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March 30, 2005

Bracing for victory

A
s everybody knows, UNC is in the Final Four! Here's the notice that the town sent to the businesses in the Central Business District, a/k/a "Franklin Street," the traditional site of revelry. Note that merchants of paint are kindly asked to restrict the sale of Carolina blue paint.

NCAA Final Four Notification 2005

March 29, 2005

Plans are underway for this weekend’s NCAA basketball games and the street celebrations following UNC victories. The Town of Chapel Hill has plans to provide for the safety of revelers and for the protection of property. There are several ways that you can help make the event safer and more controlled.

Streets will close by the end of the games Saturday April 2nd and (if needed) Monday April 4th. The closed area will be Franklin Street from Raleigh Street to Church Street; and Columbia Street from Cameron Avenue to Rosemary Street. No vehicular traffic will be allowed in the closed area. Access to the residential areas immediately around the Central Business District will be restricted to residents.

The following information is of special importance to merchants and property owners in the central business district for both games.

-- Parking meters on the 100 block of East Franklin Street, all of Henderson Street and North Columbia Street will be bagged for No Parking starting at 3:30 P.M.

-- Vehicles parked on the 100 block of East Franklin Street, Henderson Street and North Columbia Street after 5:00 P.M. will be subject to ticketing and towing.

-- If your establishment sells paint, please restrict sale of CAROLINA blue paint for the next week.

-- Discourage employees and customers, from parking in North Alley and South Alley. When the streets close, vehicles parked in these alleys will not have access to the street until early morning hours following the games.

-- No alcoholic beverages will be allowed in the closed area.

-- If your establishment sells alcohol, please restrict all servings to paper or plastic cups and all bulk sales should be in cans so that glass can be kept out of the area.

-- If your establishment has an awning or any removable signs, we recommend removing or securing them in order to keep them from being damaged.

-- If possible, ensure that interior and exterior rooftop doors are secure to keep people off the roof.

-- Many businesses keep extra staff on the premises during celebrations to prevent or report problems. Make sure that the Orange County Communications Center (919) 933-2600 has an up-to-date emergency call back number.

If you have questions contact Officer Phil Smith at The Chapel Hill Police Department (919) 968-2760 Extension 134 or by e-mail at psmith@townofchapelhill.org

Posted by Eric at March 30, 2005 7:37 AM

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Comments

If paint is outlawed, only outlaws will have paint.

Posted by: arthur at March 30, 2005 10:33 AM

I'm trying to think of anyone in that stretch that sells paint...

Posted by: Rob at March 30, 2005 1:34 PM

Yeah I noticed that too. It wasn't too long ago, though, that there were two hardware stores on Franklin St. The news story says the call to discourage the paint sales was put out more widely than just the central business district.

Posted by: Sally at March 30, 2005 5:05 PM

Knight-Campbell (which isn't Knight-Campbell anymore), the Art Supply Store, Kerr Drugs (used to sell HW like stuff) and Ben & Jerry's (their blue ice cream stains like...).

Posted by: WillR at March 30, 2005 9:08 PM