2018 Year in Review

Fact-checking. Questioning. Communicating.

2018 has been a great year!
We have had a busy year getting our non-profit off the ground and continuing to engage, educate, advocate and activate citizens. We would like to thank you for your support and all your hard work. Take a look below to see what we’ve accomplished together.

Beaty Property: SAVED!
Shed light on truth, lead discussion and planning for park promised since 1985.

Oracle Accounting Software Grant
Save Davidson was granted accounting software by Oracle worth more than $30,000. Set-up and training took 14 weeks, the package has been implemented and is fully operational!

Solid Waste Fees Refunded:
Listened to citizens regarding erroneous fees being charged to low-income citizens under prior administrations. Discovered errors. Facilitated tax refunds to citizens affected.

Hotel on Griffith:

Financially supported lawsuit against Town on approved hotel that would encroach on k-8 school and historic African-American neighborhood by infusing $500 donation + supported plaintiff-run yard sale and fundraising.

Town Staff:
Researched and provided Town officialswith  staff bench-marking. Data compared Davidson with similar, surrounding and
nearby towns.

Tree ordinance:
Discussed with state level official and citizens working on revising existing tree ordinances.

I.B. School:
Successfully lobbied against bond referendum that would have added $16 Million to Town’s debt without plan.

Watershed:
Town Staff proposed convoluted and complex revisions to watershed ordinances. Save Davidson coordinated research and shared information with officials.

Potts Project:
Provided forum on Save Davidson Facebook for hours of sharing and discussing status, plans, statistics, analysis of regulations and ordinances.

Events:
Hosted 4 Happy Hours, 4 Morning coffees, and a S.H.I.N.E. event to share + discuss topics of public interest.

Social Media, Emails, Web site:
Provide citizen forum for over 2,000 to fact-check, question, discuss, communicate and analyze. Facebook Live Town Hall meetings to keep citizens informed, engaged, and connected. Provide regular email updates and summaries of percolating issues in Town through email and blog.

2019 is going to be an important year; there are many ongoing Town matters citizens will want to be educated on plus it’ll be an election year. Save Davidson will be here to follow it all and help keep citizens informed—we are in this together! If you appreciate the work Save Davidson has done and is continuing to do, please consider continuing to support us through a donation or a committed a number of volunteer hours in 2019 in your area of interest.