The county has officially abandoned the development plans for the Tanglewood Industrial Park. Thank you for your persistent engagement throughout this process as it brought the necessary attention to our community concerns. We will remain observant to ensure that the land is repurposed in a manner that serves the interests …
June 1, 2019
Final supporters
AGAINST TANGLEWOOD INDUSTRIAL PARK
FORSYTH COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
Tanglewood Industrial Park is a light industrial park planned for County owned property on Idols Road west of Dillon Industrial Drive and the Southwest Athletics Ballparks. County Staff asserts that the industrial park will attract high tech manufacturers. At build-out, the park is expected to generate 2,970 trips per day, of which 80 per day are expected to be truck trips (40% transiting Middlebrook Road). Forsyth County acquired the land, zoned industrial and residential, some time ago for roughly $800,000 and is presently negotiating with Beaufurn, a Davie County Manufacturer, to take the first parcel in the park. Forsyth County is offering a little over $100,000 in tax abatement incentives to Beaufurn. The County's traffic study asserts that adjusting the signal timing at Middlebrook and Lewisville Clemmons Rd will mitigate the traffic impact. No other road or intersection improvements are planned. The County has not attempted to study the impact of the industrial park on neighboring property values, but some third-party studies have concluded that industrial parks can negatively impact surrounding home values, impairing them by as much as 10-15%. The County continues to seek $1.5 million in funding from the Village of Clemmons to help fund a sewer pump station to support the industrial park and other development in the area.
For more information, visit www.tanglewoodbusinesspark.com
BY SIGNING THIS PETITION, I DECLARE MY OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED TANGLEWOOD INDUSTRIAL PARK, AND I URGE THE FORSYTH COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO REJECT THIS PROJECT AND ANY OTHER INDUSTRIAL USES OF THE COUNTY OWNED LAND ON IDOLS ROAD THAT MAY BE CONTEMPLATED NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.
Updates
March 8, 2019
The petition reached five hundred signatures earlier today. This growth indicates a significant level of concern regarding the impact of the proposed industrial park on our neighborhood.
Reached 500 supporters
March 7, 2019
March 7, 2019
We are approaching five hundred signatures regarding the Tanglewood Industrial Park proposal. Please send this link to three neighbors to ensure our opposition reaches the county leadership clearly. Maintaining this momentum is vital for the upcoming discussions about our community.
Reached 100 supporters
August 3, 2018
153 Comments
We moved to Clemmons West 37 years ago for the quality of life the neighborhood provides. We strongly oppose an industrial park, about a block from our home, that will clearly diminish this quality along with our property value.
My wife and I want to keep this area for residential, county park use only. Keep out the industrial park and to raise revenues allow for 1/2 the proposed site restricted to single family homes from $200K and up, on the other half of the property only allow for hiking trails.
As a bicyclist and volunteer in the area (as well as resident), adding truck trips, increasing traffic and noise on or near Clemmons West/Middlebrook is not beneficial at all. Budgets have been overrun, pollution... the list continues.
I am against the plans for this industrial park. Traffic on Middlebrook is heavy enough and timing the lights did nothing to help when we had rd. closures due to construction on Hampton. Rd. The effect on property values is a real concern to me.
Please find a more suitable use for the parcel on Idols Road. Green spaces are needed for a healthy community, how about trails for biking, etc? Would fit perfectly near the ballfields. I protest the business park idea. Thank you for serving THE PEOPLE of Clemmons and Clemmons West.
Change is inevitable. The world is always changing. Embrace the uncertainty!
Sandwiched between two major residential neighborhoods in Clemmons (West Clemmons and Salem Glen) this parcel of Forsyth County land needs careful handling regarding any development. Additional traffic on a country two lane road that serves both neighborhoods, should not be unnecessarily increased each day by potentially thousands of employee trips and commercial imports/exports. The air quality will drastically decrease and with it the health of the human population and area ecosystem. Let's all consider less impactful development. There should be no rush to develop this county land.
