Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 22:07:29 -0500 From: “Mike Watkins” Subject: Re: Lawrence Group finds Pittsboro Matters making false claims A recent post asserted that The Lawrence Group indicated Pittsboro Matters was making false claims about proposed population densities of Chatham Park in comparing it to Pittsburgh and Baltimore. Actually,Continue Reading

Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 23:09:29 -0500 From: Tom West Subject: Lawrence Group finds Pittsboro Matters making false claims The small imaginary Pittsboro Matters group states on their web page that “Chatham Park fits somewhere between Pittsburgh, PA and Baltimore, MD.” (http://pittsboromatters.org/more/preserving-the-character-of-pittsboro/) Graph at http://imediagraphics.net/pmsite/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/popdensity-chart.gif It appears that this wasContinue Reading

Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 21:13:12 -0500 From: Gene Galin Subject: Lawrence Group’s report on Chatham Park is now available online If you have some free time on Sunday afternoon, you might want to take a look at the Lawrence Group’s report on Chatham Park at http://pittsboronc.gov/vertical/sites/%7B512CE168-4684-4855-9CD9-7D209FE775E3%7D/uploads/Chatham_Park_PDD-Lawrence_Group_Review_022414.pdfContinue Reading

Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 05:57:09 -0800 (PST) From: stephanie talbott Subject: Utopian-NOT-planned communities Re. Leela Ellis’s post about the “Utopian” Columbia, a planned community in Maryland;  I grew up in a beautiful area North of Baltimore City.  Columbia was the “be all, end all” in planned communities. Years later,Continue Reading