EXMORE, Va.— A developer has submitted plans for an 870-home community on 157 acres behind the Shore Plaza shopping center in Exmore, a project that would be built in phases and include single-family homes, condominiums, townhouses and apartments.
Chris Carbaugh of Atlantic Group and Associates Inc. outlined the proposal to the Exmore Town Council on July 14, saying the first phase would include 200 homes. He offered $500 per lot sold — up to $435,000 total — to support emergency services and pledged to prevent sewer rate increases during the initial phase with a supplemental monthly sewer fee.
The development, to be built by Broadwater Properties LLC, would stretch from Broadwater Road to Occohannock Neck Road and include parks, ponds, pools and open space. Although the land is already zoned residential, rezoning would allow for smaller lot sizes and higher density.
Town Manager Taylor Dukes said Exmore’s new wastewater system has spurred increased interest from developers. Business owner Ken Dufty, however, expressed concern that development could change the town’s character, noting that its previous lack of sewer infrastructure had kept large projects at bay.
The council must approve the planned unit development before it can move forward.
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Ken Duffy needs to leave
Take a look around this entire Eastern Shore . Nothing but vacancies. Why ? Too afraid to have a prosperous area. Why did Exmore allow 2 auto parts stores to be built with in 1/4 mile from each other when clearly other business would have enhanced this area not only for employment opportunities but will increase a tax base for all of the towns . Get your head out of your ass those who continue to stop progress . It can be done in a way thats still keeping a former way and include a taste full progression.
Go back to where you came from and make changes so you won’t ever want to leave again.
How do we boycott this?
Greed is difficult to boycott.
Come to the Exmore Town Council tonight and let Council know that this would NOT be a balanced or sustainable way to grow!
Progress can happen the right way but this isn’t it.
This would be as bad as the chesapeake bridge and tunnel was for the shore.
Stop this development. Never decrease lot size for development. Virginia has a terrible record for growth. My home county, Chesterfield, is the largest growing county in the state. If you want to see consequences of allowing developers to say how big a lot should be take a drive up 64W. They can stay within the rules in place now. Still have a development just not 850 homes. Talk about run off into the Chesapeake water shed. Every farmer has rules as to what and how much they can apply to each acre they farm. Homeowners can dump twice as much or more on their 1-5 acres for the beautiful lawn and no one regulates it. Imagine how many chemicals will end up in the bay from 1/3 of those proposed 850 homes. Probably more than if that acreage was a working farm. Save the Bay. Save the Shore.
The Eastern Shore as I knew it is long gone.
Wow, I can already see it in my head… rows of dilapidated cookie cutter houses sitting across from one of the highest ranking schools on the Eastern Shore, just behind the vacant shopping centers and weed-filled parking lot of the Exmore Plaza. The first problem I have with this project is what an eyesore it will be. The one thing that I (and most people who live or visit here) value most about the Shore is the undeveloped landscapes that make for beautiful scenery. Whenever I visit across the bay and drive by an expansive treeless residential development, the lack of personality and appeal triggers my gag reflex. This project would see to removing a huge swath of iconic Eastern Shore plain-and-pine-forest scenery to make some rich developer even richer who will just leave it there to rot. Another issue is that this isn’t going to make Exmore any better. Sure, it will add plenty of homes for people to move into, but who’s going to fill them all? Who’s moving to the Eastern Shore, Exmore of all places, for any reason other than wanting a place to escape from the urbanized, modern areas that are popping up nearly everywhere else? Certainly not many professional, well-educated people. There isn’t a wellspring of job opportunities, and most people have to drive an hour at least for any good medical care or other resources. It makes more sense, in my humble opinion, to leave the Eastern Shore be and preserve its rural uniqueness. Chris Carbaugh, hands off!
Yes, all of this!!!