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Concrete/cement company buys 17-acre site at McKay & Gate City Blvd near Adams Farm
Read more: Concrete/cement company buys 17-acre site at McKay & Gate City Blvd near Adams FarmOn January 9, 2026, a subsidiary of Pennsylvania-based Silvi Concrete purchased Lester Properties’ contaminated 17.62-acre Brownfield site at MacKay Road and Gate City Blvd. The site is addressed in Greensboro, but located in the Jamestown ETJ between Fox Hollow/Adams Farm and the commercial strips along Gate City Blvd and Mackay Road (behind the Walgreens corner).…
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5009 MACKAY RD is on GSO zoning agenda for multi-family residential
Read more: 5009 MACKAY RD is on GSO zoning agenda for multi-family residential[NOTE: This is adjacent to the 17+ acre contaminated Brownfield site purchased by a Pennsylvania Concrete company that plans to build a concrete plant and trucking/train transport facility on the site]. TONIGHT, MONDAY, August 18, 2025, the Greensboro Zoning Commission will hear a request to rezone 5009 Mackay Road – which sits in the middle…
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Illegal burning & land-clearing ends development plans for 1202 Guilford College Rd
Read more: Illegal burning & land-clearing ends development plans for 1202 Guilford College Rd[Link to more files, NCDEQ public records for “TRANSOU, RedRock, GC ROAD” are here. PART 1 in this series (about the properties at Wendover Avenue and Guilford College Road) is HERE. PART 3 is HERE.] UPDATE FEB 8, 2026: Multiple violations for illegal burning, land clearing and failure to conduct a required environmental assessment has resulted in…
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109 E. Main St., Jamestown, contaminated with TCE & PCE, sold in November 2024
Read more: 109 E. Main St., Jamestown, contaminated with TCE & PCE, sold in November 2024The property at 102 West Main Street in Jamestown, NC, and the neighboring 109 East Main Street are contaminated with TCE, PCE, and other hazardous substances in the groundwater and indoor air. The contaminated storm water and groundwater flows to an unnamed tributary of Deep River. Despite concerns from residents, the NC DEQ does not…
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ALBERDINGK-BOLEY SPILLS, BROWNFIELDS & HAZARDOUS SITES, CONTAMINANT SOURCES & SITES, DR HORTON/Johnson FarmD.R. Horton plans 1,500-unit “Kinsley” development downhill from Brownfield sites in Jamestown, NC
Read more: D.R. Horton plans 1,500-unit “Kinsley” development downhill from Brownfield sites in Jamestown, NCUPDATE April 23, 2024: No response yet to our November 2023 FOIA request for details on Alberdingk Boley’s wastewater spill into Bull Run (water supply stream), but a second Brownfield site has been approved along this same short stretch of Gate City Boulevard. There’s a lot more data details about the groundwater contamination in engineering…
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CONTAMINATION: 301 N. Scientific Street – hazardous site, toxic lagoon – belongs to RIVERDALE GLOBAL
Read more: CONTAMINATION: 301 N. Scientific Street – hazardous site, toxic lagoon – belongs to RIVERDALE GLOBALThe white pipe at 301 N. Scientific Street is continuously flowing into a tributary to Deep River. Contaminated properties and businesses, including Riverdale Global, are contributing to the pollution. Negligence and noncompliance of the responsible parties have led to ongoing environmental devastation, while regulatory bodies seem to turn a blind eye.
