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ECA Officers West Bryant President 704 898 5044 Kenmore Avenue west.bryant@gmail.com Evan Kettler Vice President 704 577 4901 North Laurel Avenue evan.kettler@gmail.com Lisa Yagla Secretary 704 807 1862 Pecan Avenue lyagla@gmail.com Danielle Kleinrichert Treasurer 704 804 1509 Pecan Avenue danielle@neatbooks.co Sarah Crowder Past President 704 502 7866 Greenway Avenue sarahcr@bellsouth.net

Debbie Rubenstein Communications 704 998 9579 East Fifth Street debbie@flynnonline.com Cherie Swarthout At-Large 704 517 6582 Sunnyside Avenue swarthoutc@queens.edu Robert Zabel Elizabeth 8K Road Race Chair 917 873 8028 Pecan Avenue nycrcz@yahoo.com Position Vacant Social Chair Officer Jim Gilliland CMPD neighborhood community coordinator 704 336 2878 james.gilliland@cmpd.org

ECA Board Members Eric Davis Transportation Chair 704 776 3013 Greenway Avenue ericadavis0123@gmail.com Lauren Gomez Membership Chair 704 728 2066 East 5th Street laurenmcjo@gmail.com Anne Lambert At-large 704 589 9146 Hawthorne Bridge Court chickspeare@hotmail.com

The ECA Newsletter

The ECA newsletter is published quarterly (March, June, September and December) and delivered to homes and businesses in the Elizabeth neighborhood of Charlotte. The production team:

John F. McBride Newsletter 980 254 7367 East Eighth Street john.f.mcb@gmail.com

John McBride editor

Regan Miller At-large 704 333 1700 East 8th Street regan.miller12@gmail.com

Susan Green editorial assistant and proofreader

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Jeremy Deese circulation czar

Little Shiva designer The UPS Store printer

Annual ECA meeting Date and time: Late September, TBA This meeting will be virtual, with details announced via the ECA notification list and Elizabeth Families email group.

All Elizabeth residents and business owners are welcome to attend the annual meeting. Come to hear updates from the ECA, elect the 2023 board and more. Look for more details soon.

Also coming up Don’t forget the Great Elizabeth Pumpkin Wall coming up in October and the Merry Meander holiday festival in December. Watch for details on these events.

On the cover Do you believe in fairies? If you look closely, you may find signs of them throughout Elizabeth — like this door on Greenway Avenue. The inscription at the bottom of the fairy door reads: “Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.” Indeed. Photo by Kris Solow On the back cover Hear! Hear! We’ll buy you a beer!

But only if you pick it AND dispose of it properly. That means put it in the trash. Not in the street. Not on the sidewalk. Not in a planter. Not in a recycling bin. Not on someone’s lawn. Not in someone’s yard waste container. And for gosh sakes, not in anyone’s compost bin. Look for Anjie Carpenter’s story on this elsewhere in this issue. Photo by John McBride

West Bryant East Fifth Street west.bryant@ gmail.com

Lauren Gomez East 5th Street laurenmcjo@ gmail.com

Ken Lambla East 8th Street kalambla@uncc.edu

Anjie Carpenter East Ninth Street anjiecarpenter95@ gmail.com

Beth Haenni Greenway Avenue beth.haenni@ gmail.com

Jim Morrill Kenmore Avenue jmorrill634@ gmail.com

Eric Davis Greenway Avenue ericadavis0123@ gmail.com

Evan Kettler Laurel Avenue evan.kettler@ gmail.com

Kris Solow East Fifth Street kjsolow@gmail.com

Margaret Fleeman East 8th Street margaret@ fleemans.com

Mary Kilburn Pecan Avenue misjosbc@aol.com

This could be you!

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From the President: Another great year for Elizabeth

by West Bryant

in person, but my own bout of COVID and the wisdom of others convinced me otherwise. I definitely prefer in-person meetings, but I think that being able It’s been a pretty good summer to 100% safely include anyone for my family and me. Melissa and who wants to participate during I are about seven months into our this pandemic is one of the most important things we can do. home renovation, and we can’t wait to move back in when it is If you haven’t watched or atdone. We have enjoyed spending tended an annual meeting in the the summer getting to know past, it is a remarkably efficient the neighbors living near our way to hear how the ECA influtemporary lodgings on Greenway enced our neighborhood over Avenue. the prior 12 months. Assuming Melissa and I also took our you are a member, you also get to first vacation in a long time vote for the next ECA board.

