Dorothea Dix campus Petition Reaches 2,500 Signatures in Two Weeks
Posted: 04-10-2007 : RALEIGH, N.C.

RALEIGH, N.C. – The online petition in support of creating a world-class destination park on Dorothea Dix campus has received over 2,500 signatures in just two weeks since it launched.

“We are excited about the increasing success of the DIX306 online petition,” said Jay Spain, president of Friends of Dorothea Dix Park. “The members of DIX306 are truly the foot-soldiers for this movement. Preserving the 306 acres on Dix Campus for a world-class destination park is a mission that they have embraced and put into action.”

“The response from across the state has been overwhelming. North Carolinians have shown again and again that preserving our natural resources is important to them,” said Bill Padgett, an organizer of DIX306. “We have saved our lighthouses and preserved thousands of acres in the mountains. Dix306 is working to see the same kind of vision brought to bear for the central part of our state.”

The petition is accessible through the DIX306 Web site, www.dix306.org, as well as the Friends of Dorothea Dix Park site, www.dixpark.org.

Recent developments in the campaign to preserve Dix Park include:

· March 29 – Raleigh’s own Clay Aiken signs the DIX306 online petition and generates more attention for the movement

· March 23 – Campaign volunteers work to keep up with increased demand for DIX306 yard signs

· March 23 – Wake County Mayor’s Association unanimously votes to support the park plan endorsed by Friends of Dorothea Dix Park

Please contact Mary Kaitland at (919) 277-1160 or by email at prinfo@fwv-us.com for more information or to schedule an interview with Jay Spain, president of Friends of Dorothea Dix Park.

Friends of Dorothea Dix Park (FDDP), founded in 2004, is a 501(c)3 organization made up of thousands of individuals and more than 30 member organizations whose mission is to preserve the Dorothea Dix Campus as a world-class destination park. FDDP is dedicated to educating people across North Carolina about the value of preserving the land as a destination park and why it is the right thing to do for our children, our economic stability and our overall quality of life. For more information about FDDP, its people, plans and vision, please visit www.dixpark.org.