Posted on November 3, 2011. Filed under: Local Events, News | Tags: corolla nc, Currituck County, education, events, school, WEVS |
The Corolla Education Foundation has completed its (153 page) application to NC’s Office of Charter Schools to startWater’s Edge Village School (WEVS, pronounced “waves”) and invites the public to an ice-cream social to celebrate!
The event will take place this Sunday (November 6th, 2011) from 2:00 to 3:30 pm at 1124 Carotank Road in Corolla’s Village. The application will be available for review. If successful it will allow the Corolla Education Foundation to open WEVS in August 2012.
Come review the application, learn about charter schools in North Carolina and the application process, and enjoy ice-cream donated by Grammy B’s.
Let’s make WEVS!
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Posted on August 8, 2011. Filed under: News | Tags: corolla nc, Currituck County, government, News, OBX, Outer Banks |
Currituck now owns OBX water
Currituck’s recent buyout of two private water companies makes the county the sole supplier of water on the Outer Banks. Last week, commissioners decided how they will pay for it.
Altogether, the county will borrow $14 million to pay for the purchases, an expansion of the water treatment plant, and the refinancing of an existing loan.
The purchase should end water problems that have plagued Outer Banks vacationers and residents – some more than others – county officials said.
“The benefit is good water,” said Commissioner Owen Etheridge. “And that’s an intangible cost that you just can’t put a value on.”
County manager Dan Scanlon said even those customers who didn’t have a big problem would have before long.
“On the Outer Banks, the shallow wells, it’s just a matter of time before they would have started having chloride issues and the water slowly became more salty,” Scanlon said.
For residents in Monteray Shores, having county water will offer immediate relief. For Currituck Club, the results will be less dramatic although customers should see their water’s iron content go down, said Scanlon.
Being the sole water supplier should also help the county better manage the limited resource on the barrier island, said Scanlon.
The county plans to seek a commercial loan for $9 million and loan itself $5 million from tourism dollars to fund the enterprise.
For residents in Monteray Shores, Currituck Club and Corolla Light, the purchase will mean paying a $75 monthly impact fee for the next five years.
Scanlon said lower costs for water should offset the impact of the $75 fee. For a customer using less than 5,500 gallons, their monthly bills would go up between $20 to $50, he estimated.
Bigger users may actually pay less than before the buyout, he said.
The price tag for buying that system from Carolina Water Services ended up being $3.6 million, said finance director Sandra Hill.
The county will also purchase the Pine Island Water System for $2 million. Customers for that plan have opted to pay higher water bills and monthly flat fees rather than an impact fee.
Whatever the payment plan, customers using the systems will pay for the buyout and the $5.7 million upgrade of the county’s reverse osmosis water treatment system, said Scanlon.
Only customers, not taxpayers who live elsewhere, pay for the debt under the county plan.
Part of the $14 million loan will also include refinancing close to $3 million in outstanding debt from the construction of the treatment plant in 2003. Hill said the refinancing will save the county $98,000 in interest.
Commissioners approved the financing plan last week and plan to forward the agreement to the North Carolina Local Government Commission for approval. Scanlon said he expects the county to receive final state approval by October.
Under the finance plan, the buyout will be paid over 10 years and the plant expansion, over five years. Commissioner Paul O’Neal questioned if the five-year loan could be extended over a longer period to keep down the impact fees.
Scanlon said he expects another plant expansion will be needed before 10 years, and he would like to have the debt paid off before another upgrade is needed.
The county intends to avoid long-term loans that extend beyond the life of the plant. Scanlon said the county is still paying on a 40-year construction loan for the Moyock wastewater plant even though that system has already been replaced.
“We are trying not to layer debt on top of debt on top of debt,” he said
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Posted on April 8, 2011. Filed under: Homes For Sale | Tags: Carova, Currituck County, for sale, Great Escapes, Houses, OBX, Outer Banks, Owner Financing, RE/MAX, real estate, riggs realty, Special Finaincing, Sun Realty, Top 10, Twiddy |
The Top 10 House Best Buys In Carova, NC
MLS #69256 3 Bed 2 Bath 2381 Swan Island Rd.
3 bedroom with a FEMA policy!
$145,000
MLS #68433 2 Bed 1/0 Bath 2320 Swan Island Rd.
2 bedroom cottage on wooded lot
$175,000
MLS #66071 3 Bed 1/0 Bath 506 Mallard Rd.
Canal front with Swimming pool, Needs TLC, Short Sale
$195,000
MLS #61948 3 Bed 2/0 Bath 2019 Sea Gull Rd.
New Construction & LOMA on file
$249,900
MLS#64597 4 Bed 2/1 Bath 1708 Midland Rd.
Short Sale with views of ocean & wildlife refuge
$250,000
MLS #63322 4 Bed 2/0 Bath 2116 Sandfiddler Rd.
Short Sale – Lowest Priced Semi-Oceanfront House Available
$300,000
MLS #66826 4 Bed 2/0 Bath 1687 Sandpiper Rd.
Practically Oceanfront, Just Renovated with good Rental Potential
$350,000
MLS #67953 4 Bed 3/0 Bath 1632 Sandfiddler Rd.
