This reporting was made possible by a grant from the Fourth Estate Fund.
Tuesday night’s meeting of the New Hanover County Board of Adjustment had a capacity crowd and then some, with attendees overflowing into a separate room in the government center. Many of the people there wore green in support of Save Sledge Forest, an organization that’s opposing the proposed Hilton Bluffs development that’s moving forward in the northwest part of the county.
The Board of Adjustment ultimately agreed to a stay — a temporary pause in permitting for the development — and a full hearing to decide whether the project can move forward as proposed is now scheduled for the summer…