Traditions in Wake Forest (2015, houses, neighborhood)

[NCBoyMommy]

Does anyone know if Traditions will have schools built into the neighborhood like Heritage does?

[leighbhe]

I have not heard anything about schools. The only new school proposals I have heard for wake forest is the opening of heritage high school (2009) and a new elementary school that may be built next year in the northern part of wake forest. (school E25)

Leigh

[Grizzmeister]

Where exactly in Wake Forest is the Traditions Subdivision going to be located?

[NCBoyMommy]

Originally Posted by Grizzmeister

Where exactly in Wake Forest is the Traditions Subdivision going to be located?

Out near the reservoir. It's the new Ammons community...think Heritage but without the golf course. Here's some more info:

Traditions will eventually expand to an 890-acre, mixed-use community roughly divided into four quadrants. At build-out, projected for 2020, Traditions will feature 900 single family homes, 300 multifamily homes and commercial areas in 11 smaller communities within three quadrants.
The fourth, northwest quadrant will be reserved for an older demographic, including both active adult and continuing care communities. Prices for the units range from $180,000s for multifamily family units to around $1 million for homes by the lake. A majority of work will be complete by 2015, with groundbreaking in 2009 and homeowners moving in by 2010.
The Ammonses expect about a third of the Tradition's new residents to come from within three or four miles of the development, with another third drawn from across the Triangle and the remaining third coming from other states.

[Grizzmeister]

Are the plans for this community still on track given the turmoil in the real-estate market?

Knowing nothing about Traditions I’d like to see something truly progressive spring up. Instead of the usual Mc Mansions wouldn’t it be nice to see a builder return to ranch homes in the 1,500 to 1,800 square foot range? You know, true starter homes for young college grads or houses geared towards recent retirees. It’d also be excellent if the developer pushed to have super high speed Internet, something akin to Verizon’s Fios service, run to the community. This might help the Research Triangle’s quest to become the alternative to California's tech savvy Silicon Valley. If nothing else it could help lessen our dependence on foreign oil by giving everyone from accountants to software developers the sincere option of working from home, which is something I suspect our next president will pursue with vigor.

[NCBoyMommy]

Yes Traditions is very much on track. It took them 10 years to get approval but it was granted last week and they are steamrolling foward. The plans look really impressive. I just want to make sure that they have land for schools built in. I didn't see that in the plans that I saw.