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6A THE CHOWAN HERALD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22,2017 Service Learning Food Drive SUBMITTED PHOTO The JROTC cadets did a service learning food drive over he past month and a half and collected over 750 cans of food. Recently, these ROTC cadets dropped off over 550 cans at the local Edenton-Chowan food pantry. The remainder of the food will be taken to the food bank of eastern North Carolina. Pictured from left to right are: Derrick Chamblee, Katrina Sawyer, Jamilah Burgess, Angela Hollis and Noah Mills HOOD Continued from 5A threatening rise of populism, progressivism, and socialism. It was a case of longtime ri vals, traditionalists and classical liberals, forming first an alliance of mutual need and then, through fits and starts, forging a more I systematic integration of their ideas. The result wasn’t a catechism. It was and remains messy and incomplete. There are areas of disagreement and differences in emphasis. But the various strands of mod ern conservativism have enough in common to work together — and what they have in common, for the most part, is a belief that governmental power should be minimized so that freedom can be maximized. Why? Because it is in the nature of humans to thrive, in the long run, when they are free to make their own decisions, rather than be ing compelled to comply with some central plan. The empirical evidence for this proposi tion is massive and constantly growing. For example, a recent peer-reviewed study by North Dakota State University economist Jeremy Jackson employed the Frasier Insti tute’s Economic Freedom of North America Index and a set of survey data on life satis faction. All other things being equal, states with lower taxes, smaller budgets, and fewer regulations had a higher share of happy resi dents than did those with expansive, expen sive governments. My conservative colleagues and I here in North Carolina fight for freedom not as an abstraction but as a practical tool for pro moting opportunity, progress, happiness, and virtue. And we welcome converts to the cause. John Hood is chairman of the John Locke Foundation. PUB Continued from 5A grandfather subsequently owned it. Mr. Glover would restore this historic build ing and develop it into a family-friendly brewery. The benefits to us are lim ¬ itless: drawing new tour ists to Edenton; generating revenue from the sale of the building; saving tax dollars used to maintain a vacant building; creating a sig nificant taxable asset from a building that currently provides $0 tax dollars; increasing our tax base for 4^pS...Make sure Santa knows what’s on yow wish list!... Write a htter, email itto Sontag ^ar^a^as^ and See ^r tetter pr^M^hea in The Daily Tidvanee on one or these dates; December 14th or 21st. AND, we at The Daily Advance have arranged for you to yet a response to yoar letter from the North Pole!! Mes,that’s riyht. Santa is VERy busy, but his executive assistant, Susanna Elf, will personally show your letter to Santa and write an email back to you! There is NO charye to publish letters to Santa, but you can make your letter stand out by addiny a color photoyraph for only tlOMust attach a hiyh-^ualityjpy file to your email and have an adult call 335-8076 with credit card information, or briny your money by our office at 215 S. Water Street, Elizabeth City. The deadline for entr^ is Monday, December 11 at 4 p.m. Don’t delay! Get that letter in today! Letters will only be accepted via email. our community to gener ate additional tax revenue that supports our schools and other community ser vices; providing a handful of jobs immediately with a longer-term goal of adding a bottling plant that would employ dozens at one of the Town’s two industrial parks. The small-craft brewery industry is booming nation ally, but also in NC. Margo Metzger, the director of the North Carolina Craft Brew ers Guild, noted: “[c]raft brewing — generat[ed] $1.2 billion and 10,000 jobs in 2014” in NC and at that time, NC had roughly half the number of breweries it does today. 4 She also stated, “when it comes to real economic impact people can feel, it’s the small towns, where some one makes a bet on a little- known street, where it matters.” 5 She specifically mentioned that “brewer ies in forgotten Eastern North Carolina towns such as Rocky Mount and Tarboro — giv[e] people a public house and a reason to want to five there. But more importantly, it makes people feel like they’re in a relevant place.” 