[Durham INC] Rolling Hills

[Pat Carstensen]

I don't know that we would want to have the whole area being a park becauseIn the long run, we want to have population density near downtown and any rapid transit that goes through downtownPragmatically we want to have opportunities for local folks to make money building there
But re-thinking how to develop the area with significant open space and perhaps denser development where we do build has a lot of advantagesThere's little greenspace near downtown and this would be a great place for it (going to the open house today on downtown open space plan would be a great first step) There might be significant savings in building the infrastructure costs
Regards, pat
Info on the Open House to talk about the downtown open space plan:When:             Wednesday, March 9, 2011, from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Where:            Golden Belt                        807 E. Main Street, 3rd Floor(Large Conference Room in the City’s Neighborhood Improvement Services Department)                        Durham, N.C. 27701

Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 06:21:37 -0500
From: Ken at KenGasch.com
To: inc-list at durhaminc.org
Subject: [Durham INC] Rolling Hills

I would suggest making Rolling Hills a city park. We have plenty of housing stock that is empty and simply boarded up.  Local folks can fix them up thereby creating local jobs.  Additionally, a high concentration of low-income housing does not work.  You have to "mix it up".  

Ken Gasch




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