From:	Peggy celano <peggycelano@yahoo.com>
Sent:	Friday, August 04, 2017 11:45 AM
To:	Karen Edwards

 
     Colonial Durham is asking for two variances, the first of which is to build a 
four-story building with only the first floor to be occupied by commercial 
enterprises, instead of the first two floors for four-story buildings.  Or, the first 
floor of a three-story building is commercial is also acceptable.   

     To grant a variance for the four-story, first floor commercial, in my opinion, would make 
downtown Durham even more top-heavy with UNH student inhabitants than it already is. I think 
that, by granting this variance, all five criteria taken into consideration would be ignored; 
surrounding property values would decrease because of such close proximity to four-story 
buildings.  Granting this variance would be in opposition to public interest.  The townspeople of 
Durham need a center that includes their needs first, because UNH needs have crept in and have 
been satisfied at light speed, compared to those of the townspeople. 

 

Thank you for your time,
Margaret Celano
3 Pendexter Rd.
Durham, NH 

 

 
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