After interviewing Sergeant Tumlin, an interview was conducted with Mr. Paul Owens who was an employee at MUV Fitness Forest Acres for approximately five years. Mr. Owens was asked about the community’s political structure and if it is active politically. He responded stating Forest Acres has a city/municipality political system and is influential politically; making it one of the more established communities in Columbia. Also, he reported that the city council members and state legislators impact the community and makes many of the decisions for certain policies and laws enacted in the area and that these members are of Caucasian decent as well. Mr. Owens was then asked if he had any knowledge about zoning and coding enforcement; responding that the community has a strict Zoning …show more content…
This is that the area has many requirements for different topics and enforces fees and charges for those who do not meet the requirements. Finally, Mr. Owens was asked about movers and shakers; identifying generation Y as those who own majority of the businesses in the area and are business leaders.
Lastly, an interview was conducted with Miss. Linda Walker who is a single African American mother with two children living in the area. In this interview Miss Walker was asked about the economic bases of the community. She responded saying the community is filled with a great number of privately owned business. She stated, “There are a lot of small businesses here in the area. Many of them are in ran outside of the business owners home, but there exists a few that are ran out of the homes of the business owners.” She then was asked how do these businesses relate to the community; responding by sharing that many of these businesses employ community people and that majority of the time those of Caucasian decent are the first to obtain employment with these businesses. She explains, from her