– to the Maine coast. Many I plan to run again, as do many thanks to the neighbors that others who are on our current shared lots of good tips on this board.

Though my imposter trip. We had a blast. syndrome has been off the charts, Meanwhile, the summer is I don’t want to end my service drawing to a close and that quite yet if possible. I hope I can means the ECA annual meeting is earn your vote again this year. right around the corner. As part of the planning process I have There will also be farewells been thinking and talking a lot to departing board members about the last year in Elizabeth. who are completing their board service, and hails to those who As I read through this year’s have volunteered to join the newsletter articles and think board for the coming board term. about the contributions that have made this another great I hope that everyone can year, I am struck by the sheer attend. I am extremely proud number of hours spent by of the work that the board volunteers, invested by neighmembers and volunteers do for bors, businesses and friends to our neighborhood, and I want make Elizabeth a stellar place to you to be proud of our ECA too live and work. We’ll be covering if you aren’t already. Have an this at the annual meeting, so I idea, comment or question? will try not to spoil it with all the Please email me at president@ juicy details. elizabethcommunity.com. See This year I had hoped that we could have the annual meeting 4

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Transportation Roundabout: New 4-way stop coming

by Eric Davis Even through the dog days of summer, the ECA Transportation Committee remained busy!

4-way stop approved for Pecan and 9th: Thanks to

great work by Tommy Franklin and the entire Pecan Avenue Safety working group, CDOT has approved a 4-way stop and pedestrian crosswalk at Pecan and 9th Street. This is a HUGE win for the Elizabeth neighborhood.

The implementation will occur in two phases. The first phase, targeted for this year, will be the installation of the 4-way stop signs. The pedestrian crosswalk requires ADA planning which will not be complete until early 2023.

Speed humps: Earlier this year, there was a vigorous discussion of speed humps on the Elizabeth Families email group.

Charlotte has a neighborhood traffic management program to address these types of concerns.

Full information can be found on the City of Charlotte website (charlottenc.gov).

Key guidelines for speed humps: 1. Street must be classified as a two-lane, local residential street.

you around the neighborhood…

2. Street width must be less and at the annual meeting! than or equal to 40 feet.

This intersection at Pecan and 9th will soon feature a 4-way stop. Photo by o J hn McBride

3. Traffic volume must be at least 600 cars per day.

4. The 85th percentile speed should be equal to or greater than 5 mph over the posted speed limit.

5. Street should not be a primary emergency services route.

6. A minimum of 600 feet is required between traffic calming devices such as multi-way stops.

If you have a desired location for a speed hump that meets these requirements, please inform the ECA Transportation Committee at transportation@

elizabethcommunity.com when you submit your request to CDOT. CDOT has a prioritization process and the ECA will collaborate with CDOT to advocate for Elizabeth.

Pedestrian Crosswalks:

Improving pedestrian safety and convenience is a priority of the ECA and to that end, we are working with CDOT on additional pedestrian crosswalks in Elizabeth: • Greenway and Caswell: A crosswalk heading toward the entrance of Independence

Park has been approved with a 2023 target implementation date. This crosswalk will include rectangular rapid flashing beacons (RRFB). CDOT has additional details on RRFB on the charlottenc.gov website if you are interested.

• Hawthorne Lane and Park Drive: This request is on the agenda for the CDOT Pedestrian Crossing Committee’s August meeting.

As always, have fun and stay safe as you travel our magical neighborhood!!

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New neighbor?

Let us know!

by Lauren Gomez Thank you to all the thoughtful Elizabeth neighbors who have alerted me to the new people moving in to our neighborhood!

If you see or know of a new Elizabeth family, please email me (membership@ elizabethcommunity.com) the address and I will deliver them our “new neighbor” packet.

Also, remember that the annual ECA membership dues are NOT due now (a change from previous years). Instead of being due in September, we have changed the membership period to match the calendar year. If you paid any time after Aug. 1, 2021, your dues are current through the end of 2022. If you’re not sure if your membership is current, email me.

Household dues are $30 or $15 for seniors and young professionals (25 and under).

As a reminder, here are four reasons to become a member: • To maintain the ECA as a strong liaison with our neighborhood and the City of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, other neighborhoods, businesses, developers and other entities with interest in our community.

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Hardin Minor leads the singing of “God Bless America,” accompanied by Manley o R berts at the annual oF urth of u J ly parade through Elizabeth.

