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05/01 Property
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01/30 Sylva
planners suggest new limits for modular homes in R-1 (SH)
01/23 Sylva
zoning to re-examine modular housing in R-1 areas (SH)
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10/09 Sylva youth curfew OK’d with little
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WASTE
11/13 Jackson / Macon solid waste pact wasting
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11/07 Sylva
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12/25 Jackson does away with planning board (SMN)
12/19 County
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12/06 EDC
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10/24 Commission
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10/10 County
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08/22 EDC to
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08/08 County
leaders OK funds; EDC to purchase Tuckaseigee Mills (SH)
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| Public hearing May 22 at
6:00 at Southwestern Community College COMMUNITY
GROUP SEEKS TO KEEP JACKSON COUNTY LIBRARY IN
DOWNTOWN SYLVA
Sylva -- A grassroots movement to keep the
Jackson County Public Library in a downtown
location is gaining momentum. A petition in
support of an improved downtown location
distributed by a group called Keep Our Library
Downtown (KOLD) has gathered nearly two thousand
signatures in just over a week.
After concerns about the proposed move
surfaced, the Jackson County Commissioners set a
public hearing for May 22 at 6:00 at Southwestern
Community College.
In addition to KOLD, the Town of Sylva board
and Sylva Partners in Renewal, an organization
dedicated to downtown renewal, have both passed
resolutions in support of keeping the library in
Sylva. All the groups have expressed a
willingness to work with the County Commissioners
and the Public Library to find a solution to the
Library's space dilemma.
Only a few weeks ago, the Jackson County
Commissioners, Cecil Groves, president of
Southwestern Community College, and Gail Findley,
head of the Fontana Regional Library revealed a
plan to move the County Library to the campus of
Southwestern Community College. Despite having
been under discussion for some time, this was the
first public announcement of the plan.
Combining a public and college library under
one roof is known as a joint use library. There
are no other examples of joint use libraries in
North Carolina. A few examples of joint use
libraries exist in large metropolitan areas, but
all of these involve branches of the public
library, not the central public library facility.
The current library building, which was built
in its present location in the early 1970's, is
extremely crowded and in need of expanded
facilities. KOLD wishes to find an alternative to
the move to SCC while still addressing the Public
Library's needs. Financial pressures seem to be
prime motivation behind the move, despite the
fact that both SCC and the Commissioners say that
the move will not save the county or the college
money.
Opposition to the move centers around concerns
about a conflict of missions and operations
between a public and academic library,
accessibility to senior citizens and young
children and the negative economic impact on the
revitalization efforts of downtown Sylva. The
public is invited to attend the May 22nd hearing,
at which public comments will be accepted.
# # # For additional information about KOLD,
contact Joyce Moore at (828) 586-9499
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fund
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04/02
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financial literacy organization
03/27
(SH) New TWSA
director plans to empower, challenge staff
03/27 (SH) New DA
expected to be named soon
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requests property at sewer plant
03/27 (SH) Planners
propose minimum roof pitch for modular homes
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03/20 (SH) Commission
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principal to retire
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going public with help of $300k EDC loan (SH)
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plan (SMN)
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officials develop plan for fate of Dillsboro Dam (SH)
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zoning to re-examine modular housing in R-1 areas (SH)
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divided over request for additional DSS staffers (SH)
01/23 Commissioners
delay action on sheriff's staffing request (SH)
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circulating to deny parole for Michelle Vinson (SH)
01/22
WCU grad heads renowned Congo chimp
research project (SMN)
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plant developer to request ordinance variance (SH)
01/16 Fisher
Creek site OKed for firefighters' training facility (SH)
01/16 Sylva's
street committee hears concerns about Main St. trees (SH)
01/16 Despite
pressure from developers, TWSA holds expansion (SH)
01/16 Chiefs
agree to expand fire commission; Funding debated (SH)
01/16 Editorial:
Town, county struggle with cost of fire protection (SH)
01/15
Jackson works on new planning model (SMN)
01/10 Land swap draws fire in Jackson County (ACT)
01/09 Ag teacher
returns to SMHS after settlement of lawsuit (SH)
01/09 Dam could
be necessary for Dillsboro's survival (SH)
01/09 Town
schedules hearing to discuss status of Davis Street (SH)
01/09 SPIR adds
$10,000 to its facade grant program (SH)
01/09 Officers
investigate fatal motel shooting (SH)
01/02 2002 saw
typical highs, lows of mountain life (SH)
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Looking back over 2002's news (SH)
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