Barbara Strang has lived in Concord for over 30 years and she’s had a front-row seat to the city’s rapid growth. But now, she, along with over 1,500 residents, are voicing their discontent in-person and online over a new project looking to turn 557 acres of former farmland into close to 1,900 new homes, as well as a big hotel and other uses.
Homebuilder D.R. Horton is in the early stages of developing essentially a new neighborhood along George W. Liles Parkway and Weddington Road dubbed Concord Farms.
The preliminary plan includes 730 single-family homes, 326 townhomes and 840 multifamily units, along with a 200-room hotel, and 306,000 square feet of commercial, office and retail space…