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Thanks for providing development plans in some of the state's smaller cities and towns. Hopefully you will be able to provide specific details as they come through. Again thanks "SunnyKayak"!
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Originally Posted by SunnyKayak
This development in the works for a few small towns in the Piedmont
The city government of Kannapolis purchases most of it downtown core to revitalize it the former Cannon Mill Village into a mixed-use residential & commercial: The plan goes for final approval in April.
Ir was purchased from David Murdock the CEO of the Dole Research Park located at the former site of Cannon Mills once the largest textile mill in the world.
Harrisburg in Cabarrus County is reviving efforts to attract new businesses to its stalled town center.
In Union County, the City of Monroe is attempting to renovate some of its historical buildings.
n Davidson, which has a long-established walkable and quaint downtown, residents are divided over proposals to redevelop more than three acres on Main Street that today house the Town Hall. The development would allow for expanded government offices as well as office and retail space and a hotel. Officials say the town’s growth is dictating the need for redevelopment.
In Mooresville, work is underway to develop plans for reviving the historic downtown area, which has suffered as much of the area’s growth in the past decade was centered on Lake Norman and Interstate 77.
In Huntersville, where the population has exploded from about 3,000 in 1990 to an estimated 53,000 now, town officials are trying to seek to bring in development around a Town Center complex that is home to government offices and a children’s museum. Town commissioners in October authorized spending $625,000 to buy five parcels of land in the downtown area and will seek developers to build a mixed-use project with offices and condos. Officials also recently authorized buying additional downtown property and have approved construction of a park honoring veterans.
In Lexington it redeveloping area near its downtown at the location of former Lexington Furniture Plant 1. (The city bought the 18 acres 1 million square foot property a couple of years ago.) Also, part of it is marked historical so any nonhistorical parts can be demolished.
The area has been renamed the Depot District.
Amtrak plans this year to add a permanent stop this year.
There are plans for an outdoor amphitheater
Soon it will have its first tenant Bull City Works will be[LEFT][LEFT]gin production with a tap room.
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If all the cities in North Carolina had saved their street car system Charlotte would have 29 miles, Wilmington 22 miles, Raleigh 12 miles. There were 16 cities in North Carolina that had street cars.
The development of the street car system in North Carolina covers 16 cites in NC.
If all the cities in North Carolina had saved their street car system Charlotte would have 29 miles, Wilmington 22 miles, Raleigh 12 miles. There were 16 cities in North Carolina that had street cars.
The development of the street car system in North Carolina covers 16 cites in NC.
Soooo was there any particular reason why we ripped it up only to be building it again. I can just imagine how our cities would look if we kept them.
Automobile & suburban sprawl
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