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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2008
Parking dispute may resolve
BY MAX ROSE
ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR
Additional downtown parking
might be on the way.
The Chapel Hill Town Council
heard plans at a public hearing
Monday which could create up
to 130 parking spots off South
Roberson Road.
The spaces have been part of an
ongoing battle between Spencer
Young, owner of the office and
retail facility The Courtyard at 431
W. Franklin St., and P.H. Craig, the
owner of the parking lot next to it.
The current plan requires that
Craig rent the spaces to Young.
Scott Radway. who said he was
speaking on behalf of Craig, asked
the council to consider releasing
Craig from the special use permit
and rezoning the parking lot area.
“Mr. Craig hasn't been paid
for two and a half or three years,"
Rad way said.
Craig has closed the spaces off
to patrons and tenants of The
Courtyard, causing the council to
issue parking permits.
The parking lots have remained
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school's improv group. Witt's End,
frequently attends the festival.
“One of the biggest draws for us
are the workshops," Ashley said.
“It’s really cool for us to watch other
groups. Performing in front of so
many other people gives you this
nervous but really exciting energy."
John Reitz, assistant coach for
UNC's Chapel Hill Players, said
one of the most beneficial aspects
of the festival is the opportunity for
student improv groups to interact.
“Improv is a collaborative art
form. When you're up on stage you're
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mum amount necessary to receive
matching funds and how to factor
in election capital, such as cam
paign signs and stakes. Many were
concerned about making the pro
cess prohibitively complicated.
“I don’t want candidates to feel
like they have to get a special person
to do this correctly." said Mayor Pro
Tern Jim Ward. “Simple is valuable."
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closed despite efforts by the Chapel
Hill Downtown Partnership to
mediate a resolution to the con
flicts between Craig and Young.
“This application gives Mr. Craig
an ability to mow forward, too, and
we think that’s really important,"
Partnership Executive Director Liz
Parham told the council.
The council and mayor expressed
optimism that the application would
be quickly approved and would help
add parking to downtown.
“One of our requests tonight is
to go forward with an expedited
review," Radw ay said.
Parham suggested that the coun
cil rezone even more space than
Radwav proposed from residential
to downtown zoning.
“It’s actually a nice little foot
print that could be extended," she
said.
The Downtown Partnership is
paying for a comprehensive park
ing study to address resident and
business concerns of access to
free parking, although there are
already more than 3.000 spots
downtown.
creating something with someone
else." he said. “You can learn from
someone who you newr would haw
gotten to meet otherwise."
And university improv groups
aren't the only ones that have made
the festival an annual ritual.
“The first year we did the festival
we were also anew group, so now
we consider it a mini anniversary
for ourselves,” said Curtis Gwinn, a
member of New York City' improv
troupe, Death by Roo Roo. “You
make these friends that you only see
at this festival, and one of the great
things about it is to get out of New
York and go somewhere else."
The festival also will feature many
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commit, and a design and physical
plan have yet to be confirmed.
‘One of the things that w eighed
against this choice was a lack of
specificity about Carolina North,"
Boger said.
But Boger’s decision to make the
law school one of the first tenants
could be enticing for others.
“The fact that the law school is
there as an academic unit would
make it more appealing to us
and ... any academic unit," said
“Part of that parking study is to
look for under-utilized sites," she
said.
Last week the council heard
public concerns about changes to
the downtown towing ordinances
which would make it more dif
ficult for tow truck operators to
work in the area.
Towing is a major concern
downtown, where many park ille
gally when they can’t find legal
parking spaces.
The council had already given
patrons of The Courtyard, which
includes Loco Pops and coffee and
wine shop 3Cups, several spaces to
help ease what owners have said is
a threat to business.
The beginning of the council
meeting Monday was filled with
people in orange shirts who showed
up to support the application of the
Orange United Methodist Church
to build anew sanctuary and park
ing, which may be used as a park
and ride lot for the University'.
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newcomers, such as the 10-member
Chicago group Blue Shampoo.
“Between the 10 of us, we re con
nected to nearly every other improv
group in Chicago,” said Linsey Falls,
a member of the troupe. “But in a
place where we are one of 60 groups,
it’s a whole different playing field."
Ward said while he is pleased
with the festival’s expansion, he
wants the growth to continue.
“Staying the same is not good
enough," he said. “I’m in a place
where I’m excited that I don’t know'
what’s going to happen next*
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Mike Smith, dean of the School of
Government, adding that the law
school would give Carolina North a
“less corporate-partnership feel."
Boger said he thinks other pro
fessional schools and a planned
Centers and Institutes building
would be appropriate neighbors.
But it will be several months, at
the least before another decision is
made. So until then, the law school
remains the only academic group to
tie its name with Carolina North.
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The U.S. and the European
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Elections favoring
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP)
President Pervez Musharraf
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doing well in parliamentary
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