After the parade, neighbors gathered in the Minor’s backyard for patriotic readings and hot dogs. The annual event has been a part of the neighborhood fabric for more than 25 years. Photos by o J hn McBride

like the Trolley Path.

• Fund annual social events like the Elizabeth 8K Road Race, Easter Egg Hunt, Pumpkin Wall and the Merry Meander.

negotiate with developers, city staff and political leadership for the best outcomes for our community.

In reality, the best possible outcomes are sometimes un• Support the quarterly ECA knowable and frequently subjecNewsletter, ECA website, ECA tive.

We do our best to balance social networks and other what can be done with what communications meant to should be done to effectively educate and foster community represent this community and interaction within Elizabeth. the people who live and work Look for more information in here. I am speaking on behalf of January on how to pay 2023 dues. our hard-working team of dediAnd thanks for being an ECA cated professionals and commember! munity activists whose efforts and contributions are frequently From the LUD chair: quietly in the background.

Quietly working in the background We are navigating among

by Evan Kettler the aesthetics, politics, legalities, economics and social On behalf of the ECA and the and environmental impacts greater Elizabeth community, of change. I so appreciate the our Land Use and Development dedication and skills of the working groups are operating in people around me, working as a challenging environment. diligently for the best outcomes near your homes as they would Charlotte is changing; Elizabeth is changing. The rules or do near their homes. governing development have We are your neighbors. We are been evolving at an unprecpractical partisans – again, it is edented pace. As I write this, about the best possible outit is uncertain if City Council comes when change is inevitable, will approve the new Uniform reserving significant opposition Development Ordinance (UDO) for situations that warrant it. If that has been crafted and drafted we oppose everything, we will by many engaged community not be taken seriously in this members and city staff members environment. And we do not and over the last several years. And a will not publicize every small new City Council is about to take accomplishment – a reduction office, bringing some different in height here, an increase in perspectives to the mix. setback there. Our negotiations That leaves us with a lot of variables to factor in as we

with the many stakeholders are done quietly, and for good

reason. Charlotte remains a small town in many ways, and we know that we may well meet these stakeholders at the negotiating table again.

Then, as now, HENF strives to save Elizabeth’s historic fabric

by Ken Lambla Editor’s Note: Ken Lambla sits on the Historic Elizabeth Neighborhood Foundation (HENF) board. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the ECA. Living in Elizabeth since 1985, I have seen firsthand how our neighborhood has worked to preserve a quality of life that is distinctive among Charlotte’s neighborhoods. Our history as a neighborhood is unique and our landmarks and streetscapes reflect that. Independence Park, the Rose Garden, Elizabeth Avenue, vestigial trolley paths, our own craftsman-style homes and front porches – they all combine to produce an urban landscape born of our unique history and location.

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SVM Historical Consulting to complete a detailed survey of the neighborhood’s historical assets.

Susan’s survey will expand upon an informal survey completed by HENF last year and is a required component of the application that must be submitted to the City of Charlotte’s Historic District Commission for Elizabeth to become a Local Even when a demolished Historic District. HENF has HENF helped preserve and structure is replaced with a relocate historic homes and newer structure of the same type, paid for the costs of this survey, structures that were condemned it can abrade the neighborhood but much work remains and we to make room for those and other fabric. Replacing a historic home welcome donations to fund our future efforts. Please contact infrastructure projects and did so with a house built to the maxiin accordance with the principles mum allowable footprint and at HENF president Clif Settlemyer (csettlemyer@carolina.rr.com) that guided the creation of the maximum allowable height for more information on how the city’s Small Area Plans, affects not just the immediate to make your tax-deductible Corridor Studies and District neighbors and the related city donation.

Plans, which prioritized scale, block, but, when considered in interconnectedness, pedestrian the context of multiple similar The goals of our 1985 Small and bicycle accessibility and projects on other blocks, that Area Plan have largely come gathering places. Those efforts replacement is part of the hun- to fruition, but a new era is contributed to the fabric of dreds of tiny cuts that affect the upon us and with it come new the Elizabeth community that collective feel of the neighborchallenges that threaten to wear supports the distinctive quality hood and wear its fabric thin. the fabric of the neighborhood of life we now enjoy.

