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Posted: Mar 6th, 2006 10:03 pm |
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DToney wrote: What can be done about the trash and overall appearance of the section between the Bi-Rite and Oak Level Church Road? The trash beside the road is awful looking! Is there a community organization or church group that would be willing to "adopt" that section for trash pickup?
There is also a good many trees down on that lot where a tornado came through. Is there ever going to be any development on that lot? It would seem to be a prime piece of land in the heart of the town if a developer were interested. There is a great deal of traffic comming up 158 and 65 - especially large transfer trucks.
Has anyone any thoughts on this? 
My wife and I were trying to establish an "Adopt a Highway" group with the local Church we were attending at the time. The idea wasn't all that well recepted. Thee was never any direct opposing to the idea, but no one was eager to help get it going either. Also, the church was concerned about the adopt-a-highway signs ,with the church's name on it, being in a "promenent" part of the area, where it would get high visability.
I really wanted to just clean up the area and hoped that someone, or a group of someones showing pride in the land may rub off on others.
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Posted: May 30th, 2006 02:47 pm |
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Now that we have the town scenei corridor rules does that mean that Morton buildings that are some of the best looking new construction available and other types of steel biuldings are not allowed, or doesthe landowner have to build the stupid looking berms with trees on them to hide them? If we are looking to "maintain" our rural look then the berms and screening are some of the first things that need to go. Has anyone driven down Haw River rd., those berms look more big city like than country, maybe they are a way to keep people out and not look in the back windows of those that live on the side of the road.
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Posted: May 31st, 2006 03:49 pm |
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ff12 wrote: Now that we have the town scenic corridor rules does that mean that Morton buildings that are some of the best looking new construction available and other types of steel buildings are not allowed, or does the landowner have to build the stupid looking berms with trees on them to hide them? If we are looking to "maintain" our rural look then the berms and screening are some of the first things that need to go. Has anyone driven down Haw River rd., those berms look more big city like than country, maybe they are a way to keep people out and not look in the back windows of those that live on the side of the road.
I'll take the look of Haw River (the landscaped berms) over the unkept look of some parts of our community. I'd rather not look onto the likes of Stokesdale Heating and cooling and the other businesses along that side of HWY 158. EYE SORES!!!!!!! I've never seen such disregard for/ lack of pride in appearances.
I believe a hard look at what the terms, "rural look", mean is warranted
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Posted: Jun 2nd, 2006 04:59 am |
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| Well you have a very valid point. Our council should be able to encourage them to clean up the place. Of course the building is so old maybe it will fall or be saved for historic reasons.(Mcd's with a playplace there would be good)
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Posted: Jun 2nd, 2006 04:59 am |
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| Still do not like the berms.
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Posted: Jun 2nd, 2006 01:28 pm |
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It is not only the Haw River area... take a look at the end of Main Street that is near 158! Not only is that old gas station there but there is also the entire end of the store front section that looks bad too.... Someone needs to do something, even if it is just paint it! Talk about an eyesore! There has got to be something that town council or the owner or SOMEONE can do to improve the looks of that section of town. I know what you mean about the terminology "rural look".... c'mon now... we have to have a divide of "rural look" and "eyesore"....
I grew up in a community that "wanted to keep (the town) just the way it is" to the detriment of the community. It is now a drug infested, government supported, wasteland. We need to get some people involved in getting a good growth plan that will allow good growth without it being detrimental.
(Sorry... one of my band-wagon sessions....)
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macca
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Posted: Jun 2nd, 2006 02:40 pm |
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| So, DToney, what kind of response have you gotten from Town Council when you've addressed this issue with them? ♥♥♥
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ervinjo
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Posted: Jun 2nd, 2006 04:27 pm |
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ff12 wrote: Well you have a very valid point. Our council should be able to encourage them to clean up the place. Of course the building is so old maybe it will fall or be saved for historic reasons.(Mcd's with a playplace there would be good)
ff12 I think we have a divide of opinions that can't be bridged. I fail to understand how a McD's with a play place can be considered rural in appearance. Berms, no berms I basically have a problem with unkept, trashy, hodge-podge buildings/building materials.
Landscaping that is well planned and maintained will win me over any day.
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Posted: Jun 2nd, 2006 06:07 pm |
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I guess i am including it in the area of Lowes,Culp Inc., Terminix, Strip Offices(instead of strip malls,do not know which is worse). That is why I said what i did about McD's and can't we hide it behind the natural looking berms. To me a better look would be to use the natural lay of the land and native plants trees etc. A majority of the berms have the fast growing cedars and other fast growing plant species. I understand that the faster it grows the better to hide , but also the faster something grows the weaker it is. Just wondering, was there a big uproar when Burlington Ind. first built here?
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DToney
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Posted: Jun 3rd, 2006 02:39 pm |
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| I actually E-mailed each of them... and invited them to tune into our forum! There is some good insight here from our citizens that maybe they do not get from other means.
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Posted: Jun 19th, 2006 03:24 pm |
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| As far as the new scenic corridor rules there are very few open areas of land left that is visible from the highway. When this was an Ag District, people built houses next to the road so they could preserve the best farmland behind the houses because that was most profitable. If you are from here you will probably realize that most all development has been off of the major highways and behind what was already there. Furthemore most of the scenic corridors have looked the same for 25 years with the exception of hwy 158 fromm daycare to Parkers.
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Posted: Jun 28th, 2006 01:46 am |
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| what is it with the commode in front of that little store beside bi-rite? ewwww!
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Posted: Jun 28th, 2006 11:47 am |
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DToney wrote: what is it with the commode in front of that little store beside bi-rite? ewwww! I thought that's what most in the area considered the "rural" charm of Stokesdale! lol Surely your not suggesting that it's inappropriate
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macca
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Posted: Jun 28th, 2006 01:40 pm |
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ervinjo wrote:
DToney wrote: what is it with the commode in front of that little store beside bi-rite? ewwww! I thought that's what most in the area considered the "rural" charm of Stokesdale! lol Surely your not suggesting that it's inappropriate
"surely" you'd both agree this is not typical of Stokesdale...♥♥♥
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Posted: Jun 28th, 2006 04:18 pm |
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macca wrote: ervinjo wrote:
DToney wrote: what is it with the commode in front of that little store beside bi-rite? ewwww! I thought that's what most in the area considered the "rural" charm of Stokesdale! lol Surely your not suggesting that it's inappropriate
"surely" you'd both agree this is not typical of Stokesdale...♥♥♥ No, I would have to say it is typical. I would say it's a symbol of all of those who fight the Scenic Corridor and the very idea that there should be any protocol for the appearance of a Township at all.
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