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The Independent has a brief interview with the new director here: http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A154711

I like the fact that in Roanoke, they did the opposite of Charlotte---instead of tearing down everything and building nothing but new stuff, they focused on rehabbing older buildings. (Kinda like Durham.) Raleigh's sort of in-between, which is great, so I think it's a good fit in that regard.

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The Independent has a brief interview with the new director here: http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A154711

I like the fact that in Roanoke, they did the opposite of Charlotte---instead of tearing down everything and building nothing but new stuff, they focused on rehabbing older buildings. (Kinda like Durham.) Raleigh's sort of in-between, which is great, so I think it's a good fit in that regard.

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Some buildings in Raleigh need serious rehab. We definitely want to keep the early 20th century buildings in the CBD standing. Some of them are already undergoing renovation. We lost a good one in the early 90s, it'd be a shame if we lost more.

Gotto balance that with the demand for more new space. Luckily, we have an abundance of lots and trashy 1970s one-floors we could lose before we had to start cannibalizing existing highrises.

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While I agree that rehabbing buildings is great and all, but it doesn't get you all that far in densifying the area further. I like the direction Raleigh is going with this, doing a little of everything. Rehabbing all the older buildings, in Raleigh's case, would mean a skyline that doesn't grow up, which results in less density and with Raleigh growing the way it is, would only further promote sprawl and suburbia.
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The city is evaluating whether to re-establish the BID (or MSD) tax district that funds the DRA. I attended the hearing last night and comments were mostly positive, though there were a few people in opposition... one was Octavia Rainey, who argued that downtown development (& the DRA by association) is not being 'culturally sensitive" or inclusive W/R/T the black community in bordering SE Raleigh.

One thing I noted was that the MSD funds will help fund programming for the city plaza, part of the operating costs for the downtown bus circulator, as well as more ambassadors.

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SE Raleigh also does not pay (not in the district) any extra tax and hence does not pay for the DRA. On a related not, David Diaz came in to his new job talking up a funky downtown that emphasized historic rehab and local business. Now he talking up downtown arenas? What gives?Did a lobbyist get ahold of him?

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