Affordable Housing and Grameen Bank on City Council Agenda

Ballantyne, NC – Where will affordable housing be built? The November 19th breakfast meeting opened with talk of the upcoming city ‘dinner’ meeting agenda. Larry Huelsman, Tim Newman and others from the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority(C.R.V.A.) will be presenting to the city council this coming Monday night. The city is expecting a [...]

CMS and Zoning Updates for South Charlotte

Ballantyne, NC – The November 12th breakfast meeting opened with talk of the upcoming dinner zoning meeting for the city council. This zoning meeting is a short meeting. Childress/ Klein constructed a building in the South Park Mall Area in 1953. This building is now being remodeled by the city. Piedmont Town Center [...]

Ballantyne Voting District Information and Election News

Ballantyne, NC – The first Monday of the month is traditionally the ‘workshop’ mode for the city council. The breakfast meeting on October 29th opened with talk of the Housing and Neighborhood Development Committee meeting this next Monday. ‘Workshop’ meetings are a ‘preview’ of the topics soon coming to the board. The University [...]

Ballantyne Public Policy Update – Which Areas of the County Will Be Annexed Next?

Ballantyne,NC – What will long city council meetings yield? The August 20th morning meeting started with talk of the next long agenda day for city council. Starting with a noon meeting, a 3:00 pm meeting, a dinner meeting, a regular meeting and a lastly a closed door meeting, Monday’s schedule will be a [...]

Republic Development Group Kills The Ballantyne Public Housing project

Ballantyne, NC – The developer planning to build subsidized apartments in Ballantyne said he is no longer pursuing the project, ending a quest to bring the first subsidized housing to the affluent area.

Republic Development Group said late Tuesday it’s withdrawing a rezoning request because it can’t get money from the city’s Housing [...]

No Cameras Allowed At Ballantyne Rezoning Meeting on Monday Night

Ballantyne, NC – As of this posting, Harrison United Methodist Church will not allow cameras inside the scheduled meeting Monday night. Reporters will be allowed entrance to the meeting, however they will have to leave all camera equipment outside. Ballantyne Scoop had planned to live internet video stream the meeting, but when we [...]

Ballantyne Residents Meet To Discuss Rezoning Request For Affordable Housing | Video

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Republic Development Group has filed a new site plan reducing the Ballantyne Affordable Housing site to 86 units.

Click here to download and print the revised plan.

Ballantyne, NC – The rezoning issue in the news for the Ballantyne area has gained a lot of community attention. Many are saying [...]

Ballantyne Rezoning Meetings Scheduled

Ballantyne, NC – Two meetings have been scheduled to discuss the upcoming rezoning petition for the mixed income housing development at the intersection of Providence Road West and Johnston Road (see related articles http://ballantynescoop.com/ballantyne-residents-turn-out-for-planning-board-meeting).

Monday, February 15 at 6:30, Harrison United Methodist Church – for area homeowners to discuss what impact this rezoning [...]