Honoring the Past, Building a Future
What day is it? What time is it? To shower or not to shower. To dress or not to dress. Today I found the answer to our troubles. I was listening to Willie Nelson on my new DOT I got for my birthday while eating a salad standing at the kitchen sink. Does any of … Continue reading Main Street Has Discovered What’s Going On
After I wrote the blog about PLAN B, letting Woda Cooper Companies repurpose one of our old buildings for low-income housing, I wrote a letter to the Telegram. They published it on Tuesday. Nobody told me that the paper has been on a diet. Something else we better talk about here on Main Street. It's … Continue reading The Telegram Public Forum Page – Headline – Location of Public Housing ILL Conceived
Woda Cooper has experienced developers, general contractors, and property managers specializing in design, construction, and management. If you google them you will find an impressive mass of work. Their online presence leaves a favorable impression of the company. Here is an example of one of the low-income housing projects they use on their Facebook header. The … Continue reading URGENT ATTENTION – PLAN B – Low Income Housing Development Partners – Woda Cooper
Where responsible city leadership welcomes private development, the results have been fantastic. By working together for ‘a yes solution’ in their dealings with private investors, downtowns are saved and economic growth is stimulated. Elizabeth City and New Bern are examples of this kind of success; revitalization at its finest. Here in Rocky Mount, it cannot … Continue reading If Responsible City Leadership Welcomes Private Development – You’ve Got A Hit Song On Your Hands
"Until you get the drugs out of here." That's what I was told Saturday afternoon standing on Gay Street while talking with two older women that were out for a short walk. I was taking photographs in the 800-900 block on Gay between Tillery, Vyne, and Pine. I parked my car and walked towards these … Continue reading “Ain’t Nothing Gonna Change – You Is Wastin’ Your Time”
“Architecture is the thoughtful making of space.” ― Louis Khan At the Main Street Conference in New Bern, I signed up for one of the tours in order to see 3 properties, one in it's gutted stage, and two 'living above the store' homes. Bill Hand wrote an article a while back about New Bern … Continue reading The Emerging Scene On Main Street -Dedicated to David Joyner – A Speaker at the Main Street Conference
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