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I am moving in from out of state with my family soon. We are looking at some neighborhoods off of Mineral Springs in the new high school zone. My question is, is this area planned to be developed due to the new schools going in? My concern is that this area will be come over crowded like other parts of Lexington. Anyone know of the development plans?
I am moving in from out of state with my family soon. We are looking at some neighborhoods off of Mineral Springs in the new high school zone. My question is, is this area planned to be developed due to the new schools going in? My concern is that this area will be come over crowded like other parts of Lexington. Anyone know of the development plans?
Thanks in advance.
Zoning in Lexington County is relatively weak so you should keep that in mind. I'd say the answer to your question is Yes, but I wouldn't consider Lexington to be "overcrowded".
I live close to there and don't consider the area to be at all overcrowded. I think a lot of it has to do with your perspective and experience. I moved here from Atlanta and this area seems wide open. I imagine some folks that have lived here all their lives might consider it congested but I see it still has lots of room to grow.
I think it is wonderful as well. My concern is that once schools come in, more development follows and lately it seems as though home builders just try to cram as many houses as they can onto an acre of land. Just curious if anyone knows if the Corley Mill area is the next area for development.
I'm 1200 miles away, but I have family pretty close to the lake and I used to drive Corley Mill frequently. Out here in Austin, quite a number of planned new school builds have been put on hold since the snafu of '08. It's a bit of the chicken and egg question as to the development of schools BEFORE homes or vice versa. Will these new schools alleviate current overcrowding or are they being built in anticipation of NEW development? Has the schedule changed? While new development has recovered in many areas, I don't expect it to go 'gangbusters' like 2000-2006 any time soon.
IMO, Corley Mill Rd would need some serious upgrading to sustain any significant increase in traffic as a result of new development. That was a fun/dangerous/too fast stretch of road FORTY years ago...can't imagine what it drives like nowadays.
I'm 1200 miles away, but I have family pretty close to the lake and I used to drive Corley Mill frequently. Out here in Austin, quite a number of planned new school builds have been put on hold since the snafu of '08. It's a bit of the chicken and egg question as to the development of schools BEFORE homes or vice versa. Will these new schools alleviate current overcrowding or are they being built in anticipation of NEW development? Has the schedule changed? While new development has recovered in many areas, I don't expect it to go 'gangbusters' like 2000-2006 any time soon.
IMO, Corley Mill Rd would need some serious upgrading to sustain any significant increase in traffic as a result of new development. That was a fun/dangerous/too fast stretch of road FORTY years ago...can't imagine what it drives like nowadays.
The new schools were needed. Lexington Middle and Pleasant Hill Middle both had around 1000 students and the opening of Meadow Glen Middle this year on that side of town put every middle school somewhere between 600-800, which is a lot better for that grade range.
River Bluff HS that opens next year is needed as well. Lexington HS has around 3300 students. That's too big, the opening will drop Lex HS back to around the 1800 range.
The new schools were needed. Lexington Middle and Pleasant Hill Middle both had around 1000 students and the opening of Meadow Glen Middle this year on that side of town put every middle school somewhere between 600-800, which is a lot better for that grade range.
River Bluff HS that opens next year is needed as well. Lexington HS has around 3300 students. That's too big, the opening will drop Lex HS back to around the 1800 range.
The new schools were needed. Lexington Middle and Pleasant Hill Middle both had around 1000 students and the opening of Meadow Glen Middle this year on that side of town put every middle school somewhere between 600-800, which is a lot better for that grade range.
River Bluff HS that opens next year is needed as well. Lexington HS has around 3300 students. That's too big, the opening will drop Lex HS back to around the 1800 range.
Wow...3300 at one school! Is River Bluff located to take care of students from the surrounding area or was it built in anticipation of growth closer to it? Sometimes, it's just a matter of 'catch up'. For example, the driveway for a new ES that opened this fall is directly across the street from an ES that opened just 2 years ago(in our neighborhood); but, the MS and HS were put on hold for another year(the entire tri-fecta was delayed two years, as was the new neighborhood surrounding it). Just the one neighborhood is planned to contain 450 homes...with plenty of others around it.
Lexington has very weak zoning, which is a plus or minus depending on your personal preferences. If you buy in a neighborhood out there with lots of undeveloped parcels nearby, you have little to no assurance as to what (if anything) will ever be built there. As a general rule here, the development follows new schools, so I'd plan on seeing a lot more development in that area over the next decade.
After reading this I realized I live in East Lexington.....LOL
I see very little new construction off of Mineral Springs Road with the exception of the last 1/2 mile or so before it ends at Sunset (Rte 378). I do see tons of new home (all type) construction off Corley Mill Road. That road is in serious need of widening from Rte 378 to Rte 6.
I do not know the East Lexington area up toward the lake that well. The part that will attend River Bluff HS.
Myself, I would have named them Lexington High West (present) and Lexington High East (River Bluff).
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