"When Carver State Bank President Bob James looks out the window of his borrowed office, he sees the future of Savannah's fight against poverty.
The rise of a Food Lion supermarket is a badly needed new neighbor to the Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard corridor where his bank has stood for years.
He sees it as the key to "community economic development'' - the way out of persistent poverty that has burdened the area for decades.
On Jan. 1, James, 64, assumed the board chairmanship of Step Up Savannah and its local poverty reduction effort."
To read the Morning News article in full, click on:http://savannahnow.com/news/2011-01-03/bank-exec-bob-james-leads-war-poverty
