Comprehensive coverage of Mebane city council’s decision to rezone 134 acres along Buckhorn Road for a truck and freight terminal and two large warehouses, which also means the end of a flea market that has operated for decades on the property.
- News: Mayor interrupts the meeting to convene a private backroom confab including himself, councilman Tim Bradley, city attorney, city manager, and representatives/lawyers for the developer. Goal: to work out a longer transition for the flea market: https://alamancenews.com/half-hour-backroom-discussion-in-middle-of-open-meeting-used-to-work-out-longer-transition-for-closing-flea-market/
- Opinion: See also our editorial page opinion on the impropriety/illegality of such a backroom discussion in the middle of an ostensibly open meeting: https://alamancenews.com/mebanes-backroom-dealing-both-illegal-and-unnecessary/
- News: Six-hour meeting was lengthened by the 2½ hour segment, which included time-consuming translation into Spanish for speakers opposing the timeframe for closing the flea market – and of council comments: https://alamancenews.com/six-hour-council-meeting-prolonged-by-spanish-translation-during-buckhorn-public-hearing/
- News: Final decision: 3-2 for annexation and 4-1 for rezoning for the truck and freight terminal, 5-0 for annexing and rezoning for the warehouses: https://alamancenews.com/annexation-and-rezoning-approved-for-two-big-projects-on-buckhorn-rd/
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