Cotswold NewsLocal news for Cotswold (Charlotte, NC) continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Trees Felled During Expansion: Church's neighbors plum nearly angry- January 23, 2008 "I'd rather it not have happened, but I'm just glad it's not condos or a shopping center." Tucked off Randolph Road, behind Providence Baptist Church in Charlotte's Cotswold section, is a woodsy sliver of a street that in the 1950s was named Plum Nearly Lane.It got that name, the neighborhood lore goes, because it was 'plum out of the city' and 'nearly out of the county.' Its undisturbed habitat was full of deer, raccoons, owls and hawks.But now, some residents are alarmed that urban progress..http://www.topix.net/city/charlotte-nc-cotswold/2008/01/trees-felled-during-expansion-chur... DEVELOPMENT: Cotswold heats up with spec projects- January 7, 2008 "It's difficult to find something new in that area, and our prices are competitive based on what it would cost to buy and renovate a home there" Condo developers aren't the only ones in the residential market attracted to Charlotte's Cotswold area.Vicus Builders Inc. has started the first two of 15 speculative homes planned on 4.7 acres at Windemere Lane and Sharon Amity Road across from the Sherwood Forest neighborhood.Prices at Mason Oaks start in the $550,000s for four-bedroom houses...http://www.topix.net/city/charlotte-nc-cotswold/2008/01/development-cotswold-heats-up-with... |