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2A Thursday, June 25,1998 Aldermen unanimously deny proposal to alter downtown zoning ■ Residents spoke out against the proposal, citing added traffic problems. BYCOVELLDAY STAFF WRITER The Canboro Board of Aldermen unanimously denied a proposed amend ment Tuesday to a land-use ordinance to allow certain traffic-generating retail Dilbert© OOSMttT THE C.E.O. HI * ==Tl i| f I fAAKE A MOTION THAT! I BLEKT like SHEEP. 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The controversy stemmed from an application received from National Jewelry and Pawn in March 1998 for a privilege license for property within the B-2 zone. After reviewing the request, the Zoning Division determined the pro posed business was not permissible in that location. 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Such stores would Alderman HANK ANDERSON 'La ' 52 The Greatest 53 Sports enthusiast 54 Marriage vow 56 Cover 57 Chicago trains, for short 47 Shankar's instrument 48 Way of employing 50 1976-80 Wimbledon winner 51 Debussy work, © 1998 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved. include those that sell small to medium items and generate modest amounts of customer traffic The zone is now intended for stores that sell large items and need big areas for display or storage and that generate low volumes of traffic. A major concern of the public was the possibility of a pawn shop moving into the vacant budding between the Citgo gas station and Country Junction Restaurant near Town Hall. Sharon Collins of Canboro said she investigated pawn shops in other areas. Residents wary of Durham’s image ■ A recent survey found a large number of Wake and Orange County residents hold negative perceptions of Durham. BY TRACEY GERDON STAFF WRITER Residents of Wake and Orange counties do not think Durham is an ideal place to live, a recent survey found. According to the survey, conducted by the Durham Convention & Visitors Bureau, 163,000 Wake County resi dents and 29,000 Orange County residents have a negative perception of Duiham. The bureau also found that three times as many residents of Wake and Orange counties base their negative perceptions Bizarro wife waking we, j \yfe9r ihfe patch” J “There were bars on windows, groups of people outside, handguns sold many things we wouldn’t want in our commu nity.” She added that a change in zoning might have a negative impact. John Stewart, a Chapel Hill attorney representing Phillips, disagreed. He said the building couldn’t develop to its full potential because of the current zoning. “The area is not what is was 10 years ago. It’s not what it was five years ago,” he said. Sherry Jones of Canboro said the of Durham on hearsay rather than personal experience. But the study found that 8 out of 10 Durham residents are pleased or very pleased with Durham as a place to live. “The confusing part is that people have positive personal experiences, but their perceptions of Durham are based on third-hand information,” said Reyn Bowman, president of the Durham Convention & Visitors Bureau. The media is a major contributor of negative information, said Durham City Manager Lamont Ewell. “People base their perception on what they hear, and what they hear usually points out the negatives,” he said. The results also pointed out that people who live in neigh boring counties believe that the media are more negative about Durham than other communities. Bowman, on the other hand, does not blame the media. “These images are based on rumors, and the media fall prey to rumors as easily as any information consumer,” he said. “Instead, we can remedy this by sharing more information. The media shouldn’t restrict the negative information; we just need to create more of a balance.” Bowman indicated that the 30,000 workers who commute from Wake and Orange counties to work in Duiham are often a source of misinformation. “They share their negativity with outsiders who previously had a positive image of Duiham.” The good news is that the perceptions of the neighboring county residents have improved over the past four years. “Durham as a community has worked very hard to improve their image,” said Shelly Green, executive director of the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau. “And they are moving in the right direction.” To solve problems with its reputation, Durham has estab lished a Public Information and Marketing Council in an effort to be more proactive in providing information to Durham’s residents and neighbors. “For now we’re going to work on the affairs of the city,” Ewell said. “Once we get that squared away everything else, including our image, will fall into place.” Ewell also said the city has set six goals for itself, which include the reduction of crime and working on Durham’s appearance. Officials from all three counties do not expect the results of the survey to affect the flow of tourists or neighbors through the Triangle area. QHp Sally (Ear Heel idea was to provide a buffer between the more intense business district and the residential area. She denied that the area’s pedestrian appeal would be lost with the increased traffic that would come with the change. In other business, the board unani mously approved Alderman Jacquelyn Gist’s proposal to rename Canboro Community Park as Hank Anderson Community Park to commend Anderson for his years of service to the community, especially to recreation.
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