A developer with plans to build 4,000 homes on a sprawling Castle Hayne property is working with Unique Places to Save to conserve more than 1,100 acres on the site, according to a letter addressed to county officials and community members.
In the letter, Copper Builders founder Wade Miller stated the firm has entered into an agreement with Unique Places to Save, a Durham-based nonprofit conservation land trust, to sell about 1,160 acres through a funding application to the North Carolina Land and Water Fund.
Unique Places to Save submitted a $10.2 million request to fund the acquisition of part of Sledge Forest, according to a list of 2025 North Carolina Land and Water Fund grant applications. The conservation project’s total cost is listed as $15.2 million…