Morrisville Town Center Plan - 2007

Appendix 7

x Do not put everything across the tracks! So people traveling through can see a town and get a good feeling to want to stop and eat and shop and maybe want to live here. Not so now. x Work with business owners and property owners to be a team instead of the less than receptive reputation Inspections has now. Thanks! x A roundabout could be considered to help ease traffic – like NC State has done on campus and is considered for Hillsborough Street. x Gerald’s old store site (NW corner Aviation/NC 54) – New store should ideally have General Store front for aesthetic value. x For improved access Sunset Ave should be connected back to Aviation Parkway with small retail offices approved for Cotton and Sunset area. x I would like to see small shops and offices like row townhouses – small historic town feel recreated. Not over the rail tracks but where people go through in the Cotton/Sunset/Fairview area behind Gerald’s old store while it can still be done. Around the pond area would be a nice town square park area. Comments about picture 1 (2-storey detached). x Too new looking x Artificial look, doesn’t seem like an original part of an historic area. x Town core Comments about picture 2 (1-storey detached). x Like the casual look

x Like how #2 fits in with existing structures Comments about picture 3 (2-storey attached.) x Looks too much like Durham. Morrisville should be unique in the area. x Too industrial

x Near railroad area x Too “Big Town”

Description of alternate commercial district for Morrisville’s town center. x More like old downtown Cary, Fuquay-Varina, Holly Springs. Individual structures that are not all alike, but have some character. Example you should look at Biltmore Village – old homes became small shops and retail, very charming x Combo of brick/columns/wrought-iron. Mix between pictures #1 and #3. x Something like you would see in a small town, not ugly paint like #2, not as big as #1, not cold as #3, but like some downtowns you’d see in Sylva, NC or other mountain towns. x It could be a mix of all three. #3 closest to downtown, #1 next and #2 transitioning to single-family housing. x The town should not spend any money on creating a downtown until some of the serious traffic problems are resolved. x Need old-fashioned ice cream parlor x More mature trees preferred x Extended parking

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January 2007