The Newtown Community Center is a popular place for kids to play and churches to host events, but it is also aging. In fact, only five of the city’s 23 community centers are in “good or fair” condition.
“They can’t be what they were when I was going through those community centers because my sons, like many of your sons and daughters or grandchildren, don’t do the same things that we did,” Reed said.The mayor mentioned the need for further access to technology, education, training, healthcare, and workforce development. He also said a program that helps reacclimate people back into society.
Willie Knight is the pastor of North Montgomery Baptist Church. Since COVID, he said the Newtown Community Center had been a valuable resource for large-scale events. He described it as the “heart and soul” of the neighborhood but feels community programs have been neglected. “This is something that we should have been had,” Knight said. “I don’t want to hear what we’d like to see. I’m more so focused on what we’ve done.”The mayor mentioned several community centers in hisNot reading this story on the WSFA News App? Get news alerts FASTER and FREE in the
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