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BOOK IT: Backpack program encourages students to read. 1B

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FIREFIGHTERS CHARGED: Volunteers may have set building ablaze. 3A

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BRAND CONFUSION: Chevy owner puts driver in Toyota. 1C

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Retail managers employ efforts to drive more traffic to stores

Jasmine Jones was hired as a resident director in the Office of Student Life at High Point University. Jones will be responsible for York Hall and the Sixth Street Apartments, where she will supervise resident assistants, keep up with maintenance, and work with the students who reside in her buildings.

BY PAM HAYNES ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

HIGH POINT – The owners of Oak Hollow Mall remain tight-lipped about details regarding the sale of the mall, but managers at its anchor stores say they’re employing some grassroots efforts to keep the mall relevant in High Point. Sears store manager John Capes said that he and managers of Belk, Dillard’s, JC Penney and the Sears call center meet regularly and view changes at the mall as a “positive opportunity.” “We’ve met on our own time and talked about what’s possible and what could happen here,” Capes said. “This is still a great property, and there’s a lot of good coming. We need to support that.” When it comes to Capes’ efforts, he recently approached several fast-food chains about building a restaurant on part of the Sears parking lot to bring additional revenue and traffic. Unlike the rest of the mall, the Sears and Dillard’s stores are not owned by

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John Capes, general manager at Sears at Oak Hollow Mall, proposes selling a portion of the store’s parking lot for another tenant along with other measures to boost traffic at the mall. Chattanooga-based CBL & Associates Properties Inc. He hasn’t been successful in recruiting a restaurant to build on the property yet, but he says he’s in conversation with real estate experts about types of businesses that could thrive on the property. “I don’t think there’s anyone who doesn’t want this mall to be a success,” he said. “It’s just about getting everyone on the

same page of music. We’re getting to the point where we can start asking ourselves, ‘What can we do now?’ ” Jason Scott, store manager at Belk, said he holds special events at the store to drive traffic and stays active in the community. “We’re happy here,” Scott said. “Two cosmetic brands have held events in our store when they normally wouldn’t come to a city

our size. We’re doing some partnering to bring events that cities like High Point wouldn’t usually get.” Scott said Belk is also involved in fundraising efforts with the United Way of Greater High Point and Big Brother Big Sister because “we believe in giving back.” Giving back to the city in terms of tax dollars also is an important part of the mall, Capes said. “We want to keep High

Point dollars in High Point,” he said. “If you’re a big enough store like us, you have a responsibility to keep things running as best you can. It drives me nuts when people can’t see the potential we have here.” According to the High Point Economic Development Corp.’s 2009 annual report, the mall was the city’s sixth largest taxpayer last year.

FATAL WRECK: Alcohol may be factor in crash. 1B OBITUARIES

---- Bobby Barham, 76 B. Bodenhamer, 95 Shelby Chisom, 17 Frankie Chrisco, 53 Arletia Cox, 78 Thomas Freeman, 33 Patricia Garrison Lena Hall, 80 Shirley Hughes, 75 Frances Kearns, 81 David Long, 42 Steve Tuttle, 63 Dolan Ward, 85 Obituaries, 2-3B

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Clara Cox project clears funding hurdle BY PAT KIMBROUGH ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

HIGH POINT – After years of disappointment, a major proposed affordable housing project in southeast High Point is a step closer to getting off the ground. The High Point Housing Au-

thority and Crosland LLC, a Charlotte company serving as the developer for the redevelopment of the Clara Cox Homes apartment site, announced Tuesday that a funding mechanism for the project has been lined up. Financing for the $20.5 million project closed on July 30 follow-

ing confirmation of Red Stone Equity Partners LLC as the primary tax credit investor. Other funding sources include the authority, which is serving as a lender for the project, the N.C. Housing Finance Agency, which has put up state tax credit loans, and construction lender

Churchill Mortgage Investment LLC. “We are excited about this property getting off the ground, as we’ve been through a lot of ups and downs,” said Bob Davis, chairman of the authority’s

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Drought-proofing the Triad. 1B BY PAUL B. JOHNSON ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER

RANDLEMAN – Sometime this month, a spurt of water should make history as it emerges into a glass from a tap in the Triad. The water would be the first to quench the thirst of a customer through the Randleman Regional Reservoir, a lake and water source more than 70 years in the making. The Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority should be able to start pumping water from the lake by the end of this month, depending on state regulatory approval. Members of the authority board of directors received an update on the last segments of work taking place on the treatment plant and pumping stations during their meeting Tuesday at the facility near Randleman. Contractors and staff for the authority are testing 3 million gallons of water daily, said authority Ex-

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This is the main building of the treatment facility that will contain the filtration rooms, chemical storage and other facilities to purify the water. Offices will also be located here. ecutive Director John Kime. The water has been pumped through 48-inch lines and into a pair of 3million-gallon holding wells. Kime said Tuesday the authority doesn’t have a firm date for starting the flow of water to customers in Randolph County and five municipalities in Randolph and Guilford counties. But if state regulators sign off, the taps could turn on for customers by the end of August.

“There are so many moving parts in this,” Kime said as members of the authority toured a lower level of the treatment plant, a building complex visible to motorists traveling along U.S. 220 near the Level Cross exit in Randolph County. State regulators won’t sign off until everything in the facility is completed, tested and working properly and intricate water tests show that the water meets drinking quality standards.

Randleman Lake has been decades in the making to become a drinking source for five cities and Randolph County. The construction of the dam and filling of the lake are complete. The Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority is finishing a $60 million to $70 million water treatment and pumping plant to provide water to the county and High Point, Greensboro, Jamestown, Archdale and Randleman. When at full capacity, the plant could provide 12 million gallons of drinking water daily. The first drinking water could begin flowing from the plant this month. The lake opened to fishing and recreation March 1. When at full capacity, the Randleman Regional Reservoir facility could provide up to 12 million gallons of drinking water daily.

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