The town Planning Department will hold a kickoff meeting later this month as it begins work on a plan for the rapidly changing area north of Griffith Street. The first meeting for the North Griffith Street Plan will be Saturday, Feb. 28, from 2 to 4 p.m. in Suite 201 at the Cotton Mill, 209 Delburg St. at Watson Street.

The kickoff meeting is a prelude to a four-day public planning workshop March 9-12. Read the full story

Updated Thursday, Feb. 19,  5:12 p.m.

The Lake Davidson Working Committee, comprised of local officials from Davidson and Mooresville, will hold another public meeting later this month in hopes of reaching a compromise on a two-town agreement that will accommodate all kinds of uses on the lake, from power boating and water skiing to canoeing and kayaking.

Committee chair and Davidson commissioner Margo Williams said the meeting is scheduled Feb. 26 at 9 a.m. at Davidson Town Hall.  (Update: This is an revision of the originally reported tentative meeting date). Read the full story

The Lake Davidson Working Committee will hold a public meeting on Thursday, Feb. 12, at 9 a.m. at Davidson Town Hall. Davidson and Mooresville officials agreed on buffers and other development issues as they try to come up with a joint 5-year agreement to protect  the lake. Public input is being sought on “water-based” issues  such as no-wake zones, speed limits and where different types of recreational uses might be permitted. Read the full story

Crossroads Charlotte, a major regional community building initiative, will premiere a film depicting four plausible stories about Charlotte’s future on Tuesday, Feb. 3, from 6-8 p.m. The free screenings, followed by discussion, will be at six locations across the Charlotte area, including Davidson College’s Chambers Hall, the main campus classroom building. READ MORE>

The joint Davidson-Mooresville committee working on possible new rules for Lake Davidson has published a draft cooperation agreement for further discussion and for eventual consideration by the two town boards. As committee members told DavidsonNews.net after a meeting two weeks ago, the proposed 5-year agreement does not include any limits on the size of motor boats on the lake, instead leaving that up to the individual towns. Read the full story

Mayor John Woods talks to study group members Monday night. (David Boraks)

More than 100 residents who have volunteered to serve on study groups to help develop a new Davidson Comprehensive Plan came to  Town Hall Monday night to get a bit of history and a sense of direction for their work. The number of citizen volunteers makes it the largest project of its kind ever undertaken in town.

“When we complete this, in about 18-24 months, we will be one of very few towns and communities that have a working and workable comprehensive plan,” Mayor John Woods told the gathering.

“This is work that will define the town for many many years. Future leadership of this town will come from this group, just as leadership of this town today has come from previous efforts 10 to 15 years ago,” he said. Read the full story

Developer Bill Bondurant (left) listens as Town Manager Leamon Brice talks to Bradford homeowners Thursday night. (David Boraks photo)

Developers of Bradford, a relatively new neighborhood off Davidson-Concord Road next to the River Run subdivision, agreed Thursday night to meet with angry homeowners to discuss possible alternatives to the development’s affordable housing plan.

“We are willing to discuss options,” Bill Bondurant, senior vice president with CedarCroft Homes, and the representative of Bradford’s developers. Read the full story

Davidson and Mooresville officials on the Lake Davidson working committee met behind closed doors Thursday and appeared to move a few steps closer to an agreement on jointly regulating the 341-acre lake, which is east of I-77 between the two towns.

On Thursday, the committee agreed not to write limits on the size of boat motors into a proposed two-town “interlocal” agreement governing the lake. That had been a key – and controversial – element in an earlier version of the agreement which Mooresville’s town board rejected. Read the full story