
{"id":21886,"date":"2011-11-10T12:30:38","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T17:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=21886"},"modified":"2011-11-10T12:46:12","modified_gmt":"2011-11-10T17:46:12","slug":"letter-shelton-station-project-wrong-for-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2011\/11\/10\/letter-shelton-station-project-wrong-for-neighborhood\/","title":{"rendered":"LETTER: Shelton Station project  wrong for neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Carrboro Board of Aldermen will resume the hearing on the proposed project at 500 N. Greensboro St. on Nov. 15. The project is called Shelton Station. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve written previously about it, as have others in these pages. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m against the proposed project. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not against a project on the site. My complaint is not an instance of NIMBY[Not In My Backyard]-ism. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m against a project that is misconceived and inappropriate for the location. <\/p>\n<p>The project is not consistent with the surrounding properties. In a recent candidate blog in Orange Politics (orangepolitics.org), Alderman Lavelle talked of projects where \u00e2\u20ac\u0153scale fits in with the neighborhood\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and of a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153community feel.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s certainly not something that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s happening here. That this project requires rezoning to allow for its height and density clearly tells us it conflicts with the underlying zoning and the approved vision for that area. Shelton Station is two large buildings: a three-story structure and four-story structure of mainly two-bedroom rental units and almost 150 parking spaces, placed in the midst of predominantly one-story houses. Alderman Coleman, in the same blog, states that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Carrboro is a strong market, and if they [developer\/applicants] really want to be here, they must recognize the need for creativity and flexibility in their projects.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d This project, with its warehoused units and unrelieved parking, doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t display either of these qualities. <\/p>\n<p>I understand that it is difficult to vote against a project. The applicant team sits before the board wanting approval. No one likes to disappoint an earnest applicant. But the board needs to look beyond the hopeful faces in the room and think of Carrboro and of our shared vision.  This project is counter to that vision. The approval process and the vote are not about the applicant team, their dedication or their effort.  The vote by the board of aldermen is about Carrboro.<\/p>\n<p>I spoke recently with someone who had read the mayor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s remark about there not being much opposition to the project, and that person had assumed that approval was a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153slam dunk.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d  I urge the mayor and board members to read the earlier comments in the Citizen by others and myself speaking against the project. Their minds should not be settled without hearing all of our voices. The board should vote against the project, but encourage the applicant to return with a revised proposal, one that is revised with sensitivity to the site and the neighborhood.<br \/>\nJack Haggerty<br \/>\n<em>Carrboro<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I understand that it is difficult to vote against a project. The applicant team sits before the board wanting approval. 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