIAL M for estimates, CAN WAIT wvC I 0 ij cil g tion of Birmingham. Ala "Our projects have generated more than $3 5 million worth of con HEAVEN time is e model potential.'' said Johns a former Georgia Tech graduate student who parlayed a $2,500 proposal-writingrant into more than $200,000 in federal funding. The center receives about 10 requests for aid each month and nearly two-third- s of the proposals are actually implemented, according to Johns. Projects cannot compete with private groups and must come from established no- or finds buy their own hemes. Federal officials call the center one of the most sucessful efforts of its Rind in the country. It's been so successful that youthful executive director Kevin Johns says the Department of Housa architects' organizations. John Burdeen a dis income people, has abled veteran who is already expanded its ac- chairman of the group's tivities beyond Atlanta, board of directors, knows developing plans for the importance of the exrevitalizing a black sec- pert advice the design Se Our Thanksgiving buffet the throughout the nation The group, which assists low and moderate Rojst JurU'y 8. Holiday Biked Hjn. Our special Dressing, Mash Potatoes and Craw. Your choice of two Vegetables. Our Delicious SjU Bar . that's renters ject as RED VELVET RESTAURANT . struction for families about to be displaced by mass transit construction lunds to help cost in Atlanta and only the tip of the iceberg when you look a! of Atlanta provides housing plans Center similar centers Dine in Elegance. ge Design Center Aids Housing Revitalizing loin Us For thanksgiving Dinner... I Iai Itah-Pa- 1130 together; before they weren't even talking." Behind it all is the Design Center, praised by U) former commissioner THURS.-SUXOA- BLAKE EDWARDS' Y 2:45-5:00-7- :1 30 HIT IN THE ft ( Rivers as a "catalyst and implementer" in bringing both government grants THE BIGGEST and COUNTRY! ACADEMY pri- vate money into the Parmwunl Picture Picscnti A Lou Adhr Producdoa 137144701 neighborhoods. But executive director Johns still believes it's the communities that must reach a consensus over what money will be sought and what projects implemented. "We've become very sophisticated in dealing with the city and the federal government," said Johns, "but we still try to stay low-ke- y, providing the service and letting the local people decide what they want." 9 MANN THEATRES 374-606- 1 III 6:30 & 9:15 u I 5 CARILLON SQUflWSSSf 'fe I .n Erases ECHLY TAILED TAPESTRY OF A DE- TT.E !AFED (JIM LIVES." 1 Judith Crist, PLUS MANN THEATRES 5 FOR AMII.IKS "Iu'ihtjI Audiences." materials most arc hkth to consider objri iiun.ibli' eu-- lor uunger ( hililn ii Film i cinluinv nu pan-M- I'd T.irtnul Guidance Haling cautions parents lint might consider sonic null rial unsuitable lor It urges parents to children inuuirr about the lilm beture on attendance. deciding "Heslricted." Kilm conadult ipe material and :Sw under I tears ol tt are not admitted except in the conipanc nt a parent or in adull R: tains guardian V This THURS..SUKDAY 1:30.15-7100-9.4- 1 MiUHi'sIrd THAT immmmmmmi MANNA CENTRAL A WOW STORY... 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