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"Personally I'm really tired of municipal problems being solved by
putting them in rural areas," he said. "I would encourage Mayor Chilton
to come back with a site in Carrboro." ~ BOCC Member Barry Jacobs, quoted in the News & Observer February 23, 2012
Now I admit to coming late to the party although I have been paying attention to this issue for several years (yeah, years if you can believe it). But it seems to me that Mr. Jacobs, for whom I have great respect for his years of service, missed a crucial point that could alter his perception on this issue.
For ten years, discussions between the Inter-Faith Council, the Town of Chapel Hill, and the University of North Carolina have been underway to relocate the men’s shelter and community kitchen. Many factors were considered during the deliberations, and with great generosity a site along Martin Luther King jr. Blvd. was donated by the University. So an ideal site found but so was a new obstacle; fear.
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