From:	Michael Behrendt
Sent:	Thursday, February 11, 2016 10:31 AM
Subject:	Mill Plaza - email from Phyllis Heilbronner

To the Planning Board,
Please see the note from Phyllis Heilbronner below.

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


From: h.heilbronner []  
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2016 10:26 AM 
To: Michael Behrendt 
Subject: #152 on P.19

In reading your report,  #152 on P. 19, you mention the proposed addition right on Mill 
Rd. I forgot in my comments at the public hearing to refer to my concern about building 
out to Mill Rd. My understanding is that The Works might be taken over by a Hannaford 
renovation, bringing the the building out to the street. If I’m understanding it, that would 
result in eliminating the beautiful little park with picnic benches, two glorious Flowering 
Crab trees and three healthy larger trees creating a very nice buffer from Main Street 
and also adding oxygen to offset the increasing carbon monoxide from increased traffic 
on Mill Rd. I think this would be devastating from the present appeal of that spot for the 
use of students and townspeople and a rare spot of beauty and shade in the plaza. It’s 
also a real landscaping gem and it would be beyond unfortunate to have those trees 
sacrificed to the commercial “bottom line”. 
    I feel very strongly about making what I think is a wide-spread appeal to keep that 
small area of beauty and environmental support intact and it would be devastating to 
see those trees cut down. It’s an area already used so much with such obvious benefit. 
Would you please pass this on to the Planning Board? Thanks so much. Phyllis 
Heilbronner, 52 Mill Pond Rd.