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  1. Terri

     /  September 28, 2015

    According to the CH News report, Ken Broun, ex-mayor, is a vocal opponent of the proposed development along with some of his neighbors at 140 West. Odd that residents from that development would oppose a similar proposal, don’t you think? Why is the Council willing to say that development is too big but Obey Creek and the one on Elliott Road aren’t?

  2. George C

     /  September 28, 2015

    Terri,
    Amity Station is proposed to not only be nearby an existing neighborhood but to actually be WITHIN the neighborhood, and one with a NCD overlay zone to boot. That is a very big difference.

  3. Terri

     /  September 28, 2015

    George,

    Obey Creek is in adjacent to several neighborhoods, will add to significant (and recognized) traffic challenges and lies within the ETJ as well as an area that a previous council had set aside as open space. We were and still are subjected to ridicule and name calling as NIMBYs. I don’t see any difference between that an Amity Station.

  4. Geoff Green

     /  September 28, 2015

    Where’s the story with the report about Ken Broun and his 140 West neighbors and their views on the development? I looked but couldn’t find it.

  5. Deborah Fulghieri

     /  September 29, 2015

    Council voted to rezone Obey Creek specifically because it is not in the back yard of Donna Bell, George Cianciolo, Jim Ward, Maria Palmer, Sally Greene, Lee Storrow, Ed Harrison, and Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt.

  6. anon

     /  September 29, 2015

    people need to be able to call B.S. on a council that considers rezoning a commercial plot into a mixed use residential and claiming it’s good for the existing residents.

    land will only get more valuable so no need to approve anything suboptimal like obey creek or the Edge.

    the council always backs down. For the edge the mayor asked why not put residence right on top of commercial in stead of separating them. Here’s an NC example of exactly that yet the developer said no. this place was a commercial success.
    http://www.explorelakenorman.com/i//Town_of_Huntersville_NC.jpg

  7. Terri

     /  September 30, 2015

    Geoff–I know there was an article that specifically called out 140West residents and quoted Mr. Broun, but I can’t find it know either. Not something I would really dream about….

  8. Terri

     /  September 30, 2015

    Since I was unable to find the news report I read earlier, I listened to the public hearing recording. Ken Broun is indeed opposing the development and he gave several reasons: it’s too big for Northside, it will likely turn into student housing, there is unfilled retail at 140 and University Square, the incubator space isn’t aligned with the plans of the University. Finally, he stated that because the neighbors oppose it, the Council should listen to the neighbors. If only…..

  9. Geoff Green

     /  October 1, 2015

    Thanks for searching and finding Terri.

  10. Bruce H

     /  October 3, 2015

    Nancy mentions the proximity of the election as one reason why Council may have had the backbone to vote against the current Amity Station proposal. I can think of a couple others, one being that the developer is not named Roger Perry.

  11. Cindy W.

     /  October 7, 2015

    I’ve never seen a city council yet that could turn down developer money. Rare to see this one say no to developers and I agree with others that election season is the reason why. Not cynical, just have seen it too many times. Years from now CH will bemoan the decisions of now that let the developers determine the direction of our town.