Feb. 9. By Dave Vieser. A community meeting to review a scaled-down version of a business park proposal for Bailey Road just east of Hwy. 115 has been set for Thursday Feb. 27, from 6-7 pm at Mt. United Methodist Zion Church.
The meeting will start at 6 pm in the Family Life Center.
The original plan for the site consisted of five buildings. The revised proposal reduces the number of buildings to four while adding a dog park and four pickleball courts as well as 4600 feet of walking trails and sidewalks at no cost to the town.
The initial proposal was met with stiff opposition, and ultimately withdrawn by the developer before the town board could vote on the required rezoning change.
Drew Thigpen
At the community meeting, residents will have the opportunity to review project plans and speak with developer Drew Thigpen.
What’s next?
The next step will be an informal presentation to the Cornelius Town Board at their Monday March 3 meeting. No vote will be taken at that meeting.
This has to be rejected. There’s no way Bailey Rd. can handle the traffic for this thing. Who cares if there are pickle ball courts, a dog park, and walking trails? Bailey Road Park is literally across the street! Keep the zoning rural preservation. There’s a reason it’s zoned that way. The city council needs to start saying “no” to these developers. Why not build this at Alexander Farms? It’s already cleared, the tenants have pulled out, and it’s already an eyesore.
Posted by Jamie B. | February 10, 2025, 9:40 amThe tenants have not pulled out from Alexander Farms. They are refinancing the project.
Posted by BW | February 10, 2025, 3:07 pmAbsolutely NOT! I have absolutely no desire to leave anywhere near a business park. Why did my taxes just increase to install a bazillion pickleball courts in Bailey Road Park, literally across the street from this eyesore of a development, if the plan is to put a MORE pickleball courts in this development? Absolutely Not. Keep this zoned RURAL and put houses or Townhomes, or a parking structure and a silly dog park here. If this developer wants business park space, purchase the FXI property. Even that is still a horrible idea to add semi trailer traffic to the already immensely overcrowded Bailey road. There is too much pedestrian, bicycle, bus, school dwelling car riders, and sports galore traffic from the Charlotte independence soccer, to pickleball, tennis, baseball, basketball, disc golfers, traffic. Don’t insult us by adding a crappy grass area for dogs and pickleball courts to try and make us agree there are any benefits to adding a business park next to a highly used park, two schools and rural homes.
Posted by Someone who still cares | February 11, 2025, 2:12 pm