From:	Michael Behrendt
Sent:	Tuesday, February 09, 2016 1:16 PM
Subject:	Mill Plaza - email from D. Baldwin

To the Planning Board,
Please see the email below from A. Dwight Baldwin.

Michael Behrendt
Durham Town Planner
Town of Durham
8 Newmarket Road
Durham, NH  03824
(603) 868-8064
www.ci.durham.nh.us



From:  []  
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2016 1:11 PM 
To: Michael Behrendt 
Cc: Erin Hardie Hale 
Subject: Mill Plaza Public Planning

February 9, 2016 
 
Dear Mr. Behrendt: 
 
I shall be unable to be at the meeting of the Planning Board on February 10th when the 
Board meets to discuss the redevelopment of Mill Plaza as I shall be in Ohio.  Thus I 
would like to add my voice in writing to the many who have expressed their desire to 
make the Plaza Durham's carefully planned "town center" where people live, do 
business and informally gather to talk.  A golden opportunity will be lost if the plan 
submitted by Colonial Durham Associates does not include the concept of a "village 
center" with its implied "quality-of-life" design. 
 
I also am concerned to learn of the significant reduction in parking spaces for the use by 
town residents while conducting business in the Plaza.   Although I understand the 
economic advantage of providing ample parking for students renting apartments within 
the new development, wouldn't be better to have limited student parking thereby 
encouraging students to leave their cars at home?  Reducing the size of the parking 
area for student cars should make it possible to have more green space and walking 
paths and, at the same time, provide enough parking for those wishing to do business in 
the commercial space. 
 
In closing, it looks to me as if the current plans have been drawn with little thought and 
concern given to implementing few if any of the ideas that were presented in the 2008 
Mill Plaza Study.  It is my hope that you will insist that the developer/owner of Mill Plaza 
incorporates into the plans those design features that will make the Plaza Durham's 
vibrant village center.  In so doing, you will not only be making it an exciting and 
invigorating place to live, gather and do business, but will also insure the economic 
success of the venture. 
 
Thank you for considering by request! 
 
Respectively, 
 
A.Dwight Baldwin, Jr. 
6 Fairchild Drive 
 
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