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Who was it that first said that
one man can make a difference? For the past ten
years or more Senator
Roscoe Dixon from the
33rd District of Tennessee has done something many
of his colleagues around the Country have only
tried to do.
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Dixon has represented the same
areas in the Tennessee General Assembly for many
years first as a State Representative and more
recently in the State Senate. His district
encompasses a mixture of inner city and suburban
areas in Memphis Tennessee. He has always seen the
contrast and difference in these areas as a special
challenge to bring communities together.
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Senator
Dixon making a point
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His initiatives have centered on
a unique form of rebuilding and revitalization of
the communities within his constituency. Dixon has
long been known for his Kitchen Cabinet, a Saturday
morning breakfast meeting and brainstorming
approach involving community leaders in the process
of governing. For years he has encouraged inner
city residents and economically disenfranchised
groups to use the basic elements responsible for
economic growth in America as a means of local
community economic development. This insight led to
the establishment of two highly successful
community investment groups.
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Hannaian
C.E.O.,
Dr. Harlington Hanna suggesting self reliance to
Hamilton Heights leadership group
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In bringing direction and focus to his constituents
he reaches out and brings into the communities
innovative ideas and approaches to the solutions
needed. He recently invited Intellectual Property
attorney and Hannaian U.S.A. Corp., C.E.O.
Harlington Hanna Jr. to address the Hamilton
Community Initiative leadership group on Hannaian's
unique Intellectual Property approach to investment
research and procurement. The Hannaian Intellectual
Property Stock (HIPS) Portfolio produced potential
gains as high as 4,450% in the past year. The HIPS
Research System was designed specifically to
provide market access and investment opportunities
for the average small budget investor typical of
Dixon's constituents. A recent report on the
effectiveness of the Hannaian Intellectual property
Stock research reports can be viewed at the
company's web portal at www.hannaian.com
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The Hamilton Community Initiative currently two
years old is patterned after another of Dixon's
revolutionary community initiatives, The Memphis
Area Neighborhood Development Corp., (MANDCO).
MANDCO set the stage for Dixon's string of
successes by producing a dramatic revitalization of
a downgraded community. Among other
accomplishments, this effort renovated over two
hundred homes. The Hamilton Heights Initiative is
already starting to see some of its objectives
addressed. Home renovation and crime prevention are
already taking hold.
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Hamilton
Heights leadership group ponders their
options
A new program entitled The
Summer Enrichment 2000 Program, which places 50
neighborhood children in an intense summer course
to upgrade their life skills, including business
and investment training is already underway. In his
community revitalization efforts Dixon has had some
interesting help along the way. The Tennessee
Department of Corrections has provided work groups
to give regular assistance in his neighborhood
clean up efforts. Dixon is especially proud of this
assistance because work group members also benefit
from their rehabilitative participation in the
process. He feels their involvement strengtens
their appreciation for the need to protect and
maintain communituies.
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"The emphasis on inner city residents improving
their own communities through investments in what
has made America great and what has not
traditionally been a part of inner city communities
is what is needed" stated Dixon following Hannaian
C.E.O. Hanna's address to a recent Hamilton Heights
Community's Luncheon program.
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Dixon
greeting Dept. Correction work group
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Dixon and Hanna both stressed the need for the
group to become proactive in the investment world.
They emphasized that although inner city residents
and communities have traditionally been
disenfranchised from access to investment tools and
information, it is now easier than ever to change
this pattern. Both stressed that in the long run
this is what is needed to make and keep a community
vibrant and successful.
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Described as a
reserved thoughtful civic leader Dixon shares a
word of advice with a long time resident and leader
in the Hamilton Heights community
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Dixon and two
long time supporters and community leaders greet
each other
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