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Residents urge transparency and affordable‑housing alternatives as EDA moves to sell Goodrich property
Summary
The board received an update and resident comments about the EDA's planned sale of the Goodrich property in Stanley; speakers urged reevaluation of potential industrial uses, exploration of mixed‑income workforce housing and increased public engagement before any sale.
Board members provided a brief history and status update on the Economic Development Authority (EDA) Goodrich property and then heard public comments urging alternatives to sale or re‑use that could meet county housing and community needs.
Staff read a timeline dating to the EDA's 2008 purchase of the property for an industrial business park and recounted subsequent board and EDA actions. The timeline said offers were received in August 2025, bids are due by 09/18/2025 and the EDA will review bids on 09/22/2025; staff emphasized the EDA operates independently, that the Board of Supervisors has limited power to interfere, and that the presentation was for transparency.
Residents raised concerns at the meeting. Colton Wolfe, who lives on Goodrich Road, urged the board to be careful about selling a parcel zoned industrial near Stanley Elementary School and the Votek Center, citing road‑capacity and truck traffic concerns and requesting the board be vigilant and consider tabling decisions until 2026. Additional speakers urged exploring using the 59‑acre parcel for mixed‑income and workforce housing, childcare, health and community facilities, and recommended a public, transparent process to evaluate alternatives before irrevocably selling the land.
Board members thanked citizens for engagement and encouraged continued participation at EDA and planning‑commission meetings; no formal action to change the EDA process or halt sale was taken at the meeting.
