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0-e5k <br /> SCOTSWOg1 <br /> • <br /> "In some places, great changes have been wro.ught. by the <br /> increase of trade and the .busy hum of manufacture, hut not so <br /> with Hillsborough. It remains as it was in olden times, the home <br /> of some of North Carolina's great men, the summer residence .of <br /> the wealthy citizens of the east, and is much admired for the <br /> beauty of its surrounding scenery. Devoid of all art, it has <br /> received a share of the blessings of Providence. . . Long may the <br /> whole town - a relic of the days when our forefathers fought and <br /> bled - be a place to wich the busy merchant may make a pilgrimage <br /> when weighted down by the labors of the dusty city. Let it <br /> remain an altar at whose shrine the poet, the historian, the <br /> statesman can worship, as having been hallowed by associations <br /> dear to all . " <br /> H.E. Colton, 156 <br /> Perhaps Scot <br /> swood 's greatest Service to Orange County is <br /> the quality of discourse and thought it has engendered among <br /> citizens, planners and other officials. Regardless of the. <br /> project' s relativecerits, or lack thereof, I believe I speak for <br /> the majority of the Orange County Planning Poard when I state <br /> that consideration of Scots��ood has led to a commitment to the <br /> following Positions : <br /> - Phasinry of this and other large developments is <br /> essential to addressing concerns of health, safety and welfare. <br /> This is particularly <br /> :ems: only in regard to water <br /> availability, but in ameliorating traffic innacts. <br /> Standard N.C. Department of Tr.ansnortation Procedure requires <br /> that our con�rnunities choke in traffic before profilers are <br /> addressed , [1e cannot accept this as our county' s sole response, <br /> - 1 - <br />