Up & Coming Weekly

8 UCW JANUARY 13-19, 2010 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM 4145 Ferncreek Drive • www.pilatesoffayetteville.com • 910-484-2163 Pilates & Yoga O F F A Y E T T E V I L L E FREE OPEN HOUSE - Saturday, Jan. 23 Try Pilates and Yoga FREE on Saturday Jan. 23rd at our OPEN HOUSE. There will be 9 different 30 minute classes from 9-12 noon, refreshments, discounts on clothing and class packages, and demonstrations on the Pilates equipment. See our website for more details or call 484-2163. Class sizes are limited. THE CITY O F F A Y E T TE V I LL E , NO R T H CAROLINA C A M P B E L LT O N C R O S S C REEK F CUS On Grant to Support Recreation for Injured Soldiers Fayetteville-Cumberland Parks & Recreation has received a grant that will allow them to expand a partnership with an injured soldier organization on Ft. Bragg. The recreation department received $25,000 from the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) in partnership with U.S. Paralympics, a division of the U.S. Olympic Committee. Funding will assist in purchasing a handicapped accessible mini-bus that will transport soldiers from Ft. Bragg to various facilities within the recreation realm. Fayetteville-Cumberland Parks & Recreation will match the grant and cover any remaining costs of the mini-bus. Only 12 of 126 parks and recreation agencies submitted applications for the grant program this year. Of the 12, Fayetteville-Cumberland Parks & Recreation was awarded the largest amount in the country. NRPA placed decision-making emphasis on agencies with an already-established community need for military-inclusion programming and expansion. City Council's Hopes For 2010 Mayor Tony Chavonne I hope that we can be successful in bringing more good paying jobs to the area. Kady-Ann Davy I hope we can work together as a community, so we can make priorities such as public safety better for all of us. Valencia "Val" Applewhite My hope for the new year is to have more citizens take an active role in our community. Whether it's serving in an RI¿FLDOFDSDFLW\RQD&LW\ERDUGRU commission, organizing a neighborhood FOHDQXSRUYROXQWHHULQJDWDQRQSUR¿WQRHIIRUWLVWRR small. Everyone has a responsibility to make this city the best it can be. Also, I hope people will get out of the house and experience all that Fayetteville has to offer. Wesley Meredith I hope we can work together to make our city a safer community and more business friendly to attract more businesses. Keith Bates My hope is that we have as productive 2009-2011 as we did in 2007-2009. Robert Massey I hope there's a national and state economic recovery because delivery of City services is affected E\WKDW,DOVRKRSHZHFDQ¿QG new ways to deliver cost-effective services to the citizens. D.J. Haire I hope to do as much as I can to eliminate as much red tape as possible for the citizens. I hope we can come up with better ways to speed up the response for services. I hope we continue to improve Transit and add another pool. I want us to become more aggressive with the development of our Cape Fear River to bring more economic development to the city. Bill Crisp I hope we resurrect and bring back the rental inspections program. I think we have to do that. I want to see more destruction of blighted properties. I hope we continue to work to separate residential and commercial zones. We need more of a police presence. I would like us to have a resolution for the multi-modal center. Ted Mohn I hope for a safer community with equal opportunities for all. continued next page

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