Wednesday's Internet Edition, March 10, 2010.
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| Novant Health’s Cynthia Charles and architect Doug Stimmel discuss the site plan for a hospital and school on Harper Road overlooking Interstate 40. |
The Clemmons Courier
- Novant Health formally filed its request Thursday to rezone 124 acres off Harper Road overlooking Interstate 40 for a new hospital and elementary school in a site plan that includes four miles of trails and sidewalks, bike lanes, a pond and tree-lined streets designed by a local architect.
Novant had already given sneak peeks of the plans to hundreds of neighboring homeowners and will continue a public relations campaign to win approval by the Clemmons village council.
The council could see the request as early as May if it clears the planning board and staff reviews.
“We’ve really paid attention to what Clemmons says they want,” said Novant spokesman Cynthia Charles.
Novant plans to spend $750,000 to upgrade the dam on an existing 17-acre pond and donate that land to the village. Walking trails will circle the pond.
Architect Doug Stimmel of Stimmel Associates P.A. of Winston-Salem said many ideas for the development came from the village’s own development guidelines for the proposed Village Pointe area that has never been built in the area between Harper and Lewisville-Clemmons roads on the north side of I-40.