Urban homesteading discussed for West Side
“State and local officials think selling homes on Charleston’s West Side for one dollar — with strings attached — or other housing initiatives could create opportunities for improvement and stability in the oft-beleaguered neighborhood. “We’ve…
Eminent Domain Lawyers at Cranfill, Sumner & Hartzog Negotiate 5.75 Million Dollar Settlement for Public Storage
“According to Stephanie Autry, Eminent Domain Lawyer of Cranfill, Sumner, & Hartzog, Public Storage owned and operated a storage facility that contained approximately 650 rental units. In order to make room for the Blue Line…
Midland procures properties for sewer corridor, stream realignment
“Midland leaders moved forward with several projects at their Tuesday meeting, including exercising eminent domain on several properties in a planned sewer corridor and realigning a stream in the future Main Street district. As part…
Council takes property for greenway
“Greenville’s City Council voted 4-1 on Thursday to exercise its power of eminent domain to acquire property for the Green Mill Run Greenway project.” read the entire article Bennett, Abbie. Reflector.com 9 May 2014.
Seventeen apply for redevelopment group
“Seventeen people have applied to serve on a city redevelopment group recently formed against citizen wishes, which Mount Airy’s mayor admits will require members with a “tough skin” who won’t mind controversy. “It’s about like…
Farmer fights city’s use of eminent domain
“The city of Laurinburg aims to bolster its water system by using eminent domain to acquire three wells on a Scotland County farm, but the farmer, a Pembroke resident, is contesting what the city considers…
NCDOT to Take Property from Dozens of Downtown Fayetteville Businesses and Landowners in $36 Million Rowan St. Bridge Project
“The contact will likely begin sometime soon, if it hasn’t already. Businesses, homeowners and other landowners across the Rowan Street area near the railroad overpass in Fayetteville will get letters in the mail. Bad news….
Proposed group’s powers include eminent domain
“Citizens are invited to express both pro and con opinions on a plan focusing on the possible creation of a redevelopment commission to function within the territorial limits of the city. It would determine if…
150 Property Owners Affected by U.S. 221 Widening in Ashe, Watauga; Pro Bono Seminar Feb. 20 West Jefferson
“The NCDOT’s $154 million project to widen US-221 between Deep Gap and Jefferson will result in the displacement of approximately 70 homes, 33 businesses, and two religious facilities, according to the NCDOT’s environmental assessment. At…
Family in legal, financial limbo waiting on beltway
“In the mid-1980s, the state proposed building a loop around the northern end of Winston-Salem, a stretch of road similar to roads ringing other N.C. cities. Ours, the cleverly named Northern Beltway, was to be…