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Posted: Jun 19th, 2006 03:16 pm |
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Has anyone noticed the tacky Allen Tate Realty bottlecap sign that was attached to the lookout tower. How did they get a color sign when everyone else has white signage? Kind of funny how historic rules prevented possible lifesaving improvements to an overcrowded Hwy.68 and yet let multiple buildings that other than the village store look nothing historic. Back to the sign issue, if I was one of the other area merchants I would start applying color;Subway green&yellow,Wendy's yellow,Lowes green Blockbuster blue etc, someone needs a tye dye sign or maybe the nail /salon place could be pink & purple.
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S. Smith
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Posted: Jun 19th, 2006 03:24 pm |
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DToney wrote: Kinda silly if you ask me! And in the Observer, I read where they are wanting to stop any other chain restaurants from coming in... what a hoot!
DToney -
Sorry it's taken me so long to respond to this. Actually it's not the council who brought this up. It was a citizen who brought the issue before the Ordinance Compliance Committee to see if this was something the town should do.
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S. Smith
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Posted: Jun 19th, 2006 03:28 pm |
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ff12 wrote: Has anyone noticed the tacky Allen Tate Realty bottlecap sign that was attached to the lookout tower. How did they get a color sign when everyone else has white signage? Kind of funny how historic rules prevented possible lifesaving improvements to an overcrowded Hwy.68 and yet let multiple buildings that other than the village store look nothing historic. Back to the sign issue, if I was one of the other area merchants I would start applying color;Subway green&yellow,Wendy's yellow,Lowes green Blockbuster blue etc, someone needs a tye dye sign or maybe the nail /salon place could be pink & purple.
If I'm not mistaken, historic district rules don't have anything to do with the color of a sign. Josie's Boutique originally had a pink sign, but I think they changed it because it was hard to read the black letters on a hot pink background. I believe the white lettered signs in the shopping center are probably rules of the shopping center itself, not the historic district.
Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong.
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brewgeek
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Posted: Aug 16th, 2006 08:28 pm |
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How's the council doing???? Every time I read the paper I'm happy I live in Oak Ridge and not Summerfield!!!!
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Posted: Aug 17th, 2006 12:44 am |
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You gotta admit, brewgeek, Summerfield keeps us all entertained!
'Specially if you think a train wreck is entertainment...
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Posted: Aug 28th, 2006 02:52 am |
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McDonalds sent an "apology" for not having an indoor play facility. Did not care for the comment from Mayor Combs in the NWO about parents taking their food to the park and playing . Hey Mayor what if its 30 degrees or raining? If some trash is not thrown away will they ban fast food at the park?
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macca
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Posted: Aug 28th, 2006 03:04 am |
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| Maybe if folks can't be responsible enough to put trash in its proper place, then maybe they don't need to have the opportunity to take it there...♥♥♥
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Posted: Aug 28th, 2006 11:45 am |
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ff12 wrote: Did not care for the comment from Mayor Combs in the NWO about parents taking their food to the park and playing . Hey Mayor what if its 30 degrees or raining? If some trash is not thrown away will they ban fast food at the park?
ff12, I believe that the noted comments reflected the anticipation of a beautiful and well-maintained park facility -- one that is absent of litter. One of our major initiatives for the park is to keep it clean and visually attractive for its citizens. Unfortunately, some individuals are not as careful with litter as they could be, and the avoidance of park trash is of major importance.
If everyone would simply take care of their own litter, then the park will stay attractive and certainly require less maintenance. Current plans include many trash receptacles conveniently located throughout the park property. We certainly encourage everyone who is so inclined to visit the park when it is 30 degrees or raining.
(Edited to reflect a correction to the source of the quoted comment).
Last edited on Aug 29th, 2006 11:55 pm by WHE
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Posted: Aug 29th, 2006 02:31 am |
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ff12 wrote: McDonalds sent an "apology" for not having an indoor play facility. Did not care for the comment from Mayor Combs in the NWO about parents taking their food to the park and playing . Hey Mayor what if its 30 degrees or raining? If some trash is not thrown away will they ban fast food at the park?
