Bluegreen Needs to Accept the State's Generous Offer Now!!

It is way past time for Bluegreen to accept the generous offer from NCDENR to purchase Bluegreen's option on the approximately 700 acres that adjoin the current Haw River State Park. The fledgling HRSP needs your help and especially the help of our County Commissioners to make sure it can expand and become a dynamic state park. Bluegreen can build another development elsewhere in Guilford County. The state's current offer allows Bluegreen to go ahead and fulfill their full offer to all three of the property owners plus put a little money in their pocket to help cover expenses they have incurred. Bluegreen has had sufficient time to study and sign this agreement.

Taft Wireback did have one mistake in his recent N&R piece on 11/29/07. He said that the "commissioner's hearing has been delayed before at the request of state government." That previous delay had been requested by Bluegreen -- not by the state.

In the written request to Paul Gibson from Charles Winfree dated 11/27/07 asking for another delay is an important paragraph: "Mrs. Cox and other property owners are concerned that if this matter is heard before the parties have fully explored the possibilities of settlement that the value of their property would be unnecessarily impaired. Furthermore, successful completion of the negotiations would eliminate the need for a hearing of any kind."

It appears that all the property owners also want Bluegreen to accept the state's generous offer so that the property owners can finally get their money based on Bluegreen's current offer, that the state will fully honor.

Another delay over the issue of rezoning is not necessary and a waste of everyone's time and energy. What is essential is that Bluegreen does need to accept the state's generous offer and sell the state their option on this property. Once that is done the property owners can be fully compensated, the HRSP can begin a healthy expansion and another important section of the Haw River's wildlife and wetland habitat will be protected and preserved.