Sept. 27 - Oct. 3, 2013
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Board recommends approval of rezoning request Developer says Henson Village will be a village-type shopping center by PATTI STOKES SUMMERFIELD – A walkable, village-type office and retail center is the “highest and best use” for an 80-acre tract of land that borders N.C. 150 and Deboe Road – and the future I-73 corridor, says landowner/ developer Paul Milam. After receiving a positive recommendation from the town’s Planning
and Zoning Board on Sept. 23, Milam will now take his rezoning request before the Summerfield Town Council on Oct. 8. If approved by the council, a 34+-tract of land will be combined with an adjoining 45-acre tract of land already zoned for commercial use and developed as a shopping center to accommodate retail and medical offices. Summerfield resident David Couch, owner of Blue Ridge Companies, a development, construction and property management compa-
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The Summerfield Planning and Zoning Board has recommended approval of a rezoning request for a 34+- tract of land bordering N.C. 150 and Deboe Road. The rezoning request will go before the town council on Oct. 8.
‘Standing on the Promises’ Summerfield United Methodist Church celebrates 125 years on Sept. 29 SUMMERFIELD – In 1888 a small group of believers decided a church was needed in the community of Summerfield. As plans for a church building got underway, services were
held at a brush arbor near what would become the site of a small white plank church, and many years later, the site of the existing Summerfield United Methodist Church. As the small group of believers grew, the white plank building was replaced with a red brick building with an adjoining building for Sunday School and another building with a kitchen and room for dining.
In the 1970s the current Summerfield United Methodist Church building was constructed in three stages; they included an education wing for Sunday School classes and for the current Christian Playschool, a fellowship hall with kitchen, pantry and stage, and a sanctuary with beautiful stained glass windows. On Sept. 29 a 125th anniversary
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IN THIS ISSUE News in brief.......................................... 3 Your Questions...................................... 4 Stokesdale Town Council.................... 6 Business Notes.....................................10 Bits & Pieces.........................................11 Student Profiles....................................12 Northern Youth Football fundraiser.....13 Autumn moons, hunting coons..........14 Crime/Incident Report........................15 Waiting for a transplant......................18 Community Calendar........................ 20 High School Football.......................... 22 Letters/Opinions ................................ 23 Grins & Gripes..................................... 24 Classifieds............................................27 Index of Advertisers............................31 NWO On The Go!................................ 32