Merry Hill
Real Estate
Affordable housing meeting offers plans
Housing discussions were top of mind in Windsor Monday evening as Choanoke Area Housing Consortium representatives Eric Chaplin and Kyle Jenkins gave an overview of the consolidated plan being developed by the newly formed consortium. Chaplin is the principal owner and lead consultant at Civitas, the company hired to survey leaders and residents of the five counties: Bertie, Halifax, Hertford, Martin and Northampton along with the municipalities that make up the consortium. ...
Input sought on affordable housing
Affordable housing: is it important to the community? The new Choanoke Area Housing Consortium that consists of Bertie, Halifax, Hertford, Martin and Northampton counties and most municipalities, will be conducting a series of community events to gather feedback from the residents related to the affordable housing needs in the region. Community feedback will help to prioritize the uses of the federally-funded HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME) program. The U.S. Department...
The housing crisis...
Over the past month, the Bertie County Commissioners have been exploring the need for affordable housing as have the commissioners in surrounding counties. While the affordable housing issue may get a boost from the recently established Choanoke Area Housing Consortium and the federally funded Home Investment Partnership Program they oversee, that only alleviates one portion of a larger problem. If the Federal Government really wants to accelerate economies in poor...
Commissioners seek to sell surplus property
Anyone who has driven by 1008 North King St. in Windsor, currently home to the Good Shepherd Food Pantry, and thought the house would be a perfect home for a family, can have his or her wishes come true. Once Good Shepherd moves to its new location at the old Southwestern school campus in the next few months, the North King Street location may be one of a number of county-owned properties that could be for sale in the foreseeable future. The Bertie County Commissioners...
Hayes sale is finalized
One year after the state of North Carolina appropriated funds to acquire Hayes Farm in Edenton to transform it into a public historic site, the sale of the property has finally closed. On Friday, Dec. 30, the sale was finalized and all 194 acres now belong to the state. At nearly the same time, the state leased the entire property, as well as 28 of its structures to the Elizabeth Vann Moore Foundation, of Edenton, for 50 years. ...
Bertie Early College sale in negotiations
The fate of the Bertie County Early College High School property is still up in the air. The Bertie County Board of Commissioners, on advice of the county attorney, rejected portions of the original term sheet provided by the Bertie County School Board. The 819 Governor’s Road property – which is often referred to as the old Southwestern Middle School — was declared surplus by the board of educations during...
This Is the Oldest House in North Carolina
Lane House is a historic house in Edenton, North Carolina that has been identified as the oldest house in the state by dendrochronology. The one-and-a-half-story house is located within the Edenton National Register Historic District. The earliest part was built in 1718–19 and possibly moved to the site from nearby.
Jackson Dairy to cater to "old Edenton"
Dawson Tyler and Burton Swain have a vision for east Edenton – one that involves the construction of nearly 60 new residential units that invoke the aesthetic of northeast North Carolina at the turn of the 20th century. In the midst of a housing shortage across Chowan County, Down East Preservation’s new offshoot – Down East Properties – looks to expand Tyler and Swain’s ventures to the old Jackson Dairy on the eastern edge of Edenton, at the corner of N.C. 32 and Coke Avenue. ...
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