Downtown Boone Development Association

Parking Charrette and Time‐Limited Parking Task Force in Review

The Town of Boone has facilitated a parking charrette that, included many stakeholders interested in downtown parking, and the recommendations have been presented. “One of the recommendations is the formation of a time limited task force to develop priorities and to make recommendations to the Council in regard to the parking issues that were submitted at the parking charrette.” The suggested time frame for the task force is four‐months. “The group will consist of twelve‐members with one representative from the following agencies and/or groups: Boone Planning Commission, DBDA, Watauga County, TDA, ASU administration/parking, ASU student, Town Council, downtown property owner, downtown merchant, McLaurin Parking Company, Chamber of Commerce, and one at large member. We will be bringing you updates on the parking task force each much in our DBDA Newsletter.*Information provided by the Town of Boone.

A Little Bit About the DBDA

A little bit about the Downtown Boone Development Association (DBDA): The mission statement of the DBDA was adopted in 1995. This mission statement includes: promotion of the historic preservation; take remedial actions to eliminate the physical, economic and social deterioration of downtown Boone; to disseminate information of and promote interest in the preservation, history, culture, architecture and public use of downtown Boone; to hold meetings, seminars and other activities for the instruction of members and public in the areas of design, economic restructuring, and planning management to foster understanding and appreciation of downtown Boone’s history, culture and architecture; to aid, work and participate in the activities of other organizations, and individuals engaged in similar purpose. Our membership contains four types: property owners; business owners/operators; sponsoring and art crawl members.

REMINDER:

Please attend our monthly membership meeting the first Thursday of every month at 9 am in the conference room of the Watauga Library.

A Piece of Wayne Trapp

A sculpture named Sky Walk, created by Wayne Trapp, was donated to Downtown Boone via the DBDA, in honor of Joni & Peter Petscham for their many contributions to artists and the arts in our community. We would like to send a BIG thank to WayneTrapp and Joni & Peter Petscham for their very generous donation to our downtown! This piece is currently located at WataugaCounty Public Library. If you have not had a chance to see this piece, please stop by and check it out! To learn more about the artist Wayne Trapp please visit him on facebook at Wayne Trapp, Artist.

Coming Next Month

We are looking for downtown businesses that have something to share. Please email me at boone@goboone.net your upcoming events and specials to be posted in our monthly newsletter!

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