Just wanted to clarify a couple of your comments, ff12. I wasn't aware of McDonalds apologizing for not having an indoor play facility -- did they do that? I know that someone at the last council meeting asked why they weren't going to have a playground and the mayor explained that they couldn't have an outdoor playground because of historic district guidelines. They can have an indoor playground, but chose not to do that. Have they apologized for that? Interesting, if so. I've spoken to the owner of the new McDonald's a couple of times and he hasn't mentioned it at all, but I'll have to ask him about that the next time we talk.
Also, it wasn't the mayor who said people could eat their meal at the park, while watching their children play -- that was councilman David Rowe. And it wasn't said at all in a derogatory or sarcastic manner -- I covered that meeting and actually, he was just commenting that even though there wouldn't be a playground at McDonald's, there would soon be an option in Oak Ridge where people could eat their meals outside, if they wanted to, and their children could play at the same time. It was said in a genuine way -- sorry if the way I wrote that in my town council meeting coverage in any way made it sound different than how he said it.
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Posted: Aug 31st, 2006 04:24 am |
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| Need to clarify: Mcd's apology was more of a here's an answer to your email that I sent requesting some info about not having a PlayPlace. (I will be honest here , if I did not have kids this would be a nonissue, I prefer Burger King.) My genuine apology to Mayor Combs, my fault for not reading correctly. I guess my frustation in there not being enough places for our kids to play hit another gear when a major "kid" place choose not to provide another avenue for our kids.
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Posted: Aug 31st, 2006 04:26 am |
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I was not advocating trash being thrown everywhere, we pick up enough beer bottles and cans in the summer from all the lake traffic out here in Stokesdale.
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Posted: Sep 1st, 2006 03:05 pm |
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I 100% support the ORHC regulations that do not allow a play area. Not because it keeps kids from having a place to play, but from keeping an aesthetic "check" on business and home development in Oak Ridge.
It is my understanding, NWO can you confirm this?, that that McDonald's was given the option of a play area that did not jut out of the building, something they have done before. They chose not to do that because they didn't want to use up restaurant space. McDonald's has been really helpful in conforming to Oak Ridge's ordianances and regulations, I don't patronize them for personal reasons, but they have acted responsibly in every meeting i have seen them at.
Remember that ORHC and other committees are not paid employees of the town, they are citizens that have taken an active hand in making sure Oak Ridge maintains the charm that caused many to move here, and many more to stay for so long. The best way to sculpt a community is to get involved in its local government.
The ORHC, along with our lighting and sign ordinances and other committees, are trying to keep the core of Oak Ridge from ending up like Battleground Ave.
I am sure that kids can wait for the new park here, or in Kernersville, as opposed to growing up in a completely urbanized community.
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On a personal note, i think people should take a good hard look at consistently giving their children any mass produced fast food. Think of the long term effects, diabetes possiblities, etc.
Cooking is a great way to spend time with your kids, in my opinion.
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Posted: Sep 1st, 2006 03:13 pm |
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I also pick up a lot of trash from Wendy's off of 150. I am not a fan that more businesses are coming sell products to people in cars, products which are disposed of quickly leaving trash that can blow or be thrown out.
The best thing we can do there is to report any littering to the DOT and to teach our kids that littering is not a "little" wrong but the 1st step to ruining a community.
The jerk that litters is the first step. After that people that drive by, that might not have littered 1st but that have a disposition to litter, will look out and see trash and think "this area doesn't care" and throw more out.
We need to teach people that littering is the same as vandalism.
Stonefree
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Posted: Sep 1st, 2006 03:22 pm |
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AMEN, Stonefree!!! AMEN!!! ♥♥♥
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Posted: Sep 2nd, 2006 06:12 pm |
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We do not eat out a lot, and we do try to keep fast food to a minimum. I agree that these type of restaurants do contribute a lot of trash out the window, along with cigarette butts and beer bottles. Has anyone been to Cary NC and noticed how all of the restaurants look tyhe same except the signs.
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