Liberty Leader November 2009

Vol 5, Issue 11,

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Result Elections For Our Area

The people have voted, but have they all reallyvoted. It is amazing that we had such a smallturn out of voters. According to the facts Icould find, we have a total of 1,300 that canvote but had a mere 341 voters. That is a littleover 25% of the people coming to the poles tovote. I for one came out and voted and alsolisten or read what each candidate had to say.We the people do have the power of voice andvoting, but we have to exercise our right to beheard. Make a point in the future citizen tomake a voice, make a noise and vote. For if youdo not vote, you can not get upset at who is inthe office or what they do, for you have notmade a stand. I hope this does not upset myreaders, but I have a strong passion for this. Weall need to let our elected official from our town to our state to our nation know how wefeel. Make a point if you do not like something,drop a phone call, an email or a letter to your elected officials. Sitting on the side talking isnot heard and make sure to get out and vote.Well on to the results. Liberty’s new mayor isreturning Jim Parker from being a past mayor before are current mayor stepping down JohnStanley. The vote count was 236 Parker, 69Larry Alexander and 9 write ins. For LibertyTown Council, the winners for the three seatswere Terry Caviness (287 votes), Tyson Nixon(207), and Shane Isley (196). The others on the ballot were Tracy Whatley (180) and JustinGaines (54). Just down the road was Staley.For Mayor , returning Mayor Karen Scottonwith 37 votes. In the race for five town com-missioner seats, incumbents Marlene Jones,Lori Lynn Langley-Hankins and Lib Marley

kept their seatswhile another incumbent, SteveRobbins, wastied with RichardDeGaetano andTommy Wil-liams. Accordingto Patsy Foscue,director of theRandolphCounty Board of Elections, thecandidates caneither call for arecount or face adrawing out of a pottery bowl for the final twoseats.

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Small Town Main Street Program Update

On Tuesday September 29, 2009

Small Town MainStreet

staff Sherry Adams and Lew Holloway,along with designer Lauren Malinoff, spent theday in Liberty interviewing and preparing for theKick-Off of the program. They interviewed prop-erty owners, merchants, bankers, real estate agents,developers, city and county officials and employ-ees, as well as those representing local organiza-tions. Following the interviews, the STMS staff presented Mayor Stanley the NC Small TownMain Street Certificate followed by an orientationfor the community regarding the overall program.A review of our town's assets was given, and posted around the room. Notable assets of Liberty include: architecture,agriculture, National Register district, antique fes-tivals and events, Liberty Showcase, good qualityof life, parks, Kidd’s Restaurant, cooperation withcounty tourism, friendliness,easy entry into real estatemarket, schools, regionalrecycling center, the publiclibrary, Patterson CottageMuseum, Celebrate Liberty’sChildren, willingness to em- brace change, Food Lion,farmer’s market, history,walkability, bedroom com-munity, NASCAR ties andthe NC Zoo.

The top challenges for

Economic Restructuring

: Retail/business Mix, lunch/dinnertime restau-rants, investment in building maintenance/buildingre-hab, overnight accommodations, farmers marketdowntown, Hwy 49 through downtown, zoningand ordinances. Also of concern were new busi-ness assistance (welcome/customer friendly ser-vice from city and merchants), façade grant pro-grams, new business incentives, and the tappinginto county resources.

The top vote getters

for theSTMS committee to work on over the next 1-2years were investment in building maintenanceand Lunch/dinnertime restaurants.

Top Design Issues

: Entrance corridors, aesthetics pertaining to buildings and streetscape, façadegrant program, walkability, maintenance and rehabof buildings, Highway 49.

The top vote getterswere:

Aesthetics-buildings & streetscape and Re-hab of buildings

Top

Promotion Issues

: Posting/consistency of store hours, antique festival tie-ins, communica-tion, branding of our town's image, co-op advertis-ing, downtown as a desti-nation, development of acalendar of events/promotions, ex- panding website presence,agri-tourism, developmentof more retail promotions.

