development
On-street parking change planned for Jetton Extension
May 20. By Dave Vieser. The Town of Cornelius plans to ban on-street parking on Jetton Road Extension. The decision was reached at Monday’s May 17 Town Board Meeting and was classified as a safety measure. Many parents whose children go to the two private schools on the road, especially the Primrose School, use the […]
Mayes Meadow vote expected at Monday’s meeting
May 14. By Dave Vieser. A decision on rezoning for Mayes Meadow, a 160-home project to be built on farmland in southeast Cornelius, is expected at the Monday May 17 Town Board meeting. The proposed development became a lightning rod for comments and concerns from residents and commissioners during the past several months as it […]
Planning Board meets May 10 at 5:30
May 5. The regularly scheduled Town of Cornelius Planning Board meeting May 10 will begin at 5:30 pm. This is an open meeting, however, the meeting is physically closed to the public due to COVID-19 social distancing requirements. The public may view the meeting from the lobby or Community Room in Town Hall, or virtually […]
Town posts Gilroy’s missing comments
May 5. By Dave Vieser. Former Town Board Commissioner Dave Gilroy spoke out against the Mayes Meadow rezoning at Monday’s board meeting, except the town’s video streaming system failed and Gilroy’s comments were neither seen nor heard that evening. This comes after his comments were cut off at the town meeting April 6. Some conspiracy […]
Mayes Meadow: A decision could come May 17
May 4. By Dave Vieser. The last time the Cornelius Town Board conducted a public hearing on the Mayes Meadow project, which consists of 160 homes to be built on vacant farmland, it was followed by negative comments as well as a recommendation for denial by the Planning Board. Last night the project was up […]
Mayes Road project comes back to Town Board Monday
April 30. By Dave Vieser. Mayes Meadows, a project with 180 single-family homes on vacant farmland in Southeast Cornelius is back on the public hearing schedule. The Cornelius Board of Commissioners will hold a second rezoning hearing Monday May 3. Land use plan changes just adopted suggest higher densities than the Land Use Plan adopted […]
Cornelius, meet Caroline. Caroline, meet Cornelius. Hearing is Monday
April 16. By Dave Vieser. The first public hearing on Caroline, a 17-acre mixed-use project proposed near Antiquity, is scheduled for Monday evening. Proffit Dixon, a Charlotte based developer, hopes to build on vacant property next to Greenway Gartens, the mixed-use project planned by Olde Mecklenburg Brewery at the northern end of Zion Avenue near […]
Joe Douglas plans retail, offices adjacent to Cowboy site
April 16. By Dave Yochum. Restaurateur Joe Douglas is focusing on his 131 MAIN concept and real estate development activities and is in current conversations with “some strong local concepts and operators” for the now-closed COWBOY building. The 4,190-square-foot building, across Hwy. 21 from the proposed Atrium Health Acute Care Hospital, is listed for lease […]
New downtown land use guidance
April 12. By Dave Vieser. While most of the attention at last week’s Town Board Meeting was focused on the density changes in rural areas of Cornelius, the Town Board unanimously approved changes to the downtown area. These changes approved by the board April 5 go into effect immediately: 1 Expand the Town Center category […]
Town Board’s 4-1 vote raises allowable density in rural preservation area
April 6. UPDATED. By Dave Vieser. Part of the remaining rural farmland in Cornelius near Mayes Road may soon become a thing of the past. On April 5, the Town Board changed the land use designation policy for this area, which comprises 173 acres, from low density rural to low density single family. The net […]
