Story Park and the downtown library.
This week New Hanover County commissioners unanimously approved moving forward with Project Grace, after making a few minor tweaks. Those changes left in place the financing structure, which includes $24 million in additional costs to taxpayers in order to ensure the participation of private development.
Several of the last minute changes to the Memorandum of Understanding, or MOU, between Zimmer Development Company and the county addressed concerns voiced earlier this month by the advisory boards for the Cape Fear Museum and the New Hanover County Public Library.
These concerns included 8,000 square feet of shared space, which had been identified in a needs study but left out of the original MOU. The space has been restored to the project at no additional cost.
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Many of the region’s problems don’t stop at the boundaries between the City of Wilmington and New Hanover County. At a recent joint meeting, elected officials found common ground but also some tensions on challenging issues affecting both governments.
The meeting, initially slated to run 90 minutes, went nearly twice as long and no wonder, as City Council members and commissioners had a slew of topics to tackle.
“The first one is the needs of the unsheltered homeless population… I want to talk about broadband… the digital divide… we need to focus on jobs .we have a serious poverty issue .so the next thing would be workforce and supportive housing … I’d like to put the WAVE issue in context of what we’ve already talked about today … as you know we’re moving forward with Project Grace.”
New Hanover County Commissioners Sworn In During Dec. 7th Ceremony New Hanover County Commissioners Sworn In During Dec. 7th Ceremony Featured
By WILLARD KILLOUGH III
Managing Editor
NEW HANOVER CTY - The New Hanover County Board of Commissioners held a swearing in ceremony on Monday December 7th. Incumbent County Commissioner Jonathan Barfield, Jr. and newly-elected Commissioners Deb Hays and Bill Rivenbark took the oath of office.
Commissioner Barfield is entering his fourth term on the Board of Commissioners. He s severed since 2008. Commissioners Hays and Rivenbark will be serving their first terms on the board. All three will serve four-year terms and join Commissioners Julia Olson-Boseman and Rob Zapple on the board.
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