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Friends of Dorothea Dix Park Weekly
Newsletter
July 15, 2007
Hello Friends,
Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly newsletter. Please pass along to your friends and family 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. #1 DIX PARK ADVOCATES ON THE CBS EARLY SHOW #2 GENERAL ASSEMBLY UPDATE #3 ACTION ALERT ================================== #1 DIX PARK ADVOCATES ON THE CBS EARLY SHOW The Dix Park advocates had a powerful showing on Fayetteville St. during the live broadcasting of the CBS Early Show this morning! People from across the state showed their support for Dix Park by waving signs, wearing T-shirts and/or wearing Dix306 stickers. Thank you to everyone who woke up early and made it downtown this hot summer morning. This willingness to stand up for the creation of a 306-acre destination park is critical to our success. Thank you! Check out the DIX 306 signs in these clips of the CBS Early Show! http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=3055332n http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=3055191n Dix Park mentioned in The News & Observer http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/636045.html Check out the CBS Early Show's coverage of Raleigh http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/07/11/earlyshow/series/summer_concerts/main3047213.shtml =================================== #2 GENERAL ASSEMBLY UPDATE The legislature is expected to release a bill next week. The content of the bill is unknown, but it is our hope that it will include provisions for protecting all 306 acres of the Dix Campus. This bill could be instrumental in helping us move forward in our goal of creating a 306-acre destination park. Please continue working hard this summer to make this destination park a reality! =================================== #3 ACTION ALERT Every person who receives this newsletter needs to make a commitment to contact your elected representatives and tell them how important a destination park is to you. Your elected representatives need to hear from you how significant a world-class destination park is to our community and the future generations of North Carolinians. Now is the time to make your opinions known! =================================== Thank you for your continued support! Please contact us at this email address if you have any questions or would like to become involved. -FDDP Board www.dixpark.org 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. Please check out the Dix Park Online Store for t-shirts, hats, mugs and car magnets, cafepress.com/dixpark. For yard signs and a list of pick-up points please visit www.dix306.org |
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