[Durham INC] Cold weather preparedness; Ninth St parking

[Laura Drey]

Please share the word with you neighborhood associations, family members, friends and co-workers.

Cold weather preparedness (for additional ideas see the attachment)

With frost being called for tonight I suggest that you
1. disconnect your hoses from the outdoor faucets; 
2. bring your outside plants inside from your porches, patios and balconies as soon as possible; and 
3. assist in insulating your potted plant(s), that cannot be brought inside, by surrounding the pot(s) with leaves and putting leaves on top of the dirt in these pot(s).

I will send recommendations of methods for energy conservation later.

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Keep free parking on Ninth Street and in the Ninth Street lot

Please send the mayor and city council a brief email to council at durhamNC.gov asking them to keep free parking on Ninth Street and in the Ninth Street lot. City staff is recommending to the council that the city begin charging for parking on Ninth Street, to pay for expenses associated with the new development on the west side of the street. But the new development is bringing the city plenty of new revenue to pay for these expenses-and to keep the parking free.
 
Paid parking will discourage people from shopping on Ninth Street, it will create the need for guards to be posted on the sea of free parking just about to open between the new Harris Teeter and Ninth Street, and it will discriminate against people who shop during the daytime, since parking will be free after 6:00 p.m. So you will be able to park for free to come to Ninth Street to drink late at night, but you will have to pay to park if you want to buy books at The Regulator during the day.
 
If none of this makes much sense to you, please send an email telling the city council that you support keeping parking on Ninth Street free.
 
Thank you!
From The Regulator and other independent locally owned businesses on  Ninth Street

For more info see the link to the article in the Herald Sun http://www.heraldsun.com/news/localnews/x2082475449/Parking-decisions-driven-by-costs-council-says


Laura








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