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Santa for Seniors seeks help from community The Jamestown Business Association is sponsoring the Guilford Senior Resource’s “Santa for Seniors” again this year. Goodie bags will be filled and distributed to local mobile meals recipients in time for Christmas. Normally there are about a dozen recipients. Take items to the Jamestown News office by Dec. 19. Following is a list of suggestions: Gift certificates For prescription medicine from Rite-Aid and CVS Groceries from Food Lion, Lowe’s, Wal-Mart, Harris Teeter Personal care items ChapStick/lip gloss, deodorant, cologne, foot care products, shampoo and other hair products, moisturizing soap, hand and body lotions, dental care items, facial tissue and shaving cream Clothing Gloves, mittens, hats, socks, robes, sweaters, slippers, shawls/lap robes Grocery items Canned soups and canned fruits, small canned juices (no glass), canned meats, (tuna, chicken, ham, etc.), tea bags, instant coffee, Ensure/Boost, crackers, granola bars, pudding cups, peanut butter, jelly/jam, boxed cereal, mac and cheese, snacks/ cookies Other suggestions Flashlights and batteries, towels and washcloths, large print books and magazines, insecticides, light bulbs, paper towels/plates/cups, stationery/stamps
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Entrance sign to the single family homes on the east side of Dillion Road.
RiverWalk residents concerned about bypass implications By CAROL BROOKS Editor
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Millis and Main Apartment Homes at Grandover are under construction along Jamestown Parkway and Main Street in Jamestown.
New apartments rise from the ground Koury Corporation has started construction on a new luxury apartment community, Millis and Main Apartment Homes at Grandover. The new community will offer residents premium amenities and the “village” quaintness of Jamestown, and is an important part of the projected commercial growth of Grandover, also a Koury development. The new complex is located across from Millis Road Elementary School and GTCC’s Jamestown Campus. Management of the complex has been contracted with Hawthorne Residential Partners. Preleasing is expected to start in the spring of 2017. Millis and Main Apartment Homes at Grandover will have direct access to the Jamestown Parkway, West Gate City Boulevard, Main Street and Interstates 40 and 85. Koury has worked for over a decade with the N.C. Department of Transporta-
tion and the Town of Jamestown to annex and bring water and sewer services to the site. The 8.46-acre site will comprise 192 one, two and three-bedroom apartment homes featuring multiple floor plans with private patios or balconies. Amenities include a 6,000 sq. ft. activity center with fitness facility and media area, pool with covered pavilion, pet park, pup wash station, playground and private garages. “Jamestown is very happy and pleased with Koury Corporation’s announcement to build the Millis and Main Apartment Homes at Grandover,” said Jamestown Mayor Keith Volz. “Koury Corporation has a great reputation in the industry for building quality developments. We are very fortunate to have a good working relationship with Koury, and look forward to the completion of this project, and welcoming our new neighbors to Jamestown.”
Residents of the RiverWalk communities on Dillon Road might be breathing a little bit easier these days. Twelve residents met with representatives of the N.C. Department of Transportation on Nov. 10 to learn how the DOT project U-2412A (commonly known as the Jamestown Bypass) will impact their homes. The road will continue project U-2412B, which is nearly complete from Jamestown Parkway to Greensboro along Gate City Boulevard. “We want to make sure we have all our T’s crossed,” said one resident. “We’re glad you asked for this meeting,” said Patty Eason, division construction engineer for NCDOT. Eason and Heather Fulton of the highway department from NCDOT told those in attendance that right of way acquisition will begin in 2017 – some has already occurred – with construction beginning in 2018 on the 3.586-mile by-
pass. They furnished preliminary plans for the project for residents to inspect. From the plans, it appears 17 townhomes on the west side of Dillon Road and 18 single-family homes on the east side will be impacted by the new roadway and accompanying widening of Dillon Road at the intersection, mostly by DOT right of way into the common areas of the developments. Eason said there would be a traffic signal on the bypass at Dillon Road but residents were relieved to learn there would be no ramps to an elevated roadway. Residents were concerned, however, about the lack of sound barriers along the road, which is expected to have a 45 mph speed limit. Eason said traffic might see a slight increase on the new road, but that it would be “mostly local traffic.” She added that DOT can look into noise reduction measures if the homeowners association requests a study. Residents also were concerned their property values would go down and, if so, what recourse they had.
Fulton replied that if DOT is not affecting their property, owners have no claim. She added that DOT will meet with the RiverWalk homeowners association in 2017 for appraisal values and that residents may disagree with the appraisals. When blasting for a new sewer line was done in 2008, several RiverWalk homes experienced some damage. Eason assured residents that if blasting needs to be done, it will not be massive and should not cause damage. Fulton encouraged residents to take pictures of any damage that did occur to file claims with the contractors. Once construction begins, residents will have to contend with approximately three years of work. Planning for the bypass began in 1992 but actual construction kept being pushed back due to funding and disagreements between Jamestown, Greensboro and High Point governments and residents involving the route. Carol Brooks can be reached at 336-841-4933 or jamestownnews@north state.net.
Getting ready for holiday tour of historic Jamestown over the past two weeks.
By NORMA B. DENNIS On Nov. 19 several gathStaff Writer ered at the Madison Preparations for the Candlelight Christmas Tour of Old Jamestown on Dec. 8 have kept members of the Historic Jamestown Society and friends busy
Lindsay House to make ornaments for the trees that will be displayed and wrap packages while others cleared a pathway between the Mendenhall House and the Coffin-Robbins House.
The three locations will be decorated for the season. Guests also can enjoy holiday music as they sip hot cider and sample Christmas cookies. Parking will be available at Mendenhall House and at designated areas across the street. Admission is $20 in
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Wrapping, cutting, pasting to prepare for tour. advance and $25 at the door. Tickets are available at Mendenhall House and the Jamestown News
office. All proceeds will support the work of the Historic Jamestown Society.