Housing Authority's new center to help break 'cycle of poverty'

Housing Authority of the City of Aiken CEO Ivory Mathews and City Councilwoman Lessie Price cut the ribbon to the Center for Excellence on Thursday morning. Also pictured are, from left, front, Housing Authority Chairman Commissioner James Gallman, Vice President of Aiken Technical College Education and Training Gemma Frock, Mayor Pro-Tem Don Wells and Housing Authority co-chairman Frances Farley; back, City Manager Richard Pearce, Workforce Development Center Administrator Sam Jordan with the Lower Savannah Council of Governments, Principal Rhonda Ray of North Aiken Elementary and Director Shadie Hall of Aiken/Barnwell Head Start.