Your downtown [Vol. 1. No. 3, May - June 1967]

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Vol.   1
May-June,   1967
YOUK DOWNTOWN
WHAT  DO  YOU  WANT  DOWNTOWN?
There has been some confusion about just
what OPERATION DARE intends to do for
downtown. People understandably want clearly defined goals; nobody wants to support
something he can't understand.
There is a problem, for a part of OPERATION DARE is simply coming to terms with
what is desirable for downtown. What sort of
traffic patterns need to be established? What
kinds of public transportation should be available? What about parking? What should the
general character of downtown be? Should it
be primarily commercial? residential? institutional? public? These are questions that
are being asked. They are questions that can
be answered only after considerable study and
debate. The real question is "What do you
want downtown to be ? "
We have an opportunity to take an intelligent
look at the heart of our city, to evaluate its
assets and liabilities in terms of our needs.
We can formulate a plan of renewal that can
give Greensboro new significance in North
Carolina, both now and for the future. What
is more important, we now have the resources
at hand to implement such a plan.
Through the Downtown Development Association, property owners, businessmen, merchants, professional people, and every other
interested citizen now can have a voice in establishing plans for downtown thatwill be carried out.
No one knows yet what can be created
through the efforts of hundreds of people dedicated to building a vital and dynamic future for
themselves and for Greensboro. This is why
we DARE you to accept the challenge. Together, we can provide answers to the questions
that now confuse us.
- Editor
GREENSBORO
THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT
ASSOCIATION:   A NEW  VOICE
Recently a new organization was formed
that promises to have considerable impact on
downtown Greensboro. At a meeting of the
Business Impact Committee of DARE, Mr. P.
Hutson Moody was appointed temporary chairman of the Downtown Development Association,
and that group has been growing steadily since.
This group was organized to fill a definite
need in Greensboro. During the coming
months and for the next few years, Greensboro
will be making plans and taking definite steps
toward the revitalization of downtown. It was
felt that there should be a committee to represent all individuals with an interest in downtown development.
Although initiated by a DARE committee,
the DDA now operates independently. Its
membership is larger, and its functions are
broader.
One of the functions of the DDA is to provide communication with all agencies that
affect downtown, such as City Council, the
Planning Board, the Zoning Commission, and
the Redevelopment Commission. As Mr. Moody
has said, "The people want to know--and have
a right to know--about such things as proposed
thoroughfare plans and rezoning."
The DDA is presently involved with: (a) A
drive to enlist membership of people interested in achieving a revitalization of downtown,
(b) A fund-raising drive to finance the activities of the DDA, and (c) The investigation of
possible projects thatwill have a positive effect on downtown development. The specific
functions of the DDA will become more clearly defined when its general membership has
grown large enough to be representative.
The  DDA will ultimately concern itself
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