Semi Oceanfront Never Been Rented!
$434,980
MLS #67728 4 Bed 3/1 Bath 1674 Ocean Pearl Rd.
9% Cap Rate
$469,000
MLS #65942 6 Bed 5/1 Bath 2055 Sandfiddler Rd.
Short Sale, Oceanfront & 11% cap rate
$600,000
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Posted on February 16, 2011. Filed under: Mid-Currituck Bridge, Travel | Tags: corolla nc, Currituck County, Mid-Currituck Bridge, OBX, Outer Banks, travel |
The NC Toll Authority and the Federal Highway Administration has confirmed the Preferred Alternative for the proposed Mid-Currituck Bridge. The Preferred Alternative would intersect NC 12 between the first phase of the Corolla Bay subdivision and the northern end of Monteray Shores subdivision and includes a toll plaza at the US 158 interchange and a two-lane bridge over Maple Swamp between the interchange and the Aydlett community. The plan also calls for parts of NC 12 to be widened to four lanes. They include stretches along the bridge landing and the area between the Food Lion/TimBuck II Shopping Center and Currituck Clubhouse Drive.
One of the proposals for the bridge project included a toll facility in the heart of the Aydlett community. Many residents expressed opposition to this proposal.
The Preferred Alternative – MCB4 – will now be documented in the project’s Final Environmental Impact Statement which should be released this summer. Once that is released, it is expected that the Federal Highway Administration will sign its Record of Decision by this fall which would be the final federal approval step of the project.
If funding remains in place, the bridge is expected to be open to traffic in 2016.
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Posted on February 11, 2011. Filed under: Beach Driving, Corolla Wild Horses, Travel | Tags: Carova, Corolla Wild Horses, Currituck County, Driving, government, Land, OBX, Outer Banks, travel |
For over 40 years
Carova, NC has been completly zoned Residential. Instead of Carova becomming another
Sandbridgeor
Corolla, it developed intosomething truly unique. Carova became an 11 mile stretch of beach with
no gas stations,
no gift stores,
no liquer stores, and even
no pavement. Instead it became a
group of communities whose residents enjoy the peacefullness of not having those things and choose to live among the
deer,
foxes and other wild animals that live int he surrounding wildlife refuges including the
Corolla Wild Horses.
Over the years the owners of any potential comercial parcels came to realize the path that
Carova has taken, and over time they have given portions back to the county and subdivided the rest into residential lots. Now one owner remains, Gerald Freedman. He owns the last two remaining parcels that were platted comercial, and he insists on being allowed to develope them as commercial. His last attempt was mentioned in this bolg (
Commercial Development in Caova, NC is back on the Table). His plans then for a hotel, shopping area, and fishing pier that were on the BOC agenda were pushed from March, to June and then withdrawn. Now he is trying again. Please visit
SaveOBX.com and voice your concerns. We need to hear from everyone, residents, property owners, and vacationers.
This came in as a series of posts from Elizabeth White, President of the Swan Beach Property Owners Association.
“At the Monday, February 7, 2011 Board of Commisioners Meeting, Chip Friedman, son of Gerald Friedman, asked the Board of Commissioners that the Swan Beach-Corolla LLC proposal to rezone his Swan Beach property from residential to commercial, be returned to the BOC agenda. The item is currently scheduled to be heard Monday, March 21, 2011. It appears that this will be the same request that was withdrawn from the BOC agenda on June 7, 2011. The proposal included an Inn, a resaturant, retail operations, a fishing pier, etc.
More information will be shared when available.”
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Posted on February 9, 2011. Filed under: Mid-Currituck Bridge, Travel | Tags: corolla nc, Currituck County, Driving, Mid-Currituck Bridge, OBX, Outer Banks, travel |
I am continually getting asked questions about and updates on the Proposed Mid-Currituck Bridge. Here is the latest info from the North Carolina Turnpike Athority. The compleation date has been pushed back yet again, but they are still proposing to get the project started by the end of this year.
Mid-Currituck Bridge
Preferred Alternative
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Turnpike Authority Confirms Preferred Alternative
Description
New location roadway, including a proposed bridge over the Currituck Sound, from Currituck County mainland to the Currituck County Outer Banks.
Length
Approximately 7.0 miles
Estimated Cost
Preliminary cost is estimated at $659.2 million. Final costs will be determined during design.
Free alternate route
Existing US 158 across the Wright Memorial Bridge, then NC 12.
Timeline
| Draft Environmental Impact Statement |
Completed |
| Final Environmental Impact Statement |
Summer 2011 |
| Record of Decision |
Fall 2011 |
| Project Open to Traffic |
2016 |
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Posted on October 20, 2010. Filed under: Local Events | Tags: Carova, Currituck County, government |
A Candidates Forum was held at Carova Beach Fire & Rescue, Station 7, Friday, October 15. The attendees were Susan Johnson, David Palmer, Gene Gregory, Marion Gilbert, Paul Martin, Butch Petrey, Donnie Norrell, and Janet Taylor. Attached is a transcription of the first hour.
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