Mountain Island Promenade Rezoning

MIP consists of up to 765 housing units plus extensive retail and ofice space, when completed in late 2009. This develop will have a significant impact n the Mountain Island area, including 20,000 more daily trips on Mount Holly Huntersville Rd. Despite our protests in 2006 to limit the scale and address traffic in a broader way, MIP was approved by the Charlotte City Council. Now the developer is back to get his site plan amended to include the possibility of a 2nd "big box" store (Lowe's Home Improvement is the first), increasing the number of apartments and decreasing the size of the townhomes. It is now quickly moving away from the "first class" development we were promised.

The initial hearing on this proposal will be Monday Feb 18 at 6 pm at the Char Meck Govt Center at 400 Fourth St. Chastain Parc and Overlook plan to speak on it, asking that the City Council will direct that a new Traffic Impact Study be conducted, that the specifications regarding the housing be changed so that something better than entry level housing be constructed, that Charlotte guidelines say that only one "big box" is allowed and that issues in the Chastain Parc buffer be addressed. Our area does not need more entry level housing and apartments and it needs the MHH traffic problem addressed now, not after it becomes impossible to get in and out of our neighborhoods.

Please join me and others in the "fight" during the next 30 days to preserve/improve our quality of life in the Mountain Island area. Come to the initial hearing Monday night!! For more info, e-mail me at blm245@aol.com