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Residents praise High Point University withdrawal from Greenway proposal; council clarifies presentation was informational
Summary
Public commenters thanked High Point University for withdrawing a proposal affecting the city's Greenway and urged earlier community engagement; council members said the item heard earlier was a presentation, not a finalized proposal.
Several residents used the council's public comment period to press for community involvement after a recent High Point University presentation about a possible change to the Greenway, and they thanked university leadership for withdrawing the relocation idea.
Sam Lasine told council he had discussed the matter with the university and praised its response: “His acknowledgment that the university had made a mistake took courage and showed leadership,” Lasine said, thanking the university and its president for committing not to propose changes that would “limit, relocate, close, or…
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