Forced Annexation of Unwilling Community Roils Lexington
Residents of subdivision look to newly elected lawmaker to stop annexation
LEXINGTON (By Sara Burrows, Carolina Journal Online) — Times are tough in Lexington. The outsourcing of textile and furniture manufacturing has left thousands out of work, dozens of plants sitting idle, and the city’s once vibrant “uptown” struggling to stay in business.
Just beyond the city’s vacant shopping centers and troubled housing market lies a more prosperous community called Sapona.
Sapona is a golf and country club community in an unincorporated part of Davidson County, just a mile and a half outside Lexington’s city limits.
The grass literally is greener in Sapona. The home values are higher, the schools are better, and there is virtually no crime. Residents say they couldn’t be happier with the water, trash, sheriff and fire services they get from the county.
But Lexington officials say Sapona residents need help, and they are bound and determined to give it to them.
LEXINGTON (By Sara Burrows, Carolina Journal Online) — Times are tough in Lexington. The outsourcing of textile and furniture manufacturing has left thousands out of work, dozens of plants sitting idle, and the city’s once vibrant “uptown” struggling to stay in business.
Just beyond the city’s vacant shopping centers and troubled housing market lies a more prosperous community called Sapona.
Sapona is a golf and country club community in an unincorporated part of Davidson County, just a mile and a half outside Lexington’s city limits.
The grass literally is greener in Sapona. The home values are higher, the schools are better, and there is virtually no crime. Residents say they couldn’t be happier with the water, trash, sheriff and fire services they get from the county.
But Lexington officials say Sapona residents need help, and they are bound and determined to give it to them.
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