The Greenpower Team at North Harlem Elementary School was recognized by the Harlem City Council for a recent first place win.
“It’s always so good when we can honor our students, and this is not the first time this group has been here and it won’t be the last, I’m sure,” said Harlem Mayor Roxanne Whitaker.
Kim Spicer, one of the Greenpower Team leaders, told council members the club is made up of fourth and fifth grader students. The students meet every Wednesday after school to build an electric car.
“This year, we were blessed to have an extra car, so we built two cars. We played with two cars, and we were able to race our cars at different races,” Spicer said. “The biggest one we went to was in Huntsville, Ala., and we won first place for the first time in years. We won first place for our Slalom race.”
Whitaker presented certificates to the team leaders and students in attendances in recognition of their achievement.
During the meeting, the city council tabled the MOU with Fort Gordon vote until next month. The decision came at the recommendation of City Attorney Barry Fleming so he could look over more information that was received that afternoon from Fort Gordon regarding the MOU and zoning requests.
The MOU has to do with development on the southside of Harlem, and if any development is going in that location, plans would be presented to Fort Gordon for comment. Fleming previously told council members he believed the origin of it comes from Georgia code 36-66-6, which has to do with planning development with land near military installations.
Stephanie Hill is a staff writer covering Columbia County government for The Augusta Press. Reach her at stephanie@theaugustapress.com
