[Durham INC] The ghost of Durham's Future?

[Melissa Rooney]

One need only take a 3 minute glance at the first article below, regarding Charlotte's flooding and the damage (economically, environmentally, and other- wise), to see why environmentally responsible development is worth fighting for. Hindsight is 20/20, but there's no excuse for Durham not to learn from the mistakes of our neighbors. 

We should save what little is left of South Durham and impose REAL environmentally responsible restrictions and regulations on ALL future development in other areas of Durham. 

We MUST empower Durham with the ability to demand that rural and suburban developments from henceforth be Low-Impact or Conservation Subdivision developments... 

--Melissa (Rooney) -- don't forget to click on the first link below
   




 
  
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Today's Headlines  

May 7, 2009  















Why Charlotte floods  





By Christopher D. Kirkpatrick |
E-mail | 6:09AM  





 





Academics
and officials say too much development, an old drainage system and unusually
heavy rainfall is pushing area creeks past their limits. 







Flooding rains hit
Charlotte 

Forecast: Some drying, but
storms will return

On
the Web:
Mecklenburg flood zones

Areas
hard-hit by Tuesday storm 















BofA needs $34 billion;
what are the bank's options?  





By Christina Rexrode and Rick
Rothacker | E-mail | 8:27AM  





 





Bank
of America needs to add $34 billion to its cushion against future losses, but
the Charlotte bank may not have to raise new money from the government or
private investors, according to sources familiar with bank stress tests to be
released today. 







Stress
test results show banking crisis isn't over

Details
of 'stress tests' of 19 financial firms

Wells
Fargo freezes pension plan

Amex,
JPMorgan, Bank of New York Mellon pass tests 











Crescent Resources'
trouble mirrors real estate's fall  





By Bruce Henderson | E-mail | 7:17AM  





 





Backed
by thousands of acres owned around Duke Energy's Carolina lakes, projects
spreading the nation's southern half, Charlotte-based developer Crescent
Resources seemed too golden to fail. 













New office building in
South End
 





By Doug Smith | E-mail | 7:16AM  





 





A
new three-story office building planned for South Church Street could help
bridge the gap between uptown and South End. 











 





 



   





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