Friday, February 15, 2008

Buckhorn Village: 'Business as Usual' or sensible economic development?

Buckhorn Village is a proposed 'center like The Streets at Southpoint' (N&O, Jan 12) to be located in Orange County. Over a million square feet of retail, hotel & movie theater uses are proposed on 128 acres at the intersection of Buckhorn Road and I40/I85. They estimate the County would realize $7.2 million a year in sales & property tax revenues. But what might these revenues cost us?

James Carnahan asks this question on the Orange Politics blog. Take a look at what he has to say and weigh in yourself: go to the blog here

Take a look at The Village Project article about Buckhorn Village.