Carolina Shores Park
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From 2004 to 2007 this website was used for the first Carolina Shores neighborhood. After the Town annexed the Village at Calabash, there was resistance to including information about our new residents. I became discouraged for that reason and because everything that we posted on the site appeared in our bulletin and often in the Brunswick Beacon. As responsibilities for my other websites -- especially http://okeefes.org -- grew, I discontinued this website. Now a new chapter has begun. Members of the Board of Commissioners are considering construction of one or two Town parks. In a letter to the editor that was published on 09/21/11, I volunteered to post a count of pros and cons for the park(s) on this webpage. I encourage you to say how you feel about building a park. You can reach me at 579-0655 and at jo@okeefes.org. Additional contact information is below. |
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Oppose
Park
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Favor
Park
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Responses
to Ltr. to the Ed.
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161
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2
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Percentages,
Ltr. to the Ed.
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99
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1
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calls & messages
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46
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3
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other
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94
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6
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207
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Overall
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99
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1
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09/21/2011 To the editor: If you live in the town of Carolina Shores, please let me know if you want the town to build a park, also referred to as an events center because checkers and bocce could be played. My email address is jo@okeefes.org. I will post lists of the counts of pros and cons on two websites: http://carolinashores.info and http://okeefes.org. I will post your message text and identity if you tell me to do so. This is why you need to speak up. One of your commissioners refers to you as the silent majority and says that your silence means that you support the park. Your money will be used to build and maintain it. Would you ever go to the park? The park would be comprised of a serenity garden and a gazebo. Mayor Selby suggested that residents pay for plaques, bricks or benches with their names engraved on them. Sounds like a cemetery to me. The town also is considering building another
park across U.S.17 on Shingletree Road, next to the new branch of Brunswick
Community College. A portion of Carolina Shores is adjacent to one park,
Vereen Gardens. Calabash is building a park next to us. Brunswick County
built a large park on Old Georgetown Road. Do you want the town to build
one or two more parks? |
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Jo
O'Keefe |