Chatham Chatlist Highlights

Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:28:18 -0400
From: Randy E.
Subject: Voller says to give up your child’s meal to pay for Pittsboro Magic Bus

It is sad to see that the Chatham Coalition and Pittsboro Together’s candidate for Pttsboro mayor thinks your child needs to pass on a meal to pay for the Pittsboro magic bus.

On the Chatham Online Bulletin Board at http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,14756.15.html
Randy Voller states that “it would appear that a valuable piece of transit infrastructure was purchased for less than a “happy meal”.”

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Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:32:13 +0000
From: Bill
Subject: THANKS FOR THE REPLIES….

…..and have already found a ‘silent’ investor/partner who is ready to come aboard when the time is ready to expand. The expansion will involve getting another new 12 passenger van, for larger group tours, and another Ford Flex for RDU runs and smaller group tours, six, the same amount as can do now.

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Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 17:52:07 -0400
From: Gene Galin
Subject: Natives, newcomers spar over county – Story about Chatlist in Herald Sun newspaper

Natives, newcomers spar over county
BY BETH VELLIQUETTE : The Herald-Sun

Native vs. newcomer. Local vs. outsider.

In Chatham County, there’s a group of people who have been writing online on the Chatham Chatlist who have been going round and round for nearly a month about whether natives have a special claim to the county, if newcomers are ruining it and who has the right to call it “home.”

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Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 08:23:52 -0500
From: Lesley Landis
Subject: Pittsboro/Chapel Hill Bus Service

by Tim Keim

Getting around in Chatham County without a car is difficult. With little employment to anchor Pittsboro residents to their home turf, folks scatter in all directions every morning to earn their daily bread. About 13% of the workforce at UNC and UNC Hospital travel the 15-501 corridor to reach Chapel Hill. Some carpool, but most jump into their shiny metal boxes solo and inefficiently burn hydrocarbons  to get to work. But a ticket to ride may soon replace the solitary commute.

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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:54:05 -0500
From: Alexa Dixon
Subject: UNC Nursing Students need your help!

Hello to Chatham County,

My name is Alexa Dixon and I am a nursing student completing a Public Health Nursing rotation in Chatham County.  Together, some of my fellow nursing students and I are performing a community assessment of food accessibility in Siler City.

We have created a survey that is posted on Survey Monkey and I will provide the link below.  For those of you that live, shop, and eat in Siler City, we would really appreciate it if you
would take the time to complete the survey. Feel free to contact me via email if you have any additional comments or concerns. Thank you.

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Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 14:42:39 -0500
From: Jane Adams
Subject: Crystal Clear Cleaning Business Introduction

My name is Jane Adams and my business is *Crystal Clear Cleaning* – a small, local, *GREEN* *Housecleaning* business located in Chatham County.

We have been in operation for 7 years and currently serve 20 clients in Pittsboro, Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough and Durham.  Our 4 person team enjoys providing excellent quality cleaning services with a focus on attention to details and each client’s personal needs.  For everyone’s health and safety, we use only earth friendly cleaners plus lots of elbow grease and TLC. Respectfully caring for your home by *honoring it as your sanctuary* is our motto.  For more information, references and a free interview call Jane Adams ~ 919-929-8222 (H) ~ 919-357-1711 (Cell).

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Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 18:05:28 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
From: Adrienne Ehlert Bashista
Subject: business introduction: DRT Press

DRT Press is Chatham County’s own micropress, specializing in books for children and families. Our first two books were picture books about adoption, but it’s our most recent book that should be of interest to anyone who hangs out with children in Chatham county: The Big Fun Guide to Tar Heel Country: 135+ Activities for Families in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough, Pittsboro, and Points in Between! by Erin Donoghue Baldwin, a Carrboro mom and Chapel Hill native.

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Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 22:55:53 -0500
From: julia kennedy
Subject: Re: Chatham Chatlist #3282

Regarding liquor by the drink:

I have no moral or religious objections to LBTD but am adamently opposed to sprawl, especially sprawl perpetuated by giant big box corporations.

Jonathan Davis has a valid point regarding the influx of chains (first the restaurants, then everyone else will follow). For an example just drive up to that hellish stretch of 15-501 between Chapel Hill and Durham. Not my idea of smart urban planning-it is really just a race to see how much retail space (did we really need Indigo Corner at that intersection too?) can be packed into one ugly, crowded stretch of road.

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Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:51:47 -0500
From: Kerstin Lindgren
Subject: Luminaries at Fearrington Village

The lighting of the luminaries at Fearrington

Pittsboro – On Friday, December 19th from 6pm-8pm, celebrate the season with the Lighting of the Luminaries along the winding paths of the Village Center.  Fearrington will be decked out with holiday decorations, The Bluegrass Experience will be playing your favorite holiday songs and the Village shops will stay open late.

The event benefits the Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill. Donations will be accepted during the event.

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Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:11:27 -0500
From: Forrest Greenslade
Subject: Tour time

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