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INTER-NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL
INTER-NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL
Making Better Neighborhoods
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Minutes of Meeting of September 26, 2000
Police Department Community Services Room
Members Present
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Al Stone
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Duke Homestead
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Carrie Mowry
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Colony Park
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Cheryl Sweeney
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Northgate Park
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Dale Stouch
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Placid Valley
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Fred L. Mowry
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Colony Park
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Gaye Weaver
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Old West Durham
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Harry Dawley
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Trinity Park
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Janene Tompkins
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Trinity Park
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John Compton
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Parkwood
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John Dagenhart
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Trinity Park
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Johnea D. Kelley
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Duke Park
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Lee Noel
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The Valley
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Linwood Best
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Housing and Com., City of Durham
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Mike Shiflett
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Watts Hospital/Hillandale
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Nancy H. Brown
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NC House candidate, Dist. 63
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Norm Krause
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Hope Valley
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Shela W. Wilson
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Parkside Neighborhood Association
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Tad Howard
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Carpenter-Fletcher
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Terri Koch
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Watts Hospital/Hillandale
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Administration and announcements
Mike Shiflett called the meeting to order at 7:05.
Treasurer Norm Krause reported that the treasury balance stands at $1286.88.
The minutes for August were approved
New Business
Featured Speaker
Michael Palmer of Duke University, on the Duke Neighborhood Partnership initiative.
President Nan Keohane got the Neighborhood Partnership started and has made it one of her priorities. Sandy Ogburn and County Commissioner Bill Bell canvassed the community and drafted the plan. Its focus is on promoting cooperation and development in the neighborhoods bordering on Duke.
Michael mentioned these projects as examples of what Duke is doing under the Neighborhood Partnership:
· "Wired for Learning": Duke has set up three computer labs so far in community centers in the West End and Walltown.
· Affordable housing: Duke has partnered with the Walltown Self-Help Credit Union in setting up a $2 million revolving loan program.
· Trinity Heights housing for junior faculty and staff: thirty houses have been built in a style that blends so well with existing housing that it's hard to identify the new houses.
· Volunteers: some 300 Duke students are involved in Durham schools.
· Helping establish science labs at E. K. Powe Elementary School and at the NC Museum of Life and Science.
Other impacts are less visible. For example, the Knox Street Grocery Store had become a center for drug dealers and was dragging down its neighborhood. After a murder was committed, Duke's John Burness found an anonymous Duke alum who bought the store, evicted the tenant, and turned it over to the Walltown Neighborhood Ministries.
Election of new officers
Fred Mowry presented a slate of candidates for INC office 2000-2001:
President: Mike Shiflett
President Elect: Johnea D. Kelly
Secretary: Cheryl Sweeney
Treasurer: Fred Mowry
At large: Jennifer Albright and Karen Hassell.
The candidates were elected unanimously.
Neighborhood Summit:
Two votes were taken on items in support of the summit. Both were passed unanimously.
· INC shall provide up to $500 for food and refreshments.
· Mike Shiflett is authorized to design and commission coffee mugs with an INC logo for sale at the summit.
Other new business:
· The INC November will be held as scheduled, but there will be no meeting in December.
· The following were mentioned as possible future speakers: Bill Kalkhoff, Jim Ritchie, Theresa Chambers and Terry Rowland.
· Cheryl Sweeney reported that the Postal Service is saying that Durham is converting from letter boxes or mail slots on front doors to mail boxes on the street in front of houses. There is confusion about what the regulations and timing are.
Closing
The meeting was adjourned at 9:20.
AAS
10/24/00
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