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AFTER DINNER TONIGHT. HOUSING JUSTICE. NOW A WINSTON-SALEM ADVOCACY GROUP, IS HOPING A DECISION AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT GOES IN THEIR FAVOR. IF PASSED, THE LOAN FORGIVENESS ON ONE PROPERTY COULD PAVE THE PATH FOR AN EXPANSION IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DOWNTOWN. WXII 12 SARAH SOWERS IS LIVE NOW WITH MORE FOR US. SARAH. THATS RIGHT, THE FUTURE RESIDENTS WILL COLLECTIVELY PAY OFF THE PURCHASE AND RENOVATION FEES IN ORDER TO OWN THE UNITS THEMSELVES. IN THE NEXT SEVERAL DECADES. DAN ROSE, AN ADVOCATE WITH HOUSING JUSTICE, NOW, SAYS THE PLANS FOR THE PROPERTY ON SPRING STREET ARE UNLIKE ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE CITY BEFORE. WERE HOPING TO HAVE A CHANCE TO PROVE THAT COOPERATIVE HOUSING, OWNED AND OPERATED BY LOW INCOME PEOPLE, WORKS AND THEN BE ABLE TO REPLICATE THAT MODEL ACROSS THE CITY. THE COMPLEX FEATURES TWO EFFICIENCIES AND THREE ONE BEDROOM UNITS. THE PROPERTY WAS ORIGINALLY ACQUIRED THROUGH A LOAN TO FIX UP SEVERAL SURROUNDING HOMES, INCLUDING THIS ONE. ITS BEEN ABANDONED FOR SEVEN YEARS, ROSE SAYS AFTER THE PARTNERS FOR OWNERSHIP NONPROFIT AND THE AIDS CARE SERVICE NONPROFIT WHO USED THE BUILDING, DISSOLVED ON AUGUST 12. THE HOUSING COMMITTEE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDED TO PROGRESS THIS ISSUE TO A COUNCIL WIDE VOTE FOR THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE UNITS. ROSE EXPECTS RENOVATIONS TO COST ABOUT $200,000. A NEW ROOF, KITCHENS, MODERN AIR CONDITIONING UNITS, PAINTING AND NEW FLOORING WILL MAINLY BE DONE BY VOLUNTEERS AND CONTRACTORS, HE SAYS HE EXPECTS A COMPETITIVE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR A MAXIMUM OF TEN RESIDENTS. ROSE SAYS MANY PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED INTEREST IN LIVING THERE AS A CHANCE TO OWN PROPERTY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN HELP STEM THE TIDE OF GENTRIFICATION IN DOWNTOWN WINSTON-SALEM. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN HELP PEOPLE GET OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE SORT OF UNAFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT LANDLORDS ONLY SEEM TO OFFER IN WINSTON-SALEM, AND FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO BUILD SOME WEALTH AS THEY TRY TO GET OUT OF LOWER INCOME STATUS. NOW, THESE PLANS ARE ALL DEPENDENT ON THE CITY COUNCILS VOTE LATER TONIGHT TO FORGIVE A LIEN THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS ON THE PROPERTY. NOW, ROSE IS HOPEFUL THAT THEY WILL PASS, BUT IN THE CASE THAT IT DOESNT, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THIS PROPERTY. REPORTING IN D

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Astronaut shares her journey to space [Video]

Astronaut Jeanette Epps is living a dream very few get to see come true.The University of Maryland alumna has been on the International Space Station since early March, helping with research for the future.”We lifted off, and it was an amazing feeling,” Epps told 11 News in an exclusive video conference interview. “It was truly exhilarating.”Epps comprises part of SpaceX’s Crew-8 mission.”When we docked, it was when the hatch opened, to see our colleagues to actually be here, it was surreal,” Epps told 11 News.It’s a truly “out-of-this-world” experience. The research being done up there is furthering scientific discovery down here on Earth. One project is tracking how the immune system functions over time while in space.”We can collect our own blood, we do our own blood draws, and then, we can process the blood here on orbit, and that is about a two- to three-day process to do,” Epps told 11 News. “Being a part of these experiments where we’re the hands and eyes for all the researchers on the ground is exciting.”Epps is already in an elite club of people who have traveled to space or have been on the International Space Station. Narrow that down to the number of Black women who have done so, and you’ll find just a few.Video below: NASA Black History Month Astronaut Profile – Jeanette Epps”I do think that there’s room for everyone, and we do need more representation. There’s a lot of women that I know personally who can do this job and do it very well,” Epps told 11 News. “My message to young women is I want to tell them about all the work that I did to earn a spot up here.”Astronauts on the ISS also know how to have fun. When 11 News asked whether the astronauts pull pranks on each other, they were ready for the question.”The pranking environment is strong up here and kind of like it is a beautiful environment to work with,” Epps told 11 News.Despite being 254 miles from Earth, Epps is keeping her family and connections to Maryland close.”Maryland became my second home. I miss my family, I miss Maryland crabs big time — one of the blue crabs, one of my favorite dishes,” Epps told 11 News. “The University of Maryland was so good to me, and they’re still big supporters.”Epps is set to return to Earth sometime this month.