Is there a county under more
development and change pressure in the state than Chatham County?
Coastal counties in the building boom and those around Mecklenburg
are sure to say they need to be considered, but right now, I can not
think of any of the 99 other counties with as much going on. How
Chatham County leaders respond to this change is going to make the
difference.
The county is under pressure from four
sides. From the North, there has been the overflow from Chapel Hill
commuters and that has been the issue for years. Now there are new
lines of development from the East, West, and South.
On the East side we have the Chatham
Ridge development. On the West side there is talk of a megasite for
industrial development. And from the South we have the pressures of
mineral exploration.
Instead of one long post we will look
at each challenge separately over the next few weeks and maybe even
post a song about these issues.
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