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Mount Airy schedules annexation hearing after hours of public comment opposing sports-complex plan
Summary
Mount Airy officials set a public hearing for proposed annexation of the Warfield property after residents raised traffic, water and town-character concerns tied to a proposed private sports complex. The council emphasized the hearing is a procedural step; final annexation would require further county and state review.
The Mount Airy Town Council on March 2 set a public hearing for a proposed annexation tied to a privately proposed sports complex, after more than an hour of public comment from nearby residents pressing the council to reject the plan.
Council president called the meeting and walked the audience through the multi-step timeline: tonight the council only set the public hearing; on April 6 the council will approve or disapprove an annexation plan (approval of the plan would not itself effect annexation); the plan then goes to county and state review before a potential August 3 vote on actual…
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