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Resident urges commissioners to halt demolition of Chesterfield Elementary and pursue community reuse
Summary
A resident petition with roughly 200 signatures asked commissioners to pause demolition of Chesterfield Elementary, proposing an interlocal property transfer to convert the campus into a multi-generation community hub and park and estimating the county could avoid $250,000 in demolition costs.
Kelly Michaels, a Burke County resident, presented a petition of about 200 signatures and urged the board to pause the planned demolition of Chesterfield Elementary School to explore community-led reuse and an interlocal property transfer with the school board. Michaels proposed a vision for the campus including active recreation, a small library branch, lifelong-education spaces (GED classes, heritage workshops), community gardens and a business incubator, and suggested the county could avoid spending approximately $250,000 on demolition if an alternate transfer and reuse plan were pursued.
Michaels asked the board to "open immediate dialogue with the school board to pause demolition and explore the public park transition." Commissioners acknowledged receipt of the petition; no formal motion to halt demolition was made during the meeting and the item remained in the public-comment record for board consideration.
