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PROJECT PROVE IT

PROJECT PROVE IT

Closed — 28 supporters Verified

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Betty L.
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Lee T.
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Martha S.
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Jean J.
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Billy M.
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Kathryn H.
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Larry J.
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Eddie W.
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Warren C.
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Wally A.
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Started by Anonymous 18 years, 6 months ago
THIS PETITION IS TO SAVE THE OLD NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY IN DOWNTOWN DUNN WITH NO TAX INCREASE You must be a registered voter to sign!!!! The city is threatening to destroy a historically significant building. The old National Guard armory in downtown Dunn was were many local soldiers got their start. It was later used as the gym for local schools and later, a recreation center. Petion to grant to Harnett Historical Association (HHA) stewardship or proprietership. HHA will preserve and revatalize it into a conference and expo center. There will be a section dedicated to Dunn High School Alumnus and to REMEMBER the SACRIFICES AND COMMITMENT of our LOCAL members of the armed forces. This will be better for the environment with less waste into the landfills. Downtown STORES will also benefit by the INCREASED PEDESTRIAN traffic during events. CITIZENS of Dunn will benefit by NO TAX INCREASE and a LOCAL VENUE for events and shows.

Updates

February 27, 2008

I was looking at the old armory bricks today and honestly it just seems like such a waste to tear them down when they have held up for this long. People keep sending me photos of their grandparents inside the building back when it was a gym and it really makes me wonder how the city could just ignore all those memories sitting right there in the middle of town.

3 Comments

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Mike Bell
18 years ago Featured

why waste money tearing down a solid building when it could be something useful again. makes no sense.

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Linda Knight
18 years ago Featured

PLEASE!! We need a place for events closer to home. This building has so many memories for this town. DONT TEAR IT DOWN!!!

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Gary Lin
18 years ago Featured

My dad trained there back in the day. Too much history to just bulldoze it for no reason. Save the armory.