Speaking of Mayberry, the Andy Griffith Museum had its big groundbreaking during the weekend, with or without the ground (it was moved inside because of the rain). There were cheers, tears and plenty of uplifting sentiments, some coming from Andy Griffith himself via a letter.
Yet one week earlier, there was a moment of awkward silence [...]
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A ‘ground’breaking almost undone
Posted in Uncategorized on September 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Mayberry out west
Posted in Brook's Blog, Mayberry on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just got back in from vacation, so I missed out on all the Mayberry Days hoopla. But there was no escaping Mayberry talk. Of the 30-40 people I met during the trip not hailing from North Carolina, none knew where Mount Airy was located. Some could barely even recognize Winston-Salem’s location. But a fair chunk [...]
Frosh, soph, junior . . . and then what?
Posted in Rebel's Blog, Schools, tagged Surry Early College on September 22, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The Surry Early College High School of Design has a problem with a name — and it’s not the mouthful that it goes by.
In the broad scheme of things, this problem ranks somewhere at the bottom of the priority scale, but it’s still kind of fun to ponder solutions.
Here’s the trouble: this year, the third [...]
Mount Airy + 10 years = X changes
Posted in Brook's Blog, Local government, Zoning and planning on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s the equation those puzzling over a controversial rezoning request have to sort through as they decide whether Mount Airy’s vision plan is out-of-date and thus not appropriate for use in evaluating whether 401 S. Renfro St. be approved for business use.
The vision plan, a guiding document that comprehensively gathers data on the city, says [...]
A ban’s real impact
Posted in Brook's Blog, Local government on September 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last week the Mount Airy City Council quickly approved a new ordinance banning all registered sex offenders from city parks, a copy of which can be read here.
It’s not exactly breaking new ground. Everyone from Marion to Greensboro to Gastonia to Charlotte has passed or seriously considered this ban following the dismissal of a suit [...]
Downtown’s new look?
Posted in Brook's Blog, Economic Development, Local government, Zoning and planning on September 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We’ve reported both on the unveiling of plans to renovate the Spencer’s Mill complex (outlined on the arial photograph above) and on some of the steps needed before this project becomes more than just ideas on paper.
No one’s setting dates for construction to start anytime soon, but there are fairly detailed conceptual plans to peruse [...]
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