We all value the front porches, thin to the point of rupture. We believe a Local Historic District But fabric can be worn thin quality materials, unique home designation will help Elizabeth by continued abrasions. Local details and mature plants and Historic Districts (LHDs) are gardens that help make Elizabeth retain its unique feel – even as the inevitable march of our one of the few tools available to feel like home – not to mention city’s progress brings continued communities in North Carolina the secret paths, tree histories development and change – and to preserve the fabric of their and unique occupants – hello give our residents an important neighborhoods and, in so doing, Harry Golden – and that role in preserving Elizabeth’s preserve the quality of life sought neighbor (who shall remain history and contributing to its by residents and commercial nameless to protect the guilty) continuing vitality! occupants alike. who maintained her hedge in a special way for over 50 years!

While limited in scope, the protections provided by LHDs To protect these vital have proven quite effective at features from a new round of improving the vitality, resilience development pressures, HENF and longevity of communities has engaged Susan V. Mayer of historic housing stock that confers no building or zoning protections). Then, as now, our neighborhood’s proximity to uptown, two major hospitals and arterial roadways was triggering drastic changes in the form of the original Independence Boulevard expansion and the replacement of the first Hawthorne Lane Bridge.

nationwide. For example, LHD might have saved the house on Park Drive across from the Rose Garden at the upper end of Independence Park that was demolished to make way for a drive aisle and parking lot for the new commercial buildings fronting Seventh Street and Pecan Avenue.

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View from a neighbor: This project is too big

by Margaret Fleeman Editor’s note: Margaret Fleeman lives on 8th Street, directly behind a parcel of land for which Durham developer Lucrum 7 is seeking a rezoning. At publication time, plans for the project were in flux and a review of the request had not begun by city staff. An official community meeting was scheduled for Sept. 7, time and place to be announced.

Look for more information on the Elizabeth Families email group from the ECA’s Land Use and Development committee. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the ECA.

Above: One of the views of the proposed development, as submitted by the developer u J ly 7. This view is from Lamar. Below: the existing structures on the site of the proposed Lucrum 7 development. Photo by Margaret Fleeman

Changes are afoot: The inevitable creeping in of out-ofscale commercial development in our beautiful, historic neighborhood.

Look at what happened in NODA and now to Central Avenue in Plaza Midwood. These examples are the harbingers of insensitive development, over-scaling buildings that diminish the sense of place and historic charm of these older neighborhoods.

important to fight for: Scale and quality of construction. We live in a historic neighborhood that is full of period architecture, structures that offer unique This is where our voices need character making our to be heard. Two key criteria are neighborhood a desirable place Is commercial development a bad thing? No. But who will set the guardrails if we, the residents of Elizabeth, don’t?

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to live. It is this quality that creates a sense of place, that is warm and inviting.

Developer Lucrum 7 has proposed what I believe is the most aggressive build-

out yet. The current proposal is an extended stay boutique hotel with efficiency units similar to an AirBnB concept that will replace the former Royal Gardens building and the adjacent house. While the proposed height is being negotiated, I feel it will set a precedent that will influence the development of the 1800 block on 7th Street and perhaps elsewhere in our neighborhood.

an MFA in cinema studies from New York University and an MBA from Harvard. ​“I just really enjoyed having that left-brain, right-brain balance,” she says.

In the new 2040 Charlotte Comprehensive Plan, 7th Street is now considered a corridor for development and is newly designated as our neighborhood center, defined as “small, walkable mixed-use areas, typically embedded within neighborhoods, that provide convenient access to goods, services, dining and residential for nearby residents.”

​Her district runs from North Graham Street to Seneca Place in the south and neighborhoods like Hidden Valley and Belmont in addition to Elizabeth, Dilworth and Plaza-Midwood.

Given the diversity, her priorities include expanding affordable housing, improving transportation options such as greenways, reducing crime and protecting the character of neighborhoods like Elizabeth.

​Anderson, who’s in her 40s, defeated two other Democrats in the May primary and faced no opposition in the July general election. She replaces fellow Democrat Larken Egleston, who lost an at-large bid in the primary.