6 Edenton would unquestionablyben- efit from the same effect that Mother Earth Brewing has on Kinston. Tourists previously unfamiliar with Kinston now flock there due to craft-beer tourism. The opposition to the brewery enumerates four BANKRUPTCY STOP Foreclosure STOP Lawsuits STOP Car Repossession STOP Tax Levies and Garnishments Call Allen C. Brown Attorney #252-752-0753 ^ A Debt Relief Agency helping people eliminate debt through bankruptcy ^ A special thank you to the residents of the 4th ward for re-electing me as your Town Councilman. I look forward to serving you as well as all the people in the Town of Edenton. Elton Bond Jr. Paid for by the Candidate primary arguments against the sale and development of the building: 1) The brewery’s close proximity to the park: Many seem outraged that alcohol would be served anywhere close to where our children play. Howev er, community fundraising events offering alcohol are frequently held at the Bark er house or by our town’s waterfront. These events are closer in proximity to the park than the Conger building and I have heard of no concerns from these events. Also, at least three past restaurants (Chero’s, The Dram Tree, and Eden ton Bay Trading Com pany), all of which served alcohol, have occupied the buildings adjacent to or across from the Conger building without incident. Finally, at the first public hearing, countless fami lies with small children, all of who frequent the park, spoke strongly in support of the brewery. 2) The brewery’s close proximity to residential properties: A commercial property located adjacent to a residential property could present a myriad of issues. However, please note that the Conger build ing and its surrounding land, including the adja cent residence, are zoned for commercial property use, not residential. 3) The Conger building’s appraised value: Many ar gue that the building’s ap praised value is too low. The Town had the building appraised and posted the appraisal on its website. Many similarly situated small towns have taken advantage of NC statute, which permits a town to give away property when necessary to incentivize economic development. Thankfully, Edenton is not in this, position. Mr. Glov er’s proposal offered the full appraised value and in cluded a plan to renovate and develop this vacant building into a significant taxable asset. For many, the value of bringing life to this, aging vacant asset and further revitalizing our downtown historic district far exceeds the building’s appraised value. 4) The yacht club’s displacement: Yacht club members express a great deal of concern that if the Conger building is sold and developed, then they will lose the area where they currently store their boats. Mr. Glover met with members to try to develop a plan for the brewery that would allow for ongoing boat storage in the building currently used for that pur pose. Mr. Glover’s stance on collaborating with the yacht club has never fal tered, even after the July 25, 2016 town council meeting at which a Council member suddenly proposed that the Town enter into a ten-year lease with the yacht club at $50 per month for the storage shed and adjacent land to the Conger Building (despite the fact the yacht club’s used that space at no cost and without a lease for the past twenty years). Mr. Glover could have ques tioned whether this action was a subversive attempt to thwart the sale of the build ing, but instead, he seems to trust that we are still working towards a com mon goal. Many developers would have been dismayed at our community’s hesitation and taken their investment elsewhere. Mr. Glover has gone to great lengths and (presumably) expense to respond to each concern. For example, his architect reworked his exterior plans to incorporate a barrier to shield the park from the brewery’s patio area and re vised his floor plans (twice) to respond to neighbors’ concerns. He has never asked our town to offer an incentive to his proposed development. His level of responsiveness to our con cerns has been extraordi nary, especially given that he is unsure whether he will even be allowed to purchase the building after committing approximately three years to this project. In order for our town to have a future, we need to carry our traditions forward and ensure that we are a community that appeals to future genera tions. A brewery on our little beloved town’s wa terfront is a perfect way to combine our apprecia tion for our past with our need to move forward. Just as our colonial an cestors used village pubs as conduits for commu nity leaders to gather with neighbors and citizens, the modern day brewpub serves much the same pur pose. It offers us a place where we can meet with old and new friends alike, all while taking in our ma jestic waterfront. Edenton is a town steeped in rich colonial his tory. We have a history of speaking up. Town Council, please listen to the voices of over 800 people that signed our original petition or joined us throughout our ad campaign. The citizens have spoken loudly; we want this opportunity for our town. We are grateful for Mr. Glover’s unwavering commitment to our com munity and to our Town Council members who have worked hard to ensure that this brewery development happens in a thorough and well-planned manner. I like to think that if Penelope Barker could visit us for a day, she would be proud that her legacy of commu nity activism and involve ment fives on in Edenton 243 years after her brave efforts. Who knows? She just might even appreciate a craft beer brewed right here in Edenton. Or maybe she’s like I am and detests beer. 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