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Mount Airy Receives Grant to Establish Bicycle Lanes

Submitted by Joe Borlik, Web Content Producer
Monday, July 18th, 2011, 10:02am
Mount Airy Receives Grant to Establish Bicycle Lanes

Mount Airy has received state transportation funding to help make the city more bike- and pedestrian-friendly, according to the Mount Airy News.

Officials said the municipality has recently qualified for a $22,050 bicycle and pedestrian planning grant through a branch of the N.C. Department of Transportation.

The city applied for the funding last year. The money will also be combined with about $9,000 from the locality, the paper reported.

It will help provide a master plan to help Mount Airy identify bike or pedestrian needs, priorities and opportunities for improvements.

The plan will chart a course for the next 25 years and pinpoint where bike lanes should be established.

Supporters say they want bike lanes to take them to locations including shopping areas, the library and movie theater.

A private consulting company will be hired to head the study. The project is expected to be put out for bids later this summer.

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Ghost Tours Coming to Downtown Mount Airy

Submitted by Joe Borlik, Web Content Producer
Friday, June 10th, 2011, 12:09pm
Ghost Tours Coming to Downtown Mount Airy

The Mount Airy Museum of Regional History will start hosting ghost tours in downtown Mount Airy as a new seasonal program.

The tours debut to the public Friday, June 17. But the museum will host tours today and Saturday to receive feedback before launching the program publicly.

Both events take place at 8 p.m. and will depart from the Old North State Winery at 308 N. Main St. in Mount Airy.

They take just over an hour. Space is limited, so officials suggest attendants RSVP in order to attend.

Contact Nancy Davis at (336) 786-4478 x 229 to RSVP.

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Mount Airy Recycling Costs Inexpensive Compared To Many

Submitted by Joe Borlik, Web Content Producer
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011, 3:29pm

Surveys of various North Carolina localities show their recycling costs greatly exceed estimates for starting a curbside program in Mount Airy, according to the Mount Airy News.

The expense per household ranged from a low of $2.01 monthly to a high of $3.41, according to research by Dean Brown, a member of the Mount Airy Board of Commissioners.

Curbside recycling in Mount Airy would cost an estimated $1.32 per household each month, according to a study late last year by city public works personnel.

The annual projected cost for collections is $70,350, according to the Mount Airy News.

Mount Airy officials recently have been debating whether to launch a curbside program. Residents who recycle now must transport materials to a center.

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Board Of Commissioners Discusses New Sidewalks

Submitted by Joe Borlik, Web Content Producer
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011, 1:38pm

Mount Airy officials want to concentrate on areas lacking sidewalks rather than replacing older walkways, according to the Mount Airy News.

The board of commissioners reached that consensus during a recent city government planning retreat, the paper reported.

“I really want our citizens, if gas is $5 or $6 per gallon, to be able to walk to the drugstore, and do so safely,” Commissioner Todd Harris said, according to the Mount Airy News.

The key locations said to be lacking sidewalks include areas of Hamburg Street near Mount Airy Middle School, Renfro Street from Cherry to Hamburg streets and a portion of North South Street near Mount Airy High School, the Mount Airy News reported.

Officials also said there is a number of “gaps” around town between existing sidewalks which need to be closed.

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Pilot Center To Recieve New Windows

Submitted by Joe Borlik, Web Content Producer
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011, 11:49am

The Pilot Center in Pilot Mountain is expected to receive all new energy-efficient windows from Garanco, Inc., according to an announcement that was made Monday during the monthly meeting of the Pilot Mountain Board of Commissioners meeting.

The new windows will be mostly paid for with a grant through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which is funding $39,840 of the $41,000 project, according to the Mount Airy News.

The windows will be installed on the front of the building, and a skylight will be added to it's Pilot Mountain Pride part. The town is also paying another $5,000 to Kevin Heath with the Adams Heath Engineering firm for administering the grant, the Mount Airy News reported.

“We were extremely pleased with the bids and we were glad to see a Pilot Mountain company get the bid," said Mayor Earl Sheppard, according to the Mount Airy News.

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Dilapidated Houses On The Minds Of City Officials

Submitted by Joe Borlik, Web Content Producer
Monday, February 28th, 2011, 1:50pm

City government officials discussed dealing with dilapidated houses and a rundown business district in Mount Airy at a planning retreat Thursday and Friday, according to the Mount Airy News.

Commissioner Dean Brown said decrepit residential properties exist at “gateway entrances to the city” and do not provide a good first impression for visitors, according to the Mount Airy News.

He also brought up multiple cases where roofs have fallen in on homes around town.

Brown said not addressing these areas could hurt efforts to recruit businesses from other communities. Brown also serves on the board of directors of the Surry County Economic Development Partnership.

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Fire Destroys Child Abuse Prevention Office

Submitted by Joe Borlik, Web Content Producer
Thursday, February 24th, 2011, 2:35pm

An early-morning fire destroyed the Surry/Stokes Stop Child Abuse Now office and a satellite office of the Mount Airy Police Department Wednesday, according to the Mount Airy News.

The paper reported that firefighters from the Mount Airy Fire Department were called to the corner of Newsome and Jeffries streets at 2:39 a.m. and had the fire extinguished by 5:24 a.m., according to Fire Chief Zane Poindexter.

The fire has been ruled “accidental, undetermined source,” Poindexter said, according to the Mount Airy News. He did not suspect any foul play.

Poindexter said the building sustained about $350,000 worth of damage. Nobody was injured.

“Everything was destroyed,” said Melissa Hiatt, director of the SCAN program.

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