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fil2/31 / 1999 ] Sierra Club to begin . . . n January on balancing developiwysiwyg : //main. 20/http ://www . news- . . . er. com/daily/ 1999/ 12/3l /tril3 . htm1 <br /> IF r IF <br /> ire it <br /> oW. <br /> r � h <br /> f <br /> 4 <br /> HE <br /> IF <br /> 4ndmov . . )ecember 31 . 1999 <br /> RARH Sierra Club to begin forums in January <br /> rY <br /> Select asearch * on balancing development <br /> ews ArChive <br /> s Obits <br /> Classified s r 1st meeting to focus on urban growth <br /> Classi <br /> nter eywor s : <br /> By STEPHAAN HARRIS , Staff Writer <br /> g � Get Search Help <br /> Expand Search How the environment in Orange and Chatham counties can be <br /> preserved in the face of the Triangle' s increasing business and <br /> Iz i�t E T P . A Iw E residential growth will be the top agenda for a group of <br /> • Auctions environmentalists in the new year . <br /> • Coupons The Orange/Chatham chapter of the Sierra Club will sponsor a <br /> Shoe series of public forums beginning in January that will look at how the <br /> • Yellow Pages <br /> • le protecting open Western Triangle can embrace development whim <br /> • TriangleJobs . com spaces and farmland at the same time . <br /> • Cars . com James Carnahan , program chairman, said communities must create <br /> • Apartments . com guidelines for growth, particularly as sprawl and a dependence on <br /> to <br /> • Real Estate automobiles create environmental dangers . <br /> • <br /> NewHomeNetwork " We 're trying to find ways to involve the community in planning <br /> • Merchandise and advocacy , " he said . <br /> • Services A variety of speakers will discuss urban growth at the first forum <br /> Jan 13 . Carnahan sees this more rural side of the Triangle as facing a <br /> A. ISVER. TISEN1f N7S crossroads . <br /> Although the local governments in Orange County, Chapel Hill and <br /> IV- IF <br /> M 2= € ad Carrboro have enacted a buffer zone that prohibits more than 10 <br /> $3 I IV <br /> IF a <br /> houses to be built on every 20 acres of land, that zone is to be in effect <br /> ` 1 e £ only until 2007 . <br /> MEN <br /> Environmentalists fear business pressure can easily scale down the <br /> initiative . Meanwhile , some residents in neighboring Chatham County <br /> IV <br /> are concerned by the slow but steady land development and the loss of <br /> some open space . <br /> } The February forum will center on water and sewer services and <br /> A whether changes in technology can affect how much they can expand <br /> IF I <br /> as the o ulati <br /> P p on grows . The last two programs , to be in March and <br /> IF I <br /> IF I IFIF <br /> April , will deal with transportation, air quality and suburban <br /> development designs that can still preserve open spaces . <br /> IF xIF IF mb6 I <br /> All events will be presented at the Church of the Reconciliation <br /> 110 N . Elliott Road in Chapel Hill . For more information, call <br /> 5424386 . <br /> IF <br /> Staff writer Ste haan Harris can be reached at 932 -2015 or <br /> C. l. M HERS p <br /> sharris jnando . com <br /> CONTACT US [ PRINTER- FRIENDLY VERSION EMAIL THIS TO A FRIEND ] <br /> [ TOP NEXT T » I TRI) N ME PA ] <br /> Feedback <br /> User Agreement <br /> © The News & Observer ' ` <br /> Publishing Co . <br /> 215 S . McDowell St. T <br /> 1 of 2 12/31 / 1999 1139 AM <br />