The station is located in the same spot where the mansion of the late boxing champ Tiger Flowers once stood. The Tiger Flowers Technology Project. The AFD will install casings to hold the computers and Minor is recruiting students from Spelman College to tutor the children in the after-school program. The first group of students will come from nearby Herndon Elementary School. Minor hopes that the project does not remain confined at Herndon Elementary School.
Barber is all for that.
We want this to be an on-going program. In fact, we hope this blossoms into a nationwide effort to close the technology gap. Barber, an African American whose company is based in the Snap Finger Park Technology Park in DeKalb County, added that he felt it was particularly necessary for black businesses to support their communities. In addition, the AFD has partnered with a private company to pass out free smoke detectors to qualifying residents. Fire officials also make the rounds in schools, teaching fire safety classes.