INC NEWS - Durham Hosts Streetscape Design Community Meetings

[Blalock, Amy]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

 

News Release

 

For Details, Contact:

Amy C. Blalock

Senior Public Affairs Specialist

(919) 560-4123 x 253

(919) 475-7735 (cell)

Amy.Blalock at durhamnc.gov <mailto:Amy.Blalock at durhamnc.gov> 

 

For Immediate Release:  August 20, 2008

 

Durham Hosts Community Meetings to Share Neighborhood Streetscape Design
Concepts

City Will Present Preliminary Designs for Five Neighborhood Commercial
Corridors

 

Durham, N.C. - Durham residents who participated in neighborhood
meetings to provide input on how the streetscapes in five neighborhood
commercial corridors should appear will soon have their chance to review
and provide further input on the initial design concepts.

 

The City of Durham's Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD)
and the Department of Public Works are hosting community meetings to
reveal the initial streetscape design concepts to the neighborhoods,
show what direction the project is moving toward, and seek additional
input from residents and other stakeholders.

 

The project, funded by 2005 bond funds, will address streetscape designs
for Fayetteville Street between N.C. Highway 147 and Homeland Avenue;
East Main Street between Hood Street and Alston Avenue; the intersection
of Angier Avenue and Driver Street; the intersection of North Mangum
Street and Corporation Street; and West Chapel Hill Street between Kent
Street and N.C. Highway 147.  Five community meetings to showcase the
initial design concepts are scheduled as follows:

 

Fayetteville Street Project

Hayti Heritage Center, 804 Old Fayetteville Street, Durham

Monday, September 8, 2008, at 6 p.m.

 

Angier Avenue and Driver Street Intersection Project

Angier Avenue Baptist Church, 2101 Angier Avenue, Durham

Tuesday, September 9, 2008, at 6 p.m.

 

North Mangum Street and Corporation Street Intersection Project

UDI Community Resource Center, 800 North Mangum Street, Durham 

Monday, September 15, 2008, at 6 p.m.

 

East Main Street Project

Refiner's Fire Community Church, 1003 East Main Street, Durham

Tuesday, September 16, 2008, at 6 p.m.

 

West Chapel Hill Street Project

Community Family Life & Recreation Center at Lyon Park, 1313 Halley
Street, Durham 

Tuesday, October 14, 2008, at 6 p.m. 

 

The City is continuing to work with consultants from EG&G, Inc. to
develop the schematic designs for the projects.  Initial meetings were
conducted in April 2008 with residents, businesses, and other
stakeholders in each streetscape project area to gather input and
provide opportunities to help determine the streetscape design. 

 

For more information on these upcoming community meetings, contact EG&G,
Inc. consultants Yasmin Fozard at (919) 682-2860, yfozard at aol.com; or
Rod Garrison at (330) 379-2790, office at eggco.com.  

 

About the Office of Economic and Workforce Development

The Office of Economic and Workforce Development seeks to increase the
city's tax base through several revitalization initiatives including new
development efforts in the central city area; identifies and recruits
target industries; and assesses/trains citizens to fill new jobs.  For
more information about this department, visit 
www.durhamnc.gov/departments/eed.   

 

About the Department of Public Works

The Department of Public Works is responsible for engineering,
transportation and stormwater, including design, construction and
maintenance of city streets, alleys, sidewalks, pavement markings,
street signs, traffic signals, street lights, taxicab services, Durham
Area Transit Authority (DATA) and ACCESS (transportation service for
persons with disabilities).  For more information about this department,
visit www.durhamnc.gov/departments/works. 

 

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