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Wake County commissioners vote to turn golf course into park
By a 4-3 vote, the Wake County Board of Commissioners voted to purchase a former golf course for $3.9 million and turn it into a park. WTVD has the details.
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Wake County Commissioner Jessica Holmes couldn’t be more right
I love it when I find allies in unexpected places. Last week, Indy Week ran an article about whether Wake County should spend $20 million to buy a golf course in…
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Buy-In via Lame Suggestions
Members of Asheville City Council are trying to figure out what to do with the Aston Park Tennis Center. I may be mistaken, but it seems either the courts or…
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What’s For-Profit?
Also at the work session, Asheville City Council discussed options for drone parks; which is to say, unmanned parks. The city could save $200,000 by leaving the Food Lion Skate…
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Synergy
Higher-ups from the village of Flat Rock wish to spend $41.6 million to create a new park. The price is on top of acquisition costs.
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Sprawl
The City of Asheville has been trying to unload excess real estate for some time. McKibbon Hotel Group has proposed buying some to build a hotel across from the US…
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Oh, Yes. I Wonder.
The Town of Mills River is undertaking a new, master-planned park. Woops! Now it needs a 1.5-cent tax increase.
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Drawing the Wrong Conclusion IV — what to do with valuable state property
Our governor made an announcement yesterday about the Dorothea Dix land. Here is the opening (emphasis added): Gov. Bev Perdue announced today that an appraisal has been received for the…
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Raleigh Delays Vote on Smoking Ban in Parks
Here’s hoping the Raleigh City Council thinks twice — no, three times — about imposing a ban on smoking in parks. It appears they will vote in two weeks, not…
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New CJTV exclusive: Raleigh delays smoking ban decision
Anthony Greco’s latest CarolinaJournal.tv exclusive offers the latest update on Raleigh’s consideration of a proposed outdoor smoking ban targeting city parks.
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Raleigh City Council to Consider Ban on Smoking in Parks
Carolina Journal TV’s Anthony Greco reports here on the proposed ban on smoking in Raleigh parks. The council will consider the issue in early January. Earlier this year, the Orange…
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Friendship Missionary Baptist Church. Park.
WCNC’s Stuart Watson has the details on Mecklenburg County’s plans for park on land owned by Friendship Missionary Baptist Church.