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Now online: www.upandcomingweekly.com Call 484-6200 Fayetteville OutFront Community Meeting March 8 The next Fayetteville OutFront Community Meeting will be held Wednesday, March 8 at 6 p.m. in the Northwood Temple Church, located in northern Fayetteville at 4250 Ramsey Street. Residents will have the opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback about City services to the City's senior management team, including City Manager Ted Voorhees. These community meetings are held every other month in a different area of the city. To read more about the City of Fayetteville, visit us at www.FayettevilleNC.gov. FayTV7 Now Streaming On City's Website The City of Fayetteville's government access channel,FayTV7, is now streaming live on the City's website at www.FayettevilleNC.gov. To access FayTV7's live streaming, click on the FayTV7 link to the left of the homepage and then select the stream FayTV7 link at the middle of the FayTV7 page. "We are excited to bring content for FayTV7 to residents so they can watch from the comfort of their own home or smartphone," said Sherri Kropp, FayTV7 TV Production Specialist. "The streaming access adds another option for residents to watch FayTV7 whether it is on your TV at home or your phone when you are on the go." FayTV7 features live and archived City Council meetings and original programming, including Fayetteville in 5, Fayetteville in Focus, Your PWC Connections and other interesting and informative government TV shows. To directly link to FayTV7's online live stream, scan the QR code to the right. SCOTT SHUFORD, Planning & Code Enforcement Director, Contribu ng Writer. 433 Hay Street Fayetteville, NC 28301-5537 www.FayettevilleNC.gov (910) 433-1FAY (1329) /cityoffayettevillegovernment Insta Join Team Fayetteville! Follow Your City on: Engaging You About Your City Government Engaging You About Your City Government Parks & Recreation Bond Referendum March 15 The City of Fayetteville has a vision for our future. . . a vision of a community on the move. A citywide bond proposal is on the ballot to enable us to build outstanding new facilities to provide City residents with affordable, close-to-home options for recreation, sports and entertainment. For more go to www.FayettevilleNC.gov/ParksBond. Planned Development Continues To Progress In City by SCOTT SHUFORD There are concerns about the inability of our region to gain economic development traction despite a multitude of opportunities. People say that we want to attract and develop new business, yet the City's customer service is lacking, and corporations are reluctant to do business in the City. In Fayetteville, I'm afraid that these words reflect oft-repeated anecdotes, not reality. We continue to hear that stronger local development regulations automatically inhibit economic development, but the reverse is actually proving to be the case. Over 200 large projects and major subdivisions have been approved the City since the adoption of Fayetteville's Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). These projects include: • BJ's Wholesale Club • Sykes Call Center • The VA Health Care Center • Fred Anderson Nissan • Fayetteville Commons (the Burlington Coat Factory/Academy Sports development next to Home Depot on Skibo Road) • The "District" at Cross Creek Mall • The Airport-area Super-Walmart • Five Walmart neighborhood markets • The Marketfair Mall renovation The Sykes Call Center on Raeford Road was North Carolina's largest economic development project in the quarter in which it was announced. Despite its complexity and scale, this project was approved quickly without the need for variances. In fact, from a high of 58 variances in 2008 under the old code, there have been a total of only nine variances since 2013. Glensford Road and Ramsey Street are being totally transformed by new development. A new Harris Teeter is coming to Ramsey Street. Other corridors are growing as well. Even the most casual observer can see that every one of these new development projects reflects a higher quality than projects approved under prior regulations. Project-by-project, we are creating a more attractive and better-functioning city. It is a proven fact that quality of life drives most economic development today. Our higher standards contribute significantly to that quality of life. Good development begets more good development. That is the reality of today's economy and I am proud to say it is happening right here in Fayetteville along every corridor in the City.