[Durham INC] instead of plywood on windows...

[Barry Ragin]

You know, for a city that's on everyone's list of the top ten places to 
live in the US, we sure seem to have a lot of vacant and abandoned 
houses in this town.

I can't for the life of me understand why that should be.

Barry Ragin

On 3/3/11 4:30 PM, Melissa's yahoo wrote:
> Maybe Durham would consider hosting a contest where artists paint a board to be permanently displayed in windows that are broken/in disrepair. Durham could give a small cash prize and/or display the winning board at City Hall or something like that. It would be great publicity for the many artists in Durham and the Triangle. If this doesn't float, maybe we can make it a contest for schools or school aged children and give the winner a $200 savings bond - this is what they did for the Durham America Recycles Day contest this year. Or the winner's school could get a raingarden installation or something like that, which we want to see done anyway...
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> Melissa
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> On Mar 2, 2011, at 7:13 PM, "RW Pickle"<randy at 27beverly.com>  wrote:
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>> Since this is a current topic of a new committee, those involved (as well
>> as anyone else interested) should view the recent window treatment
>> (instead of plywood or other materials) used by NIS on a house located on
>> Holloway Street. The house is located on the right in the first block
>> (going out Holloway from downtown past the Public Library) just past the
>> Dillard Street intersection. The house is white and I believe it's the 3rd
>> or 4th on the right as you head out Holloway that way. This is a window
>> treatment that offers security, yet looks like a window. The house also
>> has fresh straw in the yard from reseeding (just to help you locate it).
>> It has much better curb appeal than plywood and just casually looking, it
>> looks like windows are in place.
>>
>> Randy Pickle
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