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1) Rezoning: F-16-55 (Kramer property, Everett Road)
- Action: Approved a zoning map amendment F-16-55 to rezone 5.55 acres from RS-9 to GBS (general business, special use) to allow storage services and related retail uses.
- Motion details: Motion found the rezoning consistent with the Legacy comprehensive plan and reasonable in the public interest, citing neighboring GBS zoning and site plan features.
- Second: Vice Chair Wisenhunt.
- Vote: Motion carried unanimously (recorded as unanimous in transcript).

2) Novant Health tax-exempt bonds (host hearing and in principle approval)
- Action: Held the required public hearing and approved, in principle, the issuance of tax-exempt revenue and refunding bonds for the benefit of Novant Health, not to exceed $855,000,000. County staff and bond counsel noted this is a procedural federal-tax-code approval; bonds are not county debt.
- Mover/Second: Motion made and seconded; vote recorded as unanimous.

3) Economic-development incentives and agreements
- Polyblees (company name in transcript variants: Polyfiles/Polyblees/Polyblaze): The board approved a county incentive package as requested by staff to support a proposed $31,000,000 capital investment in Winston-Salem, with 28 new jobs reported and an incentive cap of $291,183 over five years (county portion; city also approved a package). Vote: unanimous.
- GMAX Industries, Inc.: The board approved an incentive package to support a proposed $15,000,000 investment and 42 new jobs; county incentive not to exceed $143,165 over a five-year term. Vote: unanimous.

4) Zoning and economic-development: F-16-58 (Front Street Wahlberg LLC)
- See separate article above. Action/Outcome: Approved zoning, site plan and CETA allocation for a 420,000-square-foot industrial building. Vote: unanimous.

5) Smith Reynolds Airport capital project amendment
- Action: Approved an amendment to the FY2018 Smith Reynolds Airport Capital Projects Ordinance moving $165,700 from a landfill redevelopment project to a control-tower rehabilitation project. Vote: unanimous.

6) Building reuse grant: Frank L. Bloom Construction Company
- Action: Approved amendment to a Department of Commerce building reuse grant agreement and reappropriation to extend the grant to 08/18/2025; county acts as pass-through fiscal agent. Vote: unanimous.

7) Grass America refund and budget amendment
- Action: Accepted reimbursement of $139,130 from Grass America Inc. for a portion of building reuse funds and passed $121,739 through to the North Carolina Department of Commerce; variance of $17,391 refunded to Grass America per job-count calculation. Motion to amend FY25 budget ordinance to record refund and pass-through: approved unanimously.

8) Lease and contract approvals
- Approved a $65,000 contract with BWNA Books Inc. to publish the county architectural history manuscript. Vote: unanimous.
- Approved a three-year lease with Gas ETs LLC (operating as Softgolf) for county property in Tanglewood Park, with $5,250 annual rent and 15% of gross sales above $60,000; liquor-liability clause removed for this tenant. Vote: unanimous.

9) Tax refunds and financial reports
- Approved tax-assessor refunds of $19,903.35 (item 17) and $24,323.18 (item 18). Vote: unanimous.
- Accepted the March 2025 financial report. Vote: unanimous.

10) Health plan design changes / stop-loss
- Action: Authorized changes to the county stop-loss, health plan design and coverage tiers for FY2026 with an effective date of 07/01/2025 to address projected losses. Commissioners discussed this as a cost-management measure; motion carried unanimously.

11) Historic Preservation and Public Health proclamations
- The board adopted a resolution recognizing May 2025 as Historic Preservation Month and April 2025 as Public Health Month; both proclamations were approved unanimously and presentations were made by the Historic Resources Commission and Forsyth County Public Health staff. Public Health staff announced expanded MMR vaccination clinic hours and walk-ins planned to improve community access.

12) Other administrative items
- Approved minutes, juvenile-justice fund revisions, and several routine budget and grant pass-throughs; carried by unanimous votes where recorded.

