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Town Center Plan
January 2007
Appendix 7
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Do not put everything across the tracks! So people traveling through can see a town and get
a good feeling to want to stop and eat and shop and maybe want to live here. Not so now.
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Work with business owners and property owners to be a team instead of the less than
receptive reputation Inspections has now. Thanks!
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A roundabout could be considered to help ease traffic – like NC State has done on campus
and is considered for Hillsborough Street.
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Gerald’s old store site (NW corner Aviation/NC 54) – New store should ideally have
General Store front for aesthetic value.
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For improved access Sunset Ave should be connected back to Aviation Parkway with small
retail offices approved for Cotton and Sunset area.
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I would like to see small shops and offices like row townhouses – small historic town feel
recreated. Not over the rail tracks but where people go through in the
Cotton/Sunset/Fairview area behind Gerald’s old store while it can still be done. Around
the pond area would be a nice town square park area.
Comments about picture 1 (2-storey detached).
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Too new looking
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Artificial look, doesn’t seem like an original part of an historic area.
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Town core
Comments about picture 2 (1-storey detached).
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Like the casual look
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Like how #2 fits in with existing structures
Comments about picture 3 (2-storey attached.)
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Looks too much like Durham. Morrisville should be unique in the area.
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Too industrial
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Near railroad area
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Too “Big Town”
Description of alternate commercial district for Morrisville’s town center.
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More like old downtown Cary, Fuquay-Varina, Holly Springs. Individual structures that are
not all alike, but have some character. Example you should look at Biltmore Village – old
homes became small shops and retail, very charming
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Combo of brick/columns/wrought-iron. Mix between pictures #1 and #3.
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Something like you would see in a small town, not ugly paint like #2, not as big as #1, not
cold as #3, but like some downtowns you’d see in Sylva, NC or other mountain towns.
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It could be a mix of all three. #3 closest to downtown, #1 next and #2 transitioning to
single-family housing.
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The town should not spend any money on creating a downtown until some of the serious
traffic problems are resolved.
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Need old-fashioned ice cream parlor
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More mature trees preferred
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Extended parking