Dix, streets and leaves
Published: Fri, Jul. 20, 2007 12:00AM
Modified Fri, Jul. 20, 2007 02:44AM
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closeAside from the contribution to our common humanity from the proposed Dix Park's marvelous 300 acres so close to Raleigh's center, there is a considerable contribution to the cooling of the city (and a reduction in cost to businesses).
A well-planned park, in conjunction with future, tree-lined boulevards would have a most positive effect on the cooling of uptown buildings, on oxygen levels and on health in general. Whatever imagined loss of revenue from rentable and taxable space results from the creation of wider boulevards can be readily replaced by building vertically.
One can raise arguments against trees, based on the fact that leaves have to be removed; however, leaves can be used effectively in mulch and in farmland soils where the nutrients of organic material have been depleted. Budget requirements necessary to pay leaf handlers can only be a positive thing: we are putting somebody to work who probably needs the work. Welfare rolls are diminished; and we have a new taxpayer!
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C. Philip Gamble
Clayton
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