Our Water Commissioner, John Tynan, has sent along the following freebie…
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Amy’s Response to BZA Qs
District 1 City Council Member Amy Ryberg Doyle was asked the following Qs and her response is below: Based on the recent decisions by the BZA (which has not only overruled multiple neighborhood associations but also multiple city staff recommendations), will we be seeing new BZA members who: Do not make their living in commercial/private real [...]
Stone Avenue Plan Update
Thanks to Megan McLaughlin with Dover, Kohl & Partners for the following update on what’s happening with the Stone Avenue Plan. “The Stone Avenue Plan is moving forward. Over the summer, Dover, Kohl & Partners and Hall Planning & Engineering worked closely with City staff to prepare a detailed phasing plan for the Stone Avenue [...]
District 1 News with BZA Qs for Amy….
Neighborhood News from City Council Member Amy Ryberg Doyle with a Board of Zoning Appeals question for her. What is Amy looking for in a new BZA member since it is already made up of a majority who make their living off private/commercial real estate.
Park Clean-Up Continues This Saturday
This past Saturday, August 21, a couple of city employees along with about 10 of your friends and neighbors braved the heat, humidity and bugs to begin “taking back” the creek bank at the North Main Rotary Park. Overgrown with kudzu, volunteer tree saplings and weeds, it was almost impossible to see where the desirable [...]
Neighborhood Watch Alert
Car Break-In at Ashely & North Main over the weekend.
Rite Aid Transforms Into Sav-a-Lot
Rite Aid on Stone Ave becoming Sav-a-Lot.
First Come, First Served For Power Line Burial
If you are interested in burying the power line from the street to your home, now’s the time to do it. According to an online article by WYFF a program called ‘Weather The Storm, Keep It On’ will pay eligible applicants up to $1,500 toward the cost of converting overhead service to underground. The cost [...]
Neighborhood Support Needed At Brookside Hearing
The City of Greenville Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) will hold a Public Hearing this Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 5:00 PM in the 10th floor Council Chambers at City Hall for the purpose of considering the request by Douglas Development to have the stop work order revoked. As you may recall, the BZA did [...]
Police Officer Meets with North Main Community Residents
On Wednesday, June 23, Officer Courtney Palmer, Greenville’s Crime Prevention Specialist, met with North Main residents at the North Gate Soda Shop (a unique and historic restaurant that has served our community very well) to give us some tips on crime prevention and how to build a Neighborhood Watch (NW) program. Transient Update This meeting [...]
Neighborhood Alert Followup
As a result of the recent incident involving a man harrassing neighbors at their homes, we have asked Courtney Palmer, Greenville’s Crime Prevention Specialist, to meet with us. Courtney will be at the Main Street Soda Shop at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, 6/23.
BZA Does Not Show up for Brookside, Mandates a Waffle Trial
At first, the BZA didn’t have enough members for a quorum. The room was packed and there was an overflow crowd sent to another floor for video viewing. City staff tried calling, desperate for at least one more BZA member to arrive.
News You Can Use – District 1 Update
The following is an email received from Council Member Amy Ryberg Doyle updating us on several local issues. District 1 Neighbors: I have received a number of questions in the past few weeks on several issues affecting our neighborhood. I hope this email will provide you with some answers to questions. As always, please feel [...]