Top vote getters were:

Developing retail promotions and branding image,communications and co-op advertising tied.The community formed the following committeesto address these issues:

Promotions

: Chair is Kevin Bowman. Committeemembers are: Larry Alexander, Warren Dixon,Teresa Bruchon, Linda Fortune, Chuck Roembke,Carol Wall

Design

: Chair, Phillip Wright; Rhonda Murray,Brenda Baker, Walter Foster, Carolyn Vickrey,Grant Gale, and Paul Bruchon.

Economic Restructuring

: J.B.Griffith and Ronnie Murray,Co-chairs; Robert Wilkie, BillFlowe, Tracy Whatley, JimParker, and Mark Tedder.

The organizational/executive

committee members will be thecommittee chairs along withTown Manager, Roger Davis.The committees discussed their goals, wrote them on

Plan of Work

sheets and discussed possible strategies. Thecommittees will begin to develop strategies andassign tasks over the next few months in an effortto work toward the stated goals. Next month’s meeting will be November 10 andwill involve a “walk-about”. All of STMS commit-tees will walk the downtown district, assessing thearea as a whole, and deciding where the downtowndistrict boundaries should be for this program. Asthe groups walk, each will be thinking about their committee's goals and the way the town’s overallappearance integrates with their goals. All in-volved are encouraged to wear comfortable shoes!An agenda along with directions on where to meetfor this particular meeting will be sent later in themonth.Would you like to be part of this exciting revitali-zation? Anyone interested should call or visit townhall and express your interest. You may also con-tact any one of the chairpersons for more informa-tion.

Lets all pull together for a new Liberty.

FALL LEAF COLLECTION

It's almost that time of the year again. We will begin removingleaves from the Right Of Wayon Monday, November 2nd.Please remember the followingrequests when disposing of your raked leaves: Have leavesin tight piles on the edge of thestreet by Monday Morning.Remember that the leaf vacmachine can only reach leavesright on the edge of the road-way. Don't mix limbs and looseleaves together. We use twodifferent pieces of equipment toremove each, and each isaccomplished on different daysof the week. Don't place any-thing in your leaf pile that coulddamage the leaf vaccum ma-chine. If you miss the leaf re-moval day (Monday) then bagthe leaves for removal later inthe week. Any leaves placed for removal "prior" to November 2nd, MUST be bagged.

Your Public Works guys appreciate your help with these tasks. Many of us are your neighbors too!

A Rainy Day To Moonlit Night

Saturday October 24 started out as a rainyday, but the skies cleared and the moonshined bright for all that attended the secondannual Free Movie Night at Millstone Creek Orchard. Once again, the orchard opened itsdoors to the community. This year the moviewas “The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown”, provided by

The Liberty Leader

newspaper.The orchard was elaborately decorated for the fall season with ghosts and witches, hay bales, pumpkins and chrysanthemums. The or-chard provided a hay ride for the little ones, asthey do each night in late October.The air was filled with the smell of fresh pop-corn which was provided by Tyson Nixon andBecky Canoy of Loflin Funeral Home of Lib-erty. There were booths set up by various local businesses: Randolph Telephone’s AarynSlakfy provided free balloons to all the kids and had their tram on handto shut-tle folks from the overflow parking area. There were free picturescourtesy of The Freedom Family Church of Liberty. Randolph Electric Membership pro-vided special lighting for everyone’ssafety. There was a free artwork area setup by Celebrate Liberty’s Children. Thenew chairwoman Jennifer Hodges anddirector Jennifer Beasley were on handand the little kids jumped at the chanceto show their artistic talents.The Byrd Isom family, who owns theorchard, did a great job of recreating ascene from days gone by. There weretire swings and a tree to climb, and theoverall event gave families a chance to put the hustle and bustle of everyday lifeaside for awhile and enjoy a wholesomenight together. There were plenty of smiles to go around and there’s a good chance memories were made for both kids and adults. This is a yearly event at the orchard. The Isoms’son and daughter and their families come in from Florida and Kentucky to help duringthe fall season.If you have never visited the orchard youneed to. There are baked goods and applecider for sale. They grow blueberries, grapes, peaches, apples and the list goes on. Theyoffer family tours with hay rides and you canactually pick your own fresh produce. Ithank the orchard for opening their placeup to provide a free night for the commu-nity. We hope to see you at next year’sevent!

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Snow Camp Christmas Parade