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The county has officially abandoned the development plans for the Tanglewood Industrial Park. Thank you for your persistent engagement throughout this process as it brought the necessary attention to our community concerns. We will remain observant to ensure that the land is repurposed in a manner that serves the interests …
June 1, 2019
Final supporters
AGAINST TANGLEWOOD INDUSTRIAL PARK
FORSYTH COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
Tanglewood Industrial Park is a light industrial park planned for County owned property on Idols Road west of Dillon Industrial Drive and the Southwest Athletics Ballparks. County Staff asserts that the industrial park will attract high tech manufacturers. At build-out, the park is expected to generate 2,970 trips per day, of which 80 per day are expected to be truck trips (40% transiting Middlebrook Road). Forsyth County acquired the land, zoned industrial and residential, some time ago for roughly $800,000 and is presently negotiating with Beaufurn, a Davie County Manufacturer, to take the first parcel in the park. Forsyth County is offering a little over $100,000 in tax abatement incentives to Beaufurn. The County's traffic study asserts that adjusting the signal timing at Middlebrook and Lewisville Clemmons Rd will mitigate the traffic impact. No other road or intersection improvements are planned. The County has not attempted to study the impact of the industrial park on neighboring property values, but some third-party studies have concluded that industrial parks can negatively impact surrounding home values, impairing them by as much as 10-15%. The County continues to seek $1.5 million in funding from the Village of Clemmons to help fund a sewer pump station to support the industrial park and other development in the area.
For more information, visit www.tanglewoodbusinesspark.com
BY SIGNING THIS PETITION, I DECLARE MY OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED TANGLEWOOD INDUSTRIAL PARK, AND I URGE THE FORSYTH COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO REJECT THIS PROJECT AND ANY OTHER INDUSTRIAL USES OF THE COUNTY OWNED LAND ON IDOLS ROAD THAT MAY BE CONTEMPLATED NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.
Updates
March 8, 2019
The petition reached five hundred signatures earlier today. This growth indicates a significant level of concern regarding the impact of the proposed industrial park on our neighborhood.
Reached 500 supporters
March 7, 2019
March 7, 2019
We are approaching five hundred signatures regarding the Tanglewood Industrial Park proposal. Please send this link to three neighbors to ensure our opposition reaches the county leadership clearly. Maintaining this momentum is vital for the upcoming discussions about our community.
Reached 100 supporters
August 3, 2018
153 Comments
There are many who exercise on these roads (e.g. Middlebrook and Idols). The increased traffic will create a safety issue. It would be highly unsafe to increase the number of vehicles and the size of these vehicles on these roads, when so many in our community run and ride on them.
We moved to Clemmons West 37 years ago for the quality of life the neighborhood provides. We strongly oppose an industrial park, about a block from our home, that will clearly diminish this quality along with our property value.
My wife and I want to keep this area for residential, county park use only. Keep out the industrial park and to raise revenues allow for 1/2 the proposed site restricted to single family homes from $200K and up, on the other half of the property only allow for hiking trails.
As a bicyclist and volunteer in the area (as well as resident), adding truck trips, increasing traffic and noise on or near Clemmons West/Middlebrook is not beneficial at all. Budgets have been overrun, pollution... the list continues.
I am against the plans for this industrial park. Traffic on Middlebrook is heavy enough and timing the lights did nothing to help when we had rd. closures due to construction on Hampton. Rd. The effect on property values is a real concern to me.
Please find a more suitable use for the parcel on Idols Road. Green spaces are needed for a healthy community, how about trails for biking, etc? Would fit perfectly near the ballfields. I protest the business park idea. Thank you for serving THE PEOPLE of Clemmons and Clemmons West.
Change is inevitable. The world is always changing. Embrace the uncertainty!
Sandwiched between two major residential neighborhoods in Clemmons (West Clemmons and Salem Glen) this parcel of Forsyth County land needs careful handling regarding any development. Additional traffic on a country two lane road that serves both neighborhoods, should not be unnecessarily increased each day by potentially thousands of employee trips and commercial imports/exports. The air quality will drastically decrease and with it the health of the human population and area ecosystem. Let's all consider less impactful development. There should be no rush to develop this county land.
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There are many who exercise on these roads (e.g. Middlebrook and Idols). The increased traffic will create a safety issue. It would be highly unsafe to increase the number of vehicles and the size of these vehicles on these roads, when so many in our community run and ride on them.