Danté Anderson replaces Larken Egleston on City Council, representing District 1. Photo by Jim Morrill

Meet our new City Council representative, Danté Anderson

by Jim Morrill

Danté Anderson’s journey has taken her a long way from Charlotte’s public housing – to elite universities, Fortune 500 boardrooms, the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro and even an Indian I write this with the intention ashram. Now it’s taken her to the of bringing awareness to the City Council, where she’s the changes happening around us, new representative of District 1, so that we may not wake up one a sprawling district that contains day to find that the character of some of the city’s oldest neighour beloved neighborhood has borhoods, including Elizabeth. disappeared. If you agree with me, I encourage you to contact ​Anderson may be not only the our new City Council District 1 council’s most widely traveled representative ​Danté Anderson member but its best-credenat danteanderson4charlotte@ tialed. She has a dual degree gmail.com to speak out on the in electrical engineering and rezoning. cinema studies from MIT, The proposed Lucrum 7 development is not an example of small scale. The potential height is out of place for the scale of buildings around it.

​Anderson has said she’s running on a “platform of opportunity.” She’s certainly made the most of her own.

Growing up in Southside Homes off Remount Road, she attended Sedgefield Elementary and Middle Schools. She finished high school in Atlanta, where she’d moved to live with an older sister. From there it was on to MIT. After graduating, she applied to graduate schools and entertained job offers.

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and consulting firm with bluechip clients. “It’s a way you can have insight into large, complex organizations in a finite amount of time,” she says.

Sealed Air, a Charlotte-based packaging company, where she helped develop marketing strategies for the company’s global digital division. Last year she started at Cisco Systems, a While at Price, she began California-based technology her MFA at New York University, company. She helps lead Cisco’s focusing on American and Bradigital strategy as chief of staff zilian cinema (though Fellini is a for the company’s chief informafavorite director). She attended tion officer. class one day a week and took A member of the LGBT+ the rest at night after work. community, Anderson got her Anderson left Price start in politics as a volunteer Waterhouse in 2000 and worked for the 2008 Obama campaign. as a consultant in New York.

This was her first bid for elected In 2003, she entered Harvard office. Anderson calls herself “an Business School. She stayed impact person.” She’s made a in Boston with Proctor and career diving into complex situGamble, where she led global ations, diagnosing problems and management teams. finding solutions. That’s what she wants to do on City Council.

Later, at an HBS alumni function, she met a top executive “I desperately want the with Walmart. He explained the concept of achievement to challenge of leveraging data to resonate for all Charlotte resibetter connect with members. dents,” she says on her website, She was intrigued. So was he. So “regardless of what side of the she moved to Arkansas, where she city they call home, regardless of ran an international marketing their location on the economic team and helped reorganize the mobility ladder.” company’s global logistics system.

On Pecan Avenue, In 2011, Anderson left Walmart a family’s history and took an around-the-world rediscovered trip with a friend. For most of

by Mary Kilburn a year they traveled the globe on a trip that included visits Jessica Kimble and her to the Indian ashram and the husband Matt York came to base camp of Mount Everest. our neighborhood as renters of Then she returned to Charlotte, 608 Pecan Ave. They fell in love bought a house and set up her with the house and Elizabeth own consulting firm. She also and decided to purchase the returned to the corporate world. home in 2020. During the She spent five years with shutdown, Jessica, a lawyer 12

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with a keen interest in history, began exploring the attic and discovered some personal letters from members of the Ham family.

The Ham name was on some of the home’s titles that Jessica found while she was researching previous deeds to the house.

Did you know that most of the houses on Pecan Avenue were built after those on Clement and Lamar, perhaps as a Phase 2 to the original neighborhood?

Part of Jessica’s research showed that Pecan Avenue was an addon to the neighborhood for “salaried people,” according to a Charlotte Observer article in April 1921. The bungalow with the traditional large front porch along with other Pecan Avenue homes was built in 1921 or 1922 on what was originally open fields.

Before the Hams became the owners of 608 Pecan, it was originally bought by Sam and Lula Burdell in 1922 when Pecan Avenue was still a dirt road. The first members of the Ham family to own this house, in 1954, were the Burdells’ daughter, Margaret, and her husband Joseph F. Ham. The house remained in the Ham family until 2009.

But the true beauty of this story is that Jessica tracked down Joseph F. Ham, Jr. (Margaret’s son) who is now in his 80s and lives in Stanley, NC. She called him and then sent him all of the letters she had found at that point. About a year passed before

Mr. Ham got back in touch with Jessica and she invited him to visit the house. And he did. The two of them spent many hours going over more letters and other items Jessica had found.

Joseph told Jessica that because of her research, she knew more about his family than he could remember. But he did tell her about his grandmother, Lula Burdell, dying in the basement of the house tending to the furnace in 1954.

