The Cape Fear Coalition needs your support!
West Bank-Riverfront Downtown Development: A Perilous Venture
Two years ago, a coalition of environmental, conservation and historic preservation advocates partnered to oppose two premature development projects on the West Bank: Battleship Point on Point Peter and Wilmington Hotel & Spa on Eagles Island. Both projects have since been tabled.
Now, the groups join forces again to advocate for the inclusion of all the western bank parcels into the Conservation place type as part of the upcoming amendments to New Hanover County's 2016 Comprehensive Plan. The coalition consists of the Alliance for Cape Fear Trees, Cape Fear Audubon, Cape Fear River Watch, Cape Fear Sierra Club, Eagles Island Central Park Task Force, Historic Wilmington Foundation, League of Women Voters of the Lower Cape Fear, NC Coastal Federation, NC Gullah Geechee Greenway Blueway Heritage Trail, and NC NAACP.
The Coalition received over 2,300 signed petitions supporting conservation rather than Residential/Commercial development of the West Bank. These petitions were forwarded to the Planning Department and Planning Board, who both serve at the pleasure of the County Commission and County Manager.
However, it is imperative that we continue to make our voices heard. PLEASE send emails to all County Commissioners (addresses below). Tell them that development of the West Bank is a Flooding Fact that focuses direct attention on the County Commission's overwhelming fiduciary duty to protect health, financial stability and the collective welfare in the face of our accelerating, unidirectional, coastal calamity.
B. Rivenbark
brivenbark@nhcgov.com
LeAnn Pierce
jpierce@nhcgov.com
Jonathan Barfield, Jr.
jbarfield@nhcgov.com
Dane Scalise
dscalise@nhcgov.com
Rob Zapple
rzapple@nchgov.com
Thank you for speaking out for our environment!
The Cape Fear Coalition Needs Your Support!!
Cape Fear Sierra Club
For more than 50 years, the North Carolina Chapter and the Cape Fear Sierra Club has helped to protect natural areas, ensure clean air and water, promote clean energy solutions, and more on behalf of all our state's people. We are a grassroots organization
Our current focus areas include:
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Climate change, including coastal adaptation and more clean energy use and access as a way to mitigate its impact
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Pollution in our air, land and water, whether in heavily populated areas, rural communities or our natural areas
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Public lands, where we seek to safeguard rare and endangered species, protect recreational and biologically sensitive areas from extraction, and assure that all our state's residents and visitors have safe access
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Equity, inclusion and justice for North Carolinians of color and other underserved peoples, who are most affected by environmental degradation and natural disasters
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NC's Carbon Plan, which is intended to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generation
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We're keeping an eye on the N.C. Utilities Commission and Duke Energy as they work on the Carbon Plan's 2024 update.
The Cape Fear Sierra Club includes the follow counties:
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New Hanover
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Brunswick
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Pender
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Columbus
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Braden
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Robeson
