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FatPappy
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Posted: Oct 12th, 2006 02:37 pm |
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DOGGETTJA wrote:
I was so surprised the other night at Town Council when BS and Dc voted for the updating of the park plan at $10,000 because Dr. Sellars said to but voted against hiring PCOG to assist with the grant writing. Are we just going to upgrade the plan every year but not do anything with the plan?
I thought that was strange too. Why do they want to spend $10,000 of taxpayer money an' then go nowhere with it?
Last edited on Oct 12th, 2006 06:41 pm by FatPappy
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Posted: Oct 13th, 2006 11:55 am |
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Phase two of the park is in the works. The Parks committee met last night with the Consultant who will help get the grant written. We have 2 months to accomplish this. So here's what's happeining and what we need to do.
A survey will need to be filled out. Hopefully the web address will be available in the next week and it will appear in the North West Observer for folks who don't want to fill it out on line. Very important to fill out because it shows the people with the grant money that Summerfield is serious and the people want the park.
A community meeting tentatively scheduled for Saturday Morning November 4, 2006 10-12 to prioritize what phase 2 will include. This meeting will be hopefully be at the Community Center but don't know for certain yet. This too is an important meeting to say we had all these people interested enough to come out on Saturday morning and have input in the process.
Then the experts will compile the community input from the surveys and meeting and they can then write the grant. The engineering group will take the information to come up with the revisions and current costs.
So this is where we are needed again to let the Council and PartF grant people know we are serious about wanting Parks and recreation in Summerfield.
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Posted: Oct 13th, 2006 12:33 pm |
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Thanks Jane for the update. I will make sure I do my part and go to the meeting, plus make sure my survey is in. I will be able to get the copy off the website? I'll also encouraging my friends to do the same. I want our brick to lead somewhere! Let's finish this project...I can hear the music already.
YES to SUMMERFIELD's PARK!
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FatPappy
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Posted: Oct 13th, 2006 01:22 pm |
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| Yee Haw!
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DOGGETTJA
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Posted: Oct 13th, 2006 02:42 pm |
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Skiddles - I think the information on the website will be in the NWO and should be put on the Townwebsite.
50 bricks ordered so far. 50 to go before the first order.
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Posted: Oct 13th, 2006 05:48 pm |
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| It is very important for all who plan to use the park to attend the Nov 4th workshop. It will be informative to all who attend as well to the people putting it on to decide what the people want in phase 2. Please come out and see how beautiful Summerfield is becoming.
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Posted: Oct 15th, 2006 04:55 pm |
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I have heard some grumbling about the park and how it will affect our taxes. Building the park does not affect our taxes. It seems that someone or some group is using using fear and misinformation to cause people to think that building a park or spending some of the tax payer’s money will cause taxes to be raised... This is not true. These are scare tactics. The town has millions of dollars in the bank from past Guilford County collections that were reimbursed. The equation for reimbursement has changed because of our Guilford County Commissioners. So now, the only way we as a town can receive any portion of our sales tax back, is by charging a tax. It's a small tax at that. I do not have a problem with paying my taxes to Summerfield, because I KNOW I would have been annexed into the BIG CITY of Greensboro by now and their taxes are HUGE.
Sandra, do you know what Greensboro's tax rate is?
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Posted: Oct 15th, 2006 06:27 pm |
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| Last I heard about Greensboro taxes they were in the 60 + cent area. summerfield charges 4.5 cents.
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Posted: Oct 15th, 2006 10:02 pm |
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OMG!!! So, I would be paying ...
13 1/3 times MORE
in Greensboro than what I'm paying now, in Summerfield?!!?!Boy, I'm glad to be paying Summerfield's low taxes.
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FatPappy
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Posted: Oct 15th, 2006 10:14 pm |
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Thanks fer the heads up, Skiddles.
You know what I think about them kind o' people?
I think they're the ones who are scared an' misinformed.
I think they're scared because they know Summerfield's had a bellyfull o' bully tactics an' we're lookin' forward to a future that don't have no place fer that tired ol' routine.
I think they're misinformed because they think we're all stupid. We're not.
Let's give 'em the ol' Phase II punch! Hee hee!
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Posted: Oct 16th, 2006 12:14 am |
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Phase II
Phase II
Phase II
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Posted: Oct 17th, 2006 01:30 am |
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DOGGETTJA wrote: Last I heard about Greensboro taxes they were in the 60 + cent area. summerfield charges 4.5 cents.
According to the Guilford County Tax Department, The GSO tax rate is .66150 per $100.00.
Summerfield's rate for 2006 is 3.9 cents per $100.00.
What in the WORLD are these crazy people whining about????????
If they keep messing around, and heaven forbid, they cause us to lose our charter, what's to stop big bad Greensboro from gobbling us up?
Then we'll all be paying .66 instead of 3.9 and longing for the good old days......
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Posted: Oct 17th, 2006 05:57 pm |
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Pappy was pretendin' to read that Go Triad publication t'other day an' they had a good story 'bout some talented local artists, Shelia Williams of Park Openin' Day fame among others. Purty pitcher on the cover, by the way!
Anyway, I was inspired to shine up my bald haid to use as a crystal ball an' look in it toward the future. (If you look in a mirror at a mirror image o' the back o' yer haid, it reverses the reverse of it, I think...). I seen a fleetin' vision o' this area becomin' a cultural Mecca, with wineries an' art studios an' fancy agritourism spots servin' goat cheese an' writers wanderin' aroun' loose an' metal sculpters a-weldin' away...an' thar in the middle of it was a crowd o' musicians at Summerfield Park's amphitheatre playin' the 1812 Overture an' firin' off canons up the hill...
Aim high for Summerfield's future.
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Posted: Oct 17th, 2006 10:15 pm |
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Thanks for the update CJ. I'll do some figuring for everyone.....
Greensboro = 16.9 times more taxes than Summerfield!
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Posted: Oct 17th, 2006 11:00 pm |
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FatPappy wrote: I seen a fleetin' vision o' this area becomin' a cultural Mecca
Pappy were you seeing a cultural Mecca or our own cultured Macca in your visions?
BTW, I do agree with your comments about aiming high and look forward to the day the 1812 is played and the cannons fire repost on them thar hills.
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