To discuss and provide information about the Strawn Rezoning. Share what you know and what you think. We would love to hear from the community affected and other interested parties (CHA, Axiom, neighbors, council, etc). Please just identify yourself appropriately.

After a motion by Patsy Kinsey, City Council voted last night to defer the "hearing" for the rezoning of the 17-acre Strawn site in Dilworth to Monday, July 19 (mark your calendar in case). They will vote on the rezoning at their September meeting, giving some time to make further changes to this plan. Please know that this could only have happened with all the emails and phone calls that everyone took the time to make, as well as the 346 petition signatures. Council members said they'd never received such a large number of articulate emails.

Thank you everyone!

Petition 2010-022:
www.charmeck.org/Departments/Planning/Re...titions/2010-022.htm

The CharMeck Zoning Ordinance (TOD in particular begins on page 192):
ww.charmeck.org/Planning/ZoningOrdinance...apter09.pdf#page=192

Strawn site (from CHA website):
http://www.cha-nc.org/realestate/view_pr....asp?DID=3&PID=6

The Urban Land Institutes recommendation for the site:
www.uli.org/ResearchAndPublications/Repo...Charlotte_NC_08.ashx

Sign our petition of opposition:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/strawnrezoning/

A few short sample emails to send to city council:
www.dilworthonline.org/index.php?option=...scape&Itemid=211

A few of the reason to oppose this petition:
dilworthonline.org/index.php?option=com_...scape&Itemid=211