As they work to map out the next several decades of development in two key areas on the periphery of the village center, Pinehurstâs leaders are waist-deep in quandaries.
Last week the Village Council devoted a four-hour work session to reviewing a set of preliminary small area plans formulated by the consultants they hired to help give form to their vision for Pinehurst South and Village Place.
After revision and input, those proposed plans, which outline how new streets and developments could play out in both areas over the next 30-50 years, will form the basis for strict development regulations known as form-based codes stipulating the type and style of development there.
Pinehurst’s Village Council has signed off on a 1.5-cent increase in property taxes for the coming year, bringing the tax rate to 31.5 cents for each dollar of valuation.
The contrast couldnât be more noticeable. In recent months, Pinehurst has either approved or been the recipient of announcements signaling substantial new development and investment in the village.
Top of that list was last Septemberâs announcement of a second USGA headquarters on Pinehurst Resort property near the Memberâs Club. The resort intends to add a boutique hotel nearby to accommodate the USGA for the five U.S. Opens it will stage here through 2047.
Add to that a new subdivision off Blake Boulevard; a new neighborhood near Lake Pinehurst; a new cancer center under construction on the FirstHealth campus; new development on N.C. 5 at the villageâs southern boundary; and the ongoing infill construction of homes around the village.