Bank Ratings | Banking Grades | Multifunding

It seems odd that Harrington Bank is not listed here. See this story on NPR this AM.

Fish?

I thought I saw some little minnows, or whatever, in the stream under the bridge along the trail. Are they headed toward becoming fish or frogs?

The Neighborhood Drinking Problem - NYTimes.com

Do we have any of this problem?

Walk Score of 410 Market Street, Suite 430 Chapel Hill NC 27516

27516 gets a 9; Southern Village gets a 60.

Microscopic Neighbors, Evolving Together - NYTimes.com

I wonder what this might suggest about life in Southern Village?

Stevenage: A Place Where You Can't Be From : NPR

And let's compare that place to Southern Village!

Painted walkways

Imagine that your assignment was to lay out how to walk around SV using a paint brush to mark the routes. Which ones would you add and then how to do this permanently in order to tell motorists and truck drivers where to yield, stop, etc. In other words, instead of everything working primarily for cars, let's make sure the place is painted clearly to show that people come ahead of vehicles!

Dog news

I wonder what we can do to stop people from tossing their plastic bags with dog waste on the side of various trails.It is too bad that we cannot trace the stuff. One day I may walk along the path in SV and collect all that I can and then post a blow up of a photo of all them just to remind everyone of this and perhaps encourage or shame the perpetrators to stop.

In New York, Neglected Trees Prove Deadly - NYTimes.com

Should we be calling someone if we see a tree somewhere that looks as though it might fall on a public route, from pedestrians to large vehicles? There are a couple of trees along the path near the Southern Community Park that look quite dead and dangerous. Whom do we call? In addition, there are all of the paths through the woods around Southern Village. What are our collective responsibilities for these and any other trees in and around Southern Village?

Chemicals?

What chemicals are used to treat the playing fields at Southern Community Park?

Who Knew? Upcycling the Dog Poo - NYTimes.com

How do "we" handle "ours" from the dog zone in Southern Community Park?

Walmart Submits Plans for Northeastern Chatham County Location | Chatham EDC

Chapel Hill council bans cell-phone use while driving - Orange County - NewsObserver.com

Southern Village drivers should start to follow the new law even before it takes effect!

When a Parking Lot Is So Much More - NYTimes.com

Greenbridge and Walmart

It sure seems to me that there is a lot to be learned from understanding the differences between these two development projects. One has failed utterly and the other is likely to be a huge success. One lesson is that social engineering costs a lot more than most anyone realizes and is usually a bad idea. The other is that there is so much more around these projects that could and should be done by a careful melding of public and private interests without either of them imposing ridiculous requirements on the other.

Yes, two extremes that ought to matter a lot to people who live in Southern Village.

Greenbridge

Walmart

BBC News - How to get America to walk

Trash collection schedule - holidays

Encouraging news on the garbage front | The Asheville Citizen-Times | citizen-times.com

chapelhillnews.com | Chatham waiting on Walmart

chapelhillnews.com | Project has 'serious interest'