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Plan for 4 large tracts near Lake Norman takes shape: The interim agreement with Catawba County has holistic approach and a village center.

The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC )

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Byline: Joe Marusak

Apr. 26--SHERRILLS FORD -- Catawba County has reached an interim agreement with land developer Crescent Resources on how it should develop its four large tracts near Lake Norman.

Residents can learn more at a public information meeting at Sherrills Ford Elementary at 7 p.m. Thursday.

Crescent, Duke Energy Corp.'s development and land management arm, is proposing a 600-acre public park, two major housing developments and a retail-commercial-housing "village" to be built over years, maybe decades. The projects will transform a largely untouched section near N.C.'s largest man-made lake.

County officials have discussed the…

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