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Would you like to participate actively in efforts to preserve the New Hope Creek
corridor? You can do that by:
Upcoming Meetings
The Committee meets monthly, usually at 5 p.m. on the 2nd Thursday of the month, and meetings are open to the public.
The next meeting will be Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 5 p.m. at the Clubhouse in the Garrett Farms
development: from 15-501 take Garrett Rd. north, after about 1
mile turn left into Garrett Farms development, go another 400 yards or so and
look for rec center on your left.
Tentative Agenda
(1) Sandy Creek construction report (Goebel)
(2) NHCCAC participation in "Creek Week" activities March 17 and March
24 (Healy)
--March 17--basinwide stream cleanup
--March 24 Bird and Butterfly Festival at Sandy Creek Park
(3) Followup on TTA rail routing (Kent)
(4) Election of officers
(5) Other business
Minutes of the following past meetings can be read on this website as PDF files (if you are unable to view the files, you may need to download a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader):
January 12, 2012
December 8, 2011
November 9, 2011
October 13, 2011 (no minutes)
September 8, 2011
August 11, 2011
July 14, 2011
June 9, 2011
May 12, 2011
April 14, 2011
March 10, 2011
(no minutes from Feb. 2011)
January 13, 2011
December 9, 2010
(no meeting in Nov. 2010)
October 14, 2010
September 9, 2010
August 12, 2010
July 8, 2010
June 10, 2010
April 8, 2010
March 11, 2010
February 11, 2010
January 14, 2010
December 10, 2009
November 12, 2009
October 8, 2009
September 10, 2009
August 13, 2009
July 9, 2009
June 11, 2009
May 14, 2009
April 9, 2009
March 12, 2009
February 12, 2009
January 8, 2009
December 11, 2008
November 13, 2008
October 9, 2008
September 11, 2008
July 10, 2008
June 12, 2008
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May 8, 2008
March 13, 2008
February 14, 2008
January 10, 2008
December 13, 2007
November 8, 2007
(no meeting in Oct. 2007)
September 5, 2007
August 9, 2007
July 12, 2007
June 14, 2007
May 10, 2007
April 12, 2007
March 8, 2007
February 8, 2007
January 11, 2007
December 14, 2006
November 9, 2006
October 12, 2006
September 14, 2006
August 10, 2006
July 13, 2006
June 8, 2006
May 11, 2006
April 13, 2006
March 9, 2006
February 9, 2006
January 12, 2006
December 8, 2005
November 10, 2005
October 13, 2005
September 8, 2005
August 11, 2005
May 12, 2005
November 18, 2004
September 9, 2004
May 11, 2004
January 21, 2004
July 29, 1993
May 27, 1993
May 12, 1993
April 28, 1993
April 12, 1993 (initial meeting)
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Events
Click here to see photos of the March 19, 2011 Bird and Butterfly Festival and Sandy Creek cleanup that we organized as part of Durham Creek Week.
You can also see pictures of our 2006 Earth Day celebration at Leigh Farm.
January 11, 2012—Public Hearing on Rail Transit Corridor
The Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO) will conduct a public hearing on the rail transit Alternatives Analysis at its board meeting on January 11, 2012. The meeting will be in the Committee Room on the second floor of Durham City Hall (101 City Hall Plaza, Durham, NC) at 9AM. Citizens can sign in to request time to speak to the board, called the Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC).
Citizens can also email their comments to Comments@dchcmpo.org , or post mail them to Andy Henry, Transportation Dept., 101 City Hall Plaza, Durham, NC 27701. Comments will be accepted up to the time of the public hearing (January 11, 2012).
The TAC will likely vote on a Locally Preferred Alternative for the Durham-Orange county and the Durham-Wake county rail corridors at their subsequent meeting on February 8, 2012.
For additional information, see the DCHC MPO Web page or contact Andy Henry, (919) 560-4366, x-36419, andrew.henry@durhamnc.gov.
To follow the NHCCAC discussion of this issue, see the minutes of our April, June, July, August, September, November, and December 2011 minutes, especially the resolution passed in August. |
Volunteering
If you want to volunteer to help with New Hope planning, email
Bob Healy).
If you'd like to volunteer to be a “Trailwatcher” or help maintain trails, contact:
• Bill Webster for Chapel Hill trails,
• Rich Shaw for other Orange County trails, or
• Jane Korest for Durham County trails
Financial Help
Contributions should be made to the Triangle Land Conservancy (TLC), which played a pivotal role in establishing the New Hope Creek Corridor Advisory Committee and has been active along the New Hope for many years, including acquiring the 296-acre Johnston Mill Nature Preserve in 1999. TLC has made New Hope Creek one of its priority areas and has a mission of “working in partnership with city and county governments to protect the last few pieces of land that will fulfill the vision of the New Hope master plan for a natural trail and wildlife corridor stretching from Duke Forest to Jordan Lake.”
You may mail a check to TLC at 1101 Haynes Street, Suite 205, Raleigh, NC 27604
or you may contribute online. If you would like your contribution to be earmarked for work on New Hope Creek, please write "New Hope Creek fund" on the memo line of your check or in the acknowledgements field online.
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