Preserve Northside

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Posted by Nancy Oates on April 6, 2011

http://chapelhillwatch.com/2011/04/06/preserve-northside/

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  1. CitizenWill

     /  April 6, 2011

    Nice post Nancy. The Northside NCD was the first in the batch. One of the biggest omissions (which was pointed out to Council) was a regulatory framework with reasonable enforcement provisions.

    I’ve always thought of the NCD’s as one tool in the toolbox but that isn’t how it was presented to the community. It’s unfortunate that the protections the NCD affords were oversold and the neighborhood has lost faith in our planning process.

  2. Terri Buckner

     /  April 6, 2011

    Excellent post Nancy. Charlotte has a similar program in which the town partners with developers to create/maintain workforce housing. Back when the town first started talking about a private-public partnership deal in downtown (which became Lot 5), this was what I had hoped would happen. If we want people living in downtown, it should be working people, not millionaires. And quite frankly, I believe that a town that loses its history, as will happen if Northside disappears in its historically black character, loses its soul.