Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:16:56 -0400 From: barbara alotis Subject: “Beer Parlor” and School I spend a lot of time in downtown Pittsboro and am surprised that there is enough parking space to accommodate cars plus a school. It’s difficult to think there would be no traffic problem –Continue Reading
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:14:18 -0400 From: Tom Glendinning Subject: Subject: LEED Certification Saving energy is a good thing. It was not, however, invented yesterday or with the advent in the use of the acronym LEED. When light bulbs were first invented, people turned them off at the endContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:36:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Don Bartholf Subject: LEED It is the reflectance that matters, not the color. A LEED point can be awarded for the use of high Solar Reflectance (SRI) materials on roofs and another point for parking lots. These high SRI materialsContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:47:42 -0400 From: chathammatters Subject: LEED Certification EnergyStar is an energy efficiency standard, developed by the Department Of Energy and the EPA. LEED Certification is not an energy efficiency standard, it was developed by a privately held organization, the US Green Building Council – whichContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 07:21:02 GMT From: Jackie Strouble Subject: Response to Chathammatters While I am by no means an expert on LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design), I am capable of researching and reading up on topics of interest. I find the statements made by “Chathammatters” regardingContinue Reading
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:50:35 -0400 From: “Richard D. Allen, Esq.” <richard.d.allen.esq@gmail.com> Subject: bringing businesses to Chatham County There is a lot of comment about how the old commissioners either scared away businesses from coming to Chatham County or weren’t effective in bringing businesses to Chatham County, and howContinue Reading
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:34:18 -0400 From: Solid Waste and Recycling Subject: Recycling Survey Responses Due August 31st This is a friendly reminder that responses to the Summer 2011 Program Development Survey are due Wednesday, August 31st. Chatham residents and businesses are encouraged to participate to help the SolidContinue Reading
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:14:03 -0400 From: John R Dykers Subject: Growth and the Environment Val Proffitt wrote a nice piece about balance for people (‘growth”) and the environment that supports us that appeared in the Chatlist today, 25 Aug 11. Everybody’s gotta be somewhere, and the only longContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:57:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Val Proffitt Subject: Re: Fact checking Cliff Beasley Tom West states that county taxes have not increased under the present Board of Commissioners.. In fact, my husband and I saw an increase of just over $60, so perhaps Cliff Beasley’s reportContinue Reading
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:16:47 -0400 From: trentt Subject: largest employer in Chatham It looks at though Townsends will close by October. If they do who will be the largest private business left in the county? And how many employees will they have? I’ve heard that Olympic Steel &Continue Reading
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:36:13 -0600 From: David Morris Subject: Response to Lynn Fass Ms. Fass, I read your post in the chatlist last week and as a person who uses the chatlist to gather information and read up on county topics, your post was so full of implicationsContinue Reading
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 09:33:46 -0400 From: Gene Galin Subject: Owners of Chatham Mills file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Read the entire story at http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/print-edition/2011/07/22/pittsboro-rehab-in-bankruptcy.html Trouble is looming over the historic Chatham Mills campus in downtown Pittsboro. Owners of the Hillsboro Street property have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcyContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:14:49 -0400 From: Gene Galin Subject: Good Chatham Job Club Session It was a genuine pleasure to attend Tuesday evening’s Chatham Job Club meeting at CCCC. Got to meet several Chatlist members in person. Went over to get material to write a story and pickedContinue Reading
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 23:17:15 -0400 From: Gene Galin Subject: Last Week’s Hottest Bulletin Board Topics 1. Sally Kost issues threat (Read 2690 times) at http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,22884.0.html 2. PC still Blogging, in case you care (Read 1308 times) at http://chatham-county-nc.com/bulletinboard/index.php/topic,22209.0.html 3. N&O – Chatham sheriff holds steady on policy forContinue Reading
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:40:34 -0400 (EDT) From: enequist Subject: Powell Place Our daughter is thinking about purchasing a cottage home in Powell Place. Can anyone give me feedback (both positive and negative) about this neighborhood?Continue Reading
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