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July 23, 2007 <br />Dear Board of Commissioners <br />Town Hillsborough <br />North Carolina, 27278 <br />Thanks to the developers for giving /setting aside a section of the Collins/Boone property <br />for community use. <br />I would like to encourage the Town Board to include a train stop (multi -use: Amrak and <br />local commuter transit) at this site. <br />It is foreseeable that parking could be designed with multi -use in mind, e.g. daytime <br />commuters and shoppers, then evening ball field parking. <br />I am submitting for the public record this evening 366 signatures to date of people who <br />have indicated they would like to see a train stop here in Hillsborough sooner than later. <br />Many of these people have also indicated they are aware of the trains that already go <br />through Hillsborough, where they go, and would take them if they stopped in <br />Hillsborough. <br />326 of these signatures were obtained by just casually leaving a petition on the counter at <br />CupAJoe's, a small coffee shop in Hillsborough, over the past 7 weeks. The other 40 <br />were obtained at Walkable Hillsborough Day, June 2. <br />So for the most part, this sampling of strong interest has. come without any special <br />promotion - from people who have voluntarily expressed an interest in a train stop here <br />having spotted this petition in downtown Hillsborough since early June. <br />On. behalf of these petitioners and myself our thanks again to the developers and the <br />Town Board for their efforts to use their creativity in considering and ultimately <br />developing this set -aside acreage for the community already here and.the people that will <br />move to this property with several purposes in mind, including a multi -use train stop. <br />Gratefully yours, <br />Art Mines <br />2715 Wagner Bend <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />