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HUNTERSVILLE A Michigan family plans to develop a country inn off McCord Road that would feature a four-level main inn, six or seven rental cottages, farm-to-table meals for guests and a barn-like building for wedding receptions and other events.
Yellow Hill Inn would serve all home-cooked meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner, including vegetables raised in gardens on the property, said John Choate of Raleigh-based Choate Custom Homes, the project's developer.
The main inn would have about 14 guest rooms, including bridal suites, Choate said. The dining area and gathering rooms would be on the first-floor main level, while a lower level would include conference, exercise and other rooms, he said.
The Huntersville Planning Board voted last week to recommend that the town Board of Commissioners approve a permit and a subdivision sketch plan for the project. The commissioners are scheduled to vote on those matters at their meeting at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 16 at Town Hall, 101 Huntersville-Concord Road.
Choate said the Michigan family searched the country to find the right spot for their country inn concept. The development would also include a "farmhouse cluster" of about five homes for the family and their friends, Choate said.
Salisbury Land Holding LLC owns the estimated 34 acres. Scott and Janice Salisbury of Milford, Mich., formed the company in August 2008, according to their filing with the N.C. Secretary of State's office in Raleigh. The site includes nearly 21 acres for the inn and 13 acres for the farmhouse cluster; rooms at the inn would rent for $250 to $300 a night, Choate said.
Mooresville-based Piedmont Design Associates is the project's design firm.
The project would be in the 13100 block of McCord Road. A public road would be built into the development.
Judge agrees to condemn part of farmer's land
CONCORD A Cabarrus County judge sided with the city of Kannapolis last week in agreeing to condemn part of Frank Chester Jr.'s northwest Cabarrus County farm.
Superior Court Judge Clarence Horton Jr. ruled against Chester, 72, of Davidson Road, on the city's motion for a default judgment.
Horton told Chester he'd had 120 days to contest the condemnation but never did. Chester said the first he heard of the four-month period was in court last week.
The Kannapolis City Council agreed last October to pay Chester $9,744 for a temporary construction easement and a permanent easement for a sewer line through his property, according to court documents. Chester never responded to the city's attempts to obtain the easements, according to the city's condemnation lawsuit.
Chester said no one approached him about the matter after a man who said he was from Kannapolis asked him to sign some papers and he refused. He said he waited for months to hear back from the city but never did.
The sewer line will extend to a planned $125million business park and will open the area north of N.C. 73 for more development, Kannapolis City Manager Mike Legg has said. The Cabarrus County Agricultural Advisory Board opposed the sewer line through Chester's land but has no authority to stop the project.
Chester's case is the third in recent months involving a government in the Charlotte region intending to take farmland for a utility or road project.
Biscuitville to open in Mooresville
MOORESVILLE Crews were building a Biscuitville restaurant last week at 288 W. Plaza Drive. (N.C. 150).
The Greensboro-based chain has 55 locations in North Carolina and Virginia.
Each restaurant rolls out its biscuits by hand every 20 minutes. Each week, the company goes through an average of 28,600 pounds of flour, 4,000 pounds of country ham, 11,500 pounds of sausage and 9,500 pounds of bacon, according to its Web site, www.biscuitville.com.
The company hasn't announced an opening date for the Mooresville location. It will be open 5:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays and 6 a.m.-2 p.m. Sundays.
'CARES team' coming to Circle at Concord Mills
CONCORD Circle at Concord Mills is teaming with the nonprofit Apartment Life organization to develop programs and activities for its residents. Apartment Life will provide a "CARES team" of people who typically spend 70 hours a month for at least two years in a community in exchange for free rent. Apartment Life recruits, trains and supervises the teams.
A Crescent Resources community, Circle at Concord Mills opened in April as the first smoke-free community in Concord. It also is the first multifamily community in the country to be certified by Audubon International as an Audubon Signature Sanctuary.