Jessica, believing this is an ongoing story, continues to look in the attic and in other areas of the house (behind base boards even!), and has discovered check books, pay stubs, grocery lists and hand-drawn maps of some of Charlotte’s streets from the 1930s. The letters and other memorabilia that Jessica found were but a glimpse into the history of 608 Pecan Ave. Who knows what type of events these old Elizabeth homes have witnessed?

Stop dropping your pooch’s poop in my compost bin

by Anjie Carpenter Recently as I was teaching my granddaughters about composting, I opened the lid of our Crown Town bin, and our breath eJ ssica Kimble and o J seph Ham and the house at 608 Pecan. Photo by was taken away by a putrid bag eK nsie Kimble of dog poop. I had to fish it out, Inset: members of the Burdell/Ham family in the late 1930s: o J seph Ham Jr. then go in to wash my hands so sits in the lap of his great grandmother Amanda Bigham, with his sister Annewe could continue our work. beside them. Standing are Margaret Burdell Ham (left) and Lula Burdell.

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Hawthorne Lane United Methodist Church recently began repairing the mortar and plaster on its sanctuary, which was built in 1915. The work, which is being done by Stone e R storation of America, is expected to be complete just before Christmas. It is the largest capital campaign in the church’s history. The church is accepting donations for t project at hlumc.org/capital-campaign. Photo by o J hn McBride 14 THE PEOPLE PAGES

Their family are homesteaders in the Asheville area, so I was sad that these precious, earth-loving little girls discovered that city people don’t really care about the earth after all. Sigh.

I truly love my neighborhood and neighbors. I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else in Charlotte.

I also have a deep love for Mother Earth and spend a lot of time recycling and reusing every conceivable thing I can – and I still don’t feel like it’s enough.

Actually, it isn’t. Ask Greta.

That being said, I am having a really difficult time NOT being REALLY ANGRY about the regular dumping of dog waste in my garbage, recycling bins and compost bins. The dog waste zeros out all of my composting and recycling efforts!

It’s also infuriating to see bags of dog poop dumped in the middle of the street and in my neighbors’ beautiful flower beds when I’m out for a walk. Basic Boundaries 101 and Human Decency 101: Don’t dump your trash in another person’s space.

On the outside chance that someone felt they were doing me a favor by adding their dog’s rich manure to my compost bin, I will share this: Dog waste in compost is a big no-no.

Bacteria, parasites and other viruses in pet manure can cause really nasty health problems.

I can’t bear the thought that the compost I relinquish to Crown Town Compost might go on

to make someone seriously ill because someone dropped pet waste into my bin when I wasn’t looking.

So forewarned is fair-warned.

If folks don’t want to do the right thing, perhaps the thought of some public shame might be of assistance. The next time the culprit offends, I will be taking their picture and posting it on public platforms. If Marcelino can post Jerry Seinfeld’s bad checks, it’s the least I can do for Elizabeth. Please take your dog poop home.

And… I love you anyway.

Mean it.

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A portion of 7th Street near Bascom was temporarily closed in mid-July after a tree fell, knocking out the power lines. Photo

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A large tree fell in the parking lot behind a R fael’s Salon and Spa at 2028/2030 E. 7th St. on u A g. 4. Part of the building and a couple of parked cars were damaged but no injuries were reported. The photo was taken behind the salon building facing toward 7th Street. Photo by Beth Haenni

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ElizaEats People’s Market: A soft opening in August marked the return of the People’s Market in the old Earl’s space on Elizabeth Avenue. The market planned to expand its hours and menu after reaching full staff.

Monster chocolate chip:

Where can you find the best chocolate chip cookie in all of North Carolina? Glad you asked.

Villani’s Bakery on Pecan is where, at least according to Yelp.

The business review and social networking site recently unveiled its list of best chocolate chip cookies in every state, and the Chantilly bakery took top honors here. Consuming an entire monster chocolate chip cookie is a feat, but sharing is caring.

It’s just not fair: Also in Chantilly, Cheat’s Cheesesteak Parlor continues to draw rave reviews and long lines next to Villani’s. It’s another concept from the folks who brought you Crunkleton and who will bring you Rosemont Market and Wine Bar at the new Elizabeth On Seventh building. Rumors are also swirling about that team taking over the former Dollar General space.

Soup for you: In the former Sandwich Max spot next to Queen’s Pharmacy, look for Menya Daruma restaurant to open in early October. The restaurant promises “freshly hand-made noodles daily.”

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