N&O: Club Makes Bike Trail Deal

Some more good news regarding mtn biking trails in Briar Chapel.

Briar Chapel Ready to Break Ground

The Chatham County Line included a nice summary piece on Briar Chapel. If the PDF takes too long to download, you can also view the archive.

N&O: Briar Chapel Mountain Bike Trails?

Work is set to begin on the trail network tomorrow; the Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew is on hand to help with design and construction.

Request for Subdivision Preliminary Approval

The Chatham County Board of Commissioners posted an agenda abstract for the request for subdivision preliminary approval of Briar Chapel.

Supplement To Testimony on Briar Chapel Application for Water Quality Certification

On December 13, 2005, the North Carolina Division of Water Quality (DWQ) conducted a hearing on Briar Chapel's application for certification for its construction. One day before the hearing, the Fearrington Homeowners Association received a copy of a letter from Kilpatrick-Stockton, representing the developer of Briar Chapel. The Board did not have time to review the position of the developer as contained in this letter prior to the hearing. Subsequently, on January 11, 2006, Mr. Sommers faxed the Board's response to the developer's position as well as additional comments on the DWQ's approval process and water quality and sewage treatment in Chatham County to the North Carolina Division of Water Quality. This supplement to his previous testimony is provided here.

Testimony on Briar Chapel Application for Water Quality Certification

The Fearrington Homeowners Association and many Fearrington Residents attended the public hearing on Briar Chapel's Application for Water Quality Certification on December 13, 2005. Here is a transcript of the testimony.

Big Builder: It Took a Village

The following article appeared in BIG BUILDER Magazine on 8/1/05.

CJW: Another Mini-Briar Chapel for Pittsboro

Here is an article that appeared in Chatham Journal Weekly on 8/1/05.

CJW: Review of Briar Chapel Market Analysis

Here is an article that appeared in Chatham Journal Weekly on 7/9/05.

Cline Design Associates

According to their corporate website, Raleigh-based Cline Design Associates has been responsible for the "design and imaging of the primary, mixed-use components of the [Briar Chapel] project, including the centrally located Village Center, the Retail Village on US-15-501, the recreational/community center facilities and coordination of these key areas into the overall master plan." Here are some of their designs...

Illustrated Master Plan Posted

John R. McAdams Company, Inc. has posted illustrated site plans for Briar Chapel on its website:

Reactions to Project Approval

There has been some discussion of Briar Chapel on OrangePolitics.org recently, triggered by the approval of the project by the Chatham County Commissioners last week.

Economic Impacts of Residential Development: Lessons from Chatham County

The following article appeared in the Nov/Dec 2004 issue of NC State Economist - by Mitch Renkow, Professor and Extension Specialist

Briar Chapel Stormwater Management Plan

The following narrative describes the stormwater management plan for Briar Chapel.

Fiscal Impact of Briar Chapel on Chatham County?

On 10/5/04, the Chatham Shagbark blog (now defunct) posted its opinion of the fiscal impact of Briar Chapel on Chatham County.