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Current News (Looking for the news paper and TV articles? Click here)Friends of Dorothea Dix Park Weekly Newsletter March 16, 2007 Hello Friends, Welcome to the seventh edition of our weekly newsletter. Please pass this along to all of your friends and ask them to become involved! Our goal is to keep all our members up-to-date on the recent developments related to Dix Park. Thank you for your support as we work to create a world-class destination park in our Capital City. #1 DIX PARK IN THE NEWS! #2 DIX PARK ONLINE STORE – Buy your t-shirts, bumper stickers and mugs now! #3 JOIN US AT THE RALEIGH ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE #4 YARD SIGN UPDATE ============================== #1 DIX PARK IN THE NEWS! N&O, Point of View: Dix 306 - A park no one would regret by Jay Spain http://www.newsobserver.com ============================== #2 DIX PARK ONLINE STORE – Buy your t-shirts, bumper stickers and mugs now! Please visit our new online store to purchase Dix306 T-shirts, hats, mugs, bags, stickers and magnets! Proudly display your support for Dix Park and let’s get more people asking, “What is Dix 306?” The magnets can be used on cars as well, another high-visibility way to get the word out! ============================== #3 JOIN US AT THE RALEIGH ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE Come out to the Raleigh St. Patrick’s Day parade tomorrow at noon, Saturday, March 17 and represent Dix Park. Wear green, wear your Dix stickers, bring your signs and help us spread the message to this captive “green” audience. The parade starts at noon with more festivities following the parade in Moore Square. A group of FDDP and Dix306 members are meeting at Anne Franklin’s apartment building in downtown Raleigh at 11:30 a.m. which is at 200 S. Dawson St. The building is on the Southwest corner of Hargett and Dawson. You can call Anne at (919) 829-5851 to let her know you’re coming and for more directions. You may also park in the parking lot behind the apartment/condo building. Anne will meet you outside the building at 11:15 and the group will head to the parade around 11:30. RUN FOR THE OAKS – Moore Square, 9:30 a.m., March 17. We have some members running in the race tomorrow who will be wearing Dix306 t-shirts, come out early if you can to support them! ============================== #4 YARD SIGN UPDATE We are working out several different yard sign distribution points across Raleigh for folks to pick up a sign. Once this list is finalized, we will post these pick-up points on www.dix306.org. So be sure to check the site next week! We welcome your feedback on this newsletter, please let us know if you have any suggestions to make it better or news items you’d like to share. As always, we ask you to pass this newsletter along to your friends and family. Thank you for your continued support and hard work! -FDDP Board Friends of Dorothea Dix Park – working together to share our vision of a world-class destination park – it's the right thing to do for your children, your economic vitality and your quality of life. To
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Friends of Dorothea Dix Park (FDDP), founded in 2004, is a 501(c)3 organization made up of thousands of individuals and more than 30 member organizations whose mission is to preserve the Dorothea Dix Campus as a world-class destination park. FDDP is dedicated to educating people across North Carolina about the value of preserving the land as a destination park and why it is the right thing to do for our children, our economic stability and our overall quality of life. For more information about FDDP, its people, plans and vision, please visit |
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