[Durham INC] Durham Hosts Neighborhood Streetscape Design Meetings
Blalock, Amy
Amy.Blalock at durhamnc.gov
Fri Jan 23 09:26:03 EST 2009
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: January 23, 2009
Durham Hosts Neighborhood Streetscape Design Meetings
City Seeks Input on Third Draft of Conceptual 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 another 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 a third round of
community meetings to continue the planning process for new streetscape
designs in five neighborhood areas. This meeting will reveal draft
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 design concepts are scheduled as
follows:
Fayetteville Street Project
Hayti Heritage Center, 804 Old Fayetteville Street, Durham
Monday, January 26, 2009, at 6 p.m.
North Mangum Street and Corporation Street Intersection Project
UDI Community Resource Center, 800 North Mangum Street, Durham
Tuesday, January 27, 2009, at 6 p.m.
East Main Street Project
Refiner's Fire Community Church, 1003 East Main Street, Durham
Monday, February 2, 2009, at 6 p.m.
West Chapel Hill Street Project
Community Family Life & Recreation Center at Lyon Park, 1309 Halley
Street, Durham
Tuesday, February 3, 2009, at 6 p.m.
Angier Avenue and Driver Street Intersection Project
Angier Avenue Baptist Church, 2101 Angier Avenue, Durham
Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 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, September, and October 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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