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Old 12-14-2023, 06:15 AM
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Dorethea Dix land? Surely, they could carve out 30 acres which is just less than 10%.

State Farmers' Market Land?

Umstead Park at Exit 287 I40? Thousands of acres going to waste just for people to walk in the woods.

Cary Town Center? "Gert: Get me Tim Sweeney on the phone!!!!!"
You joke but don't put it past corporate America to pave over beautiful park land to pave a parking lot.
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Old 01-09-2024, 05:07 AM
 
Location: The City of Medicine
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Well, looks like the Mebane site has been approved by city council.

https://www.wral.com/story/buc-ee-s-...bane/21227178/
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Old 01-09-2024, 07:45 AM
 
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Well, looks like the Mebane site has been approved by city council.

https://www.wral.com/story/buc-ee-s-...bane/21227178/
Unanimously as well at 2 a.m. after hearing from a lot of opponents for hours. Man, I'm glad I wasn't the one having to cover that event. Now the big question is when it will open.
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Old 01-09-2024, 09:01 AM
 
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
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Unanimously as well at 2 a.m. after hearing from a lot of opponents for hours. Man, I'm glad I wasn't the one having to cover that event. Now the big question is when it will open.
Buc-ees has said 2025. Don't know if that means early or late, but know that a couple of their locations took about a year to complete after approval.
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Old 01-09-2024, 01:46 PM
 
Location: Carrboro, NC
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Once again Orange County loses out on massive tax revenue to an adjacent county right over the border. When only white collar employers are allowed to relocate to OC its obvious that income inequality and homelessness will rise. 2 Wal-Marts, all the car dealerships, Buc-ee's, and probably far more that I'm forgetting.
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Old 01-09-2024, 02:49 PM
 
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If Buc-ee's sold premium French wines and cheeses, perhaps they'd get better traction in Orange County.
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Old 01-10-2024, 10:34 AM
 
Location: NC
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You joke but don't put it past corporate America to pave over beautiful park land to pave a parking lot.
That LITTERALLY is happening in UMSTEAD and Lake Crabtree Park. The airport authority is making parking lots, and also selling our beautiful lands to the highest bidder. Meh, who needs woods when we can have a rock-quarry...
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Old 01-10-2024, 11:21 AM
 
Location: Morrisville, NC
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If Buc-ee's sold premium French wines and cheeses, perhaps they'd get better traction in Orange County.
I mean, if they had thought ahead at all and made a more thoughtful proposal, or agreed to some of the pretty mild conditions that Orange County wanted, they’d have gotten better traction. Instead they decided to take their ball and go home because of the cult of followers. Oh, those electric vehicle charges Orange County wanted? Bucees has since announced they will put them in as standard at all their locations LOL.
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Old 01-10-2024, 11:32 AM
 
Location: Cary, NC
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That LITTERALLY is happening in UMSTEAD and Lake Crabtree Park. The airport authority is making parking lots, and also selling our beautiful lands to the highest bidder. Meh, who needs woods when we can have a rock-quarry...
I really like trees too, but the authority's purpose is to support airport operations, which means providing parking and generating revenue. It's their beautiful lands to do with as they feel necessary to achieve those goals.
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Old 01-10-2024, 02:11 PM
 
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the authority's purpose is to support airport operations, which means providing parking and generating revenue
Yep. Pave, baby, pave.
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