2. Can ownership of the system remain the citizens of Bayview, and have members of the community trained on how to run and maintain it?

3. Has Northampton county now taken ownership of the Bayview water & sewer system, if so, they should run and maintain it using funds collected from the entire county. The county has turned its back on Bayview since the beginning of time, can’t members of the entire county pay an extra few pennies each in order to provide Bayview with these basic human services?

4. How is the rest of Bayview progressing? Is their agricultural cooperative market producing enough harvest to have a promotional sale each year to cover the cost of water & sewer? If word can spread, I’m sure people along the entire east coast will bay more than market value to support this annual crop.

5. Are their any “deep pocket” samaritans willing to set up a trust for Bayview Water & Sewer?

This community has empowered themselves, against all odds, and it will be a shame if the original members are forced out anyway because they can’t afford clean water & sewer – which was part of the original problem.

I’m a student at NC State studying Architecture in the Public Interest, and I read the article by Maurice Cox published in Bryan Bell’s book Good Deeds, Good Design. I was curious as to how Bayview is doing now, which led me to Ms. Davis article above. Please provide me with contact information with Ms. Coles if possible (or give her my contact information – the Bayview Citizens for Social Justice website did not seem to be operational). I’m not sure I can do anything to help, but I will present the situation to my class for
discussions/thoughts/solutions.

Stu Morecraft
smorecr@ncsu.edu
919-598-3769

(Lots of good questions here — is there a knowledgable reader who can provide some answers? This story appeared last July, and the reporter is no longer writing for the WAVE. Anyone with information may post it here, or send it directly to Mr. Morecraft at his email address above. -EDITOR)