From a letter to the NC  Department of Environment and Natural Resources from Pat Danahy, CEO of the Greensboro Partnership.

It has come to our attention that Bluegreen Corporation of Florida is planning to develop a 692 acre golf community (Patriots Landing Private Golf Course and Gated Community) on land proposed for the expansion of the Haw River State Park. The planned location of this development will be detrimental to the full development of the state park and therefore the economic growth and development of Greensboro and Guilford County.

When a group that bills itself with some credibility as "the principal economic and community development organization in Greensboro" opens up with that kind of broadside, it would seem likely to sink any economic development arguments planned by backers of the project.

Well, any such arguments that might have survived the housing bubble and the drought.

Anyone know anything about that upcoming meeting in Atlanta?

Comments

[John D. Young]

I know that Bluegreen and the state are still talking but the meeting in Atlanta on Dec. 6th may not be a firm event. Bluegreen needs to sell its development option to the state so that the property owners can be fully compensated and the HRSP can expand. The state's current offer is generous and should be sufficient. It is time for Bluegreen to be realistic. We may still need our county commissioners to help resolve this dispute on Dec. 13th. They need to reject the rezoning requested by Bluegreen.