Isle of Wight County neighbors banding together against massive housing project
and last updated 2021-05-10 23:52:09-04
SMITHFIELD, Va. â A wooded area along Battery Park Road could soon all be gone to make way for a massive development project on Mallory Farm and Scott Farm.
Virginia Beach-based developer Napolitano Homes is proposing to build 812 mixed housing units - including single-family homes, townhomes and duplexes - that would span nearly 500 acres of land in the Town of Smithfield.
A group of neighbors, however, are banding together against the proposal.
âOverwhelmingly, the people that we talked to do not want this development at all because it will set off like fire and many more developments like this will be built here in Isle of Wight and the Town of Smithfield,â said Isle of Wight County resident Jennifer Viudez.