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Foreclosure claims Beechwood Bank takes over 2nd planned subdivision By REBECCA BUNCH Staff Writer Foreclosure has claimed the planned Beechwood subdivision on Virginia Road, the second local de velopment to fail during this economic meltdown. Gateway Bank & Trust Company filed the notice of foreclosure in late Feb ruary, officially putting the clamps on a project that began in 2005. The town of Edenton approved Beechwood Developers Inc. of Nags Head plans that year, granting rezon ing and a conditional use permit. State permits were issued in 2007 with a road cut next to the Duck-Thru convenience store. Located in proximity to Chowan Hospital, Beech wood was originally to have been built as a tra ditional, multi-level sub division. But by March 2008, developers changed course with new plans to construct a continuing care retirement commu-. nity rather than a tradi tional subdivision. The project was eventu ally scaled back to just 49 homes from the originally planned 225 homes at the 80-acre site in what Gup ta called a “pedestrian friendly neighborhood” behind Chowan Crossing Center. The development was to have included single family detached garden homes, town houses, du plexes, multi-story apart ments, a wellness center, clubhouse, an assisted liv mg building and a skilled nursing facility. No housing was ever constructed at the site but much of the infrastruc ture there has been com pleted, said Anne-Marie Knighton, town manager. Developers cleared the lot and built a road that connected Virginia and Paradise roads. “They (developers) also built stormwater ponds,” Knighton said. “They put in part of the water sys tem that they had gotten approval for.” Knighton said that part of the sewer system had also been installed. The bank has brought in Joe Cebina, a real es tate developer with GS Carolina of Charlotte to evaluate the subdivision’s See BEECHWOOD, 5A COA, Alumni Compromise 2M: ■ W. ON DAY, - >*, ' Kandi Deitemeyer, Collef president, at the podium dating, the two sides rear a designated meeting pi; Colie; By RITCHIE E. STARN Editor After a weekend discussions, College marie and the D.F. W ni Association lead; Monday morning v promise that led to ? vote by the Cho’ Board of Commiss Months of bitt over whether th; sociation would .«*' a meeting plac< Walker ended wi lease that contr COA with provi a designated t while also mef Inty By REBECCA BUNCH Staff Writer Next month Shep I Pruden Library offie plan to ask the cot commissioners to res the library’s full ba and normal hours of eration. For the last two fi years, the budget has h cut by more than $50 librarian Linda Vaj ©2009 The Chowan He All Rights Reserve Region part of; list of nation’s hungriest areas Butterfield opposes food cuts for poor By WILLIAM F. WEST Staff Writer U.S. Rep, G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., says the findings of a nationwide hunger study are “very alarming” for north ea stern North jCar olinaJ T /h e r e p7o r t, prepared bvf' the •'Washing- Butterfield ton, D.C. based Food Research & (Action Center, shows that Butterfield’s 1st District ranked second-worst of the nation’s 436 congressional districts in “food hardship”. — an indicator of people’s ability to afford food. ! In the 1st District, nearly ! a third of those surveyed 1 in a recent Gallup poll said they are facing food hardship. Also, the report anks North Carolina the ixth-worst state in food lardship, with nearly one a four of those surveyed Committee to review historic district demolition ! Preservation versus | property rights By REBECCA BUNCH j Staff Writer Should town officials be l able to deny permits for j demolition of properties I within the historic dis | trict? That’s the question the * Edenton Town Council is trying to resolve. It will soon be getting some help . from a citizens commit tee to be named by Mayor Roland Vaughan. He is expected to make those. names public at the coun cil’s April 12 meeting. The action comes after a difference of opinion on the issue surfaced among the council, as well as \ members of the local his torical and preservation commissions. While the preservation (l: • saying they’re concerned about having enough money to buy food. The Food Research & Action Center based its findings on respondents’ answer to the following question: Have there been times in the past 12 months when you did not have enough money to buy thp food you or your-^^dly needed? . ‘ In North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District, the center said the food hard ship rate is 31.8 percent. The only congressional dis trict with a worse rate was the Bronx, a borough of New York City, where the food hardship rate was 32.7 percent. Jen Adach, a spokes woman for FRAC, said the report shows the problem is not just a local one. Ac cording to the report, the food hardship rate nation ally is 18 percent. “I think what we’re see ing is that the recession may have technically end ed in mid-2009, but we still see that it has not yet ended for many, many house holds across this country,” See HUNGRIEST, 2A commission has voted to endorse the idea, a motion offered during a histori cal commission meeting failed. Vaughan said he would ask the committee to come back with recommenda tions, followed by “deeper discussion” by the council at a later time. The committee will be made up of those knowl edgeable of historic pres- • ervation and other com munity-minded residents, Vaughan said. The decision to name ah advisory group came after councilors were unable to reach a consensus on the issue during discussion at their Feb. 28 meeting. If the town elected to seek passage of a special bill in the state legislature, it would be following a path set by New Bern and See DEMOLITION, 4A 252*340*3438. Email rockyhock opry@1ive.com E.A. SWAIN AUDITORIUM HINTON. NO
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