Vernelle Brooks Jones and Charles Brooks - Subdivision (clip)
Interviewed by Kathryn Wall on March 11, 2023
Charles Brooks: For me, I would say a lot of hard work. Back then if you had your own business you had to put a lot of hard work into it and there was a lot to overcome as far as finances if you wanted to go out and do stuff on your own, it was kind of hard to get the financing to do things, so I think it is a lot easier now. But back then it was a lot harder to obtain financing to get projects started.
Vernelle Brooks Jones: That just sparked a thought because I remember, I don’t know if you were old enough to remember. I don’t know if you were old enough to remember, but I remember dad found this land in Chatham County and he wanted to build a subdivision. He had an architect to draw the plan, lay out everything because he bought a home and sharing with mom, and I was there looking. I thought he had a very great proposal, but unfortunately when he went to the bank with the funding, they didn’t approve it. I am sure it was back in the day, it just didn’t happen. It was not because they were not qualified, they were qualified. That was going to be his last big project. Was to build Brooks something, it had the Brooks name in it.
Kathryn Wall: In the name of the subdivision?
Vernelle Brooks Jones: Yeah, in the name of the subdivision cause he bought the plot of land in Chatham County.
