Cultural Landscape Group:Flat Rock
Henderson County 2045 Comprehensive Plan public meeting schedule: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, at Fletcher Library 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Monday, Sept. 26, at the Edneyville Community Center 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27, in Thomas Auditorium at Blue Ridge Community College 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Monday, Oct.... Continue Reading →
From the Lightning: An overflow crowd that flocked to Henderson County’s Historic Courthouse last week implored the Board of Commissioners to reject a 2045 comprehensive land-use draft that they said encourages sprawl, endangers the apple country and does nothing to preserve open space and natural resources. Suzanne Hale said the draft plan would “sentence the... Continue Reading →
From John Hood at the John Locke Foundation, as published in the Hendersonville Lightning: When the North Carolina General Assembly enacted its budget revision for the 2022-23 fiscal year, it contained a major change in how the state funds roads. . . Change is coming. Under the budget revision Gov. Roy Cooper just signed into... Continue Reading →
From the Hendersonville Lightning (June 1, 2022): At its regular meeting earlier this month, the Henderson County Transportation Advisory Committee voted unanimously to recommend that the new spending blueprint bump the Kanuga Road improvement in favor of a new I-26 interchange at Four Seasons Boulevard to fix safety and congestions problems. Tristan Winkler, executive director... Continue Reading →
From the Village of Flat Rock website: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Flat Rock, North Carolina, May 2, 2022—The Flat Rock Village Council will hold a town hall meeting for the village community on Thursday, May 12, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. This will be the first of two town hall meetings that the Council plans... Continue Reading →
From the Lightning: ". . . Unauthorized “recreational use” of this 8.4-mile section is undermining efforts to extend the trail, Conserving Carolina wrote in a sternly worded press release earlier this month. The organization, which acquired the 19.4-mile trail corridor last year, informed residents that walking or riding on our county’s section is “prohibited at... Continue Reading →
The Village Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) draft is available on the village website here for public review. Please take a look and send any comments to Council Member Susan Gregory at susangregory@villageofflatrock.org by May 4. The 2013 Village CLUP has been undergoing review by the Village Planning Board for revisions and needed updates. The Board presented their recommendations in a draft document... Continue Reading →
The Village Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) draft is available on the village website here for public review. Please take a look and send any comments to Council Member Susan Gregory at susangregory@villageofflatrock.org by May 4. The 2013 Village CLUP has been undergoing review by the Village Planning Board for revisions and needed updates. The Board presented their recommendations... Continue Reading →
From the Lightning: The city of Hendersonville is seeking a federal transportation grant to fund an eastern-most leg of the Ecusta Trail to connect to the Oklawaha Trail at Jackson Park and to the Historic Seventh Avenue District. The city is inviting the public to comment on the idea during a drop-in from 4 to... Continue Reading →
From the Lightning: A new appropriation by the General Assembly adds $7.5 million to cover construction of the Ecusta Trail, state Sen. Chuck Edwards and Rep. Tim Moffitt announced Monday in a news release. The two legislators said they had secured further funding for Western North Carolina, adding millions to the original $292.2 million appropriated... Continue Reading →
Cabin Creek Road residents who oppose the rezoning are holding a meeting at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, at Camp Glen Arden. From the Lightning: Cabin Creek Road homeowners are organizing to oppose a proposed commercial development that they say would scar “one of the most beautiful, undeveloped and unspoiled parts of Henderson County.” Property... Continue Reading →
From the Hendersonville Lightning: A project of 70 apartments in three four-story buildings on the southeast corner of Greenville Highway and Chadwick Avenue can go forward whether the developer wins a rezoning or not, startled Hendersonville City Council members learned Thursday night. As a result, the council voted unanimously to OK the rezoning, clearing the... Continue Reading →
Lots to think about in this article, Exurbia Rising by Joel Kotkin (click to read the entire piece): Perhaps nowhere is the gap between America’s cognitive elite and its populace larger than in their preferred urban forms. For nearly a century—interrupted only by the Depression and the Second World War—Americans have been heading further from the urban core, seeking... Continue Reading →
From the Times-News: Traffic congestion and road maintenance is the top growth-related concern out of the over 6,500 survey responses Henderson County has received for the 2045 comprehensive plan. The plan, which is required by state law, aims to provide guidelines for growth and development in the county. Around 73% of survey respondents listed traffic... Continue Reading →
Duke Energy has begun trimming trees in the Flat Rock area, generally in the south and eastern parts of the village and a small section in the northwest corner (see map). The work is being performed by Asplundh Tree and the crew foremen will be communicating with customers as the work progresses. The work is... Continue Reading →
The county's comprehensive land use planning process is taking place over a 14-month time period, which began in summer of 2021 and will wrap up in late summer / early fall of 2022. A draft plan is expected for review during the summer of 2022. The plan will be developed by county staff working with consultants and a steering... Continue Reading →
CLG:Flat Rock 