Why this matters: The meeting combined routine administrative business with major land-use and economic-development approvals. The Walkertown rezoning denial (F-16-56) highlighted neighborhood-safety and access tradeoffs in housing decisions; the industrial and incentive approvals reflect county efforts to attract jobs and private investment.

Sources: Forsyth County Board of Commissioners meeting transcript, April 24, 2025; staff presentations (Planning and Development Services, Economic Development, County Attorney/bond counsel).","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Board of Commissioners Meeting - Apr 24 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Summary of formal actions taken at the April 24 meeting including rezoning, bond approvals, economic-development incentives, grant pass-throughs and administrative items. All items below were acted on by the Board at the meeting.","taxTitle","Forsyth County, North Carolina","taxId",5013,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6573140,"Commissioners approve 420,000-square-foot industrial project in Union Cross with CETA allocation, citing jobs and infrastructure",779,4255000,5034000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3113428-7bc230b273b8a12290d2f0346a94b14d&start=4255&end=5034","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3113428-7bc230b273b8a12290d2f0346a94b14d/thumbnail_4255000.jpg","/articles/6573140/Forsyth-County/North-Carolina/Commissioners-approve-420000-square-foot-industrial-project-in-Union-Cross-with-CETA-allocation-citing-jobs-and-infrastructure","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6573140-072491f2def1a0a6a152993ebb58363b/orig.mp4?Expires=1775484281&Signature=Vyh10NY2-9u3i6H7kUgTgsj8lb-mT1C02u1SGYQPTDN0g8E~sAhOqH2~ZkT8KLMQOvqFcihNJrNccbp6~ohSmxF6zFeFqSHjZAAN1SSaqtLgzfiQnVyX7DMroISPRs7FJ9~vruoBfQ8mRAFJd0ZLCAUjBVPZ1rYa56V~9UbgqKI8rxFOQ0gEVE70stNyalG7JqZOfT-0D~VavJO536v7HBCbiHI17De5djUvnGzuviuQo-uzjiu9nH8YacG2LA6w5jbfcpatxD3CUZLa~bdydy6FBYgbg6Pgu~xgrYpDKvCv58mYJboXp0oPU1yv0KRBztKBxzs-yZod6L7cf~6IkQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners on April 24 unanimously approved zoning map amendment F-16-58 and a special intense development allocation (CETA) for a proposed 420,000-square-foot manufacturing and warehousing facility on 30.35 acres along Wahlberg Road in the Union Cross area.

Planning and Development Services Director Chris Murphy described the site as located between Union Cross Road and Business Park Drive in Growth Management Area 4, adjacent to Union Cross Business Park and a county recreation area. Murphy said the Southeast Forsyth County Area Plan includes a \"special land use consideration\" for industrial uses where public sewer is available; the Utilities Commission is installing a lift station to serve the basin. He said the proposed project would represent roughly $35 million in private investment and an estimated 250 jobs.

Luke Dickey of STEM Associates, representing Front Street Capital, told the board the developer had withdrawn an earlier convenience-store proposal and re-submitted a single industrial-only plan to reduce traffic impacts. He said a traffic impact analysis showed the relevant intersection would remain at Level of Service B under the revised plan and that the site plan provides signalized access connections to Business Park Drive and Hayes Drive.

The project includes truck access, employee parking, stormwater measures and stream buffers; the applicant confirmed buffering and stormwater controls would meet county and, if annexed, city requirements. The applicant also noted the site would have strong access to I-74 and nearby I-40, supporting logistics and distribution uses.

A motion to approve the rezoning, site plan and CETA allocation passed unanimously. In the motion the board found the proposal consistent with the Legacy 2030 plan and the Southeast Forsyth County Area Plan update, and that the site met the county\u000027s CETA criteria for economic development and job creation.

