Hospital Closing - Park Advocates Re-energized

In the wake of the recent announcement that most of the patients at Dorothea Dix Hospital will be move to other facilities by the end of 2010, park advocates have renewed their efforts to have the property declared as a "Park District".

2010-08-25
With the announcement that most of the Dorothea Dix Hospital services will be transferred to other facilities by the end of the year, some advocates are renewing their push for a park on the 306 acres at the campus.
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Renewed Effort For Park On Dix Campus

2010-08-25
RALEIGH -- The Department of Health and Human Services is beginning to downsize the use of Dorthea Dix Hospital in Raleigh.
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Mayor wants Dix land turned into Raleigh's Central Park

2010-08-31
The Downtown Raleigh Alliance has weighed in with Gov. Bev Perdue and other state officials on the idea of transforming the Dorothea Dix property into an urban park.
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Downtown alliance pushes park on Dix land

2010-08-26
RALEIGH -- A group of North Carolina business and political leaders are resurrecting their efforts to have the state's 306-acre Dorothea Dix property turned into a large urban park.
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Efforts to turn Dorothea Dix property into park resurrected

2010-08-24
RALEIGH, N.C. - The state Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday that it would move most operations from Dorothea Dix Hospital to other facilities by the end of the year to save money.
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DHHS to move most operations from Dix Hospital