Why this matters: The approval clears the way for a large industrial facility in Union Cross that county staff said would add tens of millions in investment and hundreds of jobs, and uses the county\u000027s CETA mechanism to allow a higher intensity of development within the watershed allocation rules.

What\u000027s next: County staff and the applicant will proceed with permitting and any required city annexation or staff adjustments tied to property that lies within the city limits; the developer must meet applicable permitting and stormwater requirements before construction.

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Planning and Development Services Director Chris Murphy told the commission the proposal would allow about 29 additional lots beyond what the existing RS-20 zoning permits, that the site plan calls for roughly 93 total lots and that the property would be served by a County/municipal sewer lift station. Murphy said the proposal \"provides a continuation of the single-family development at area-plan appropriate densities\" and noted the Walkertown area plan recommends 0–8 units per acre for the site.

But residents who live on Martin, Avile and Annie streets told the commissioners the narrow, ribbon-paved neighborhood streets lack sidewalks, are already congested, and would be unsafe if used as the primary entrance and exit for almost 100 additional homes. Amanda Hayes, a resident who led several speakers, said the neighborhood had collected signatures opposing the rezoning and that officials had given inaccurate measurements for existing street widths: \"We measured, we put tape measure on the ground, the widest point we can find is 19, not 22,\" Hayes told the board. She and others asked the county to deny the rezoning or require the developer to find an alternative access connected to a major road.

Residents raised multiple, related concerns: traffic volumes and queuing at the nearby Old Hollow Road (US 158) and NC 66 intersections, lack of sidewalks where children and school bus routes exist, and strain on nearby schools. Deanna Spainhour, a Walkertown resident and substitute teacher, said the streets are used for walking and reported an estimated \"900 trips per day\" would be generated by the development, creating safety risks for children at bus stops.

Speakers also cited the county planning board\u000027s recommendation history. Murphy said the Planning Board voted 6–2 to recommend approval after a February public hearing; two dissenting planning board members, according to residents' remarks read into the record, had cited access and safety concerns as reasons to oppose.

During discussion, some commissioners acknowledged broader housing shortages in Forsyth County but supported the residents\u000027 access and safety arguments. One commissioner noted that, even with NCDOT-required turn lanes and other improvements, \"there's still no cure for the right turn out off of Martin Street\" and that access constraints could require unsafe maneuvers.

A motion to deny the rezoning was made and seconded; the board voted 6 in favor, 1 opposed, and the motion carried to deny F-16-56. The transcript records the outcome as \"Motion carries to deny 6 to 1.\" The record does not list individual roll-call vote names in the public transcript for the tally.

Why this matters: The vote keeps the property at RS-20 zoning for now, preserving existing density limits in a neighborhood whose residents argued local streets and services are already at capacity. The denial highlights tensions countywide between adding housing supply and ensuring road and school infrastructure keep pace.

What\u000027s next: The developer may choose to revise the site plan, propose alternate access arrangements (including possible annexation steps to align municipal maintenance boundaries), or pursue other options consistent with RS-20 zoning. The transcript records county staff explaining that annexation or parcel consolidation could present alternative access solutions but that no formal revised plan was before the board on April 24.

Sources: Planning and Development Services Director Chris Murphy; resident speakers Amanda Hayes, Denise Waddell, Deanna Spainhour, Liston Hayes, Linda Wicker, Harry Ballz (public comment); Forsyth County Board of Commissioners meeting transcript, April 24, 2025.","The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners voted 6–1 to deny a developer\u000027s request to rezone 29.62 acres at the northern end of Martin and Avile Streets from RS-20 to RS-12S after residents and commissioners raised safety and access concerns that they said outweighed the developer\u000027s case for added housing.","actionData","errors"]

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Votes at a glance: Forsyth County Board of Commissioners, April 24, 2025

Commissioners approve 420,000-square-foot industrial project in Union Cross with CETA allocation, citing jobs and infrastructure

Forsyth commissioners deny Walkertown-area rezoning amid resident safety, traffic and school-capacity concerns