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Get to Know Your Candidates in Lewisville and Clemmons

Lewisville is having a candidate forum at six tomorrow evening (10/21/09) in the Lewisville Library.   Local elections provide the greatest opportunity for your vote to have a real impact so if you live in Lewisville you should definitely plan on attending.  FYI, here's the slate of Town Council candidates this year:

• Roger Fowler
• Fred Franklin
• Mike Horn
• Tom Lawson
• Ken Sadler
• John Sangimino
• Larry Sowers

Also tomorrow evening, West Forsyth High School is hosting a "Meet the Candidate" issues exchange for the six candidates for Clemmons Council from 7-8:30.

Ecorations

I came across thispress release about a web-based company in Clemmons called Ecorations that has a pretty interesting product concept.

Ecorations, LLC is a web-based company launched in May 2008 by Kathy de Jong and Debora Owens. The concept was inspired by de Jong’s Dutch mother-in-law, who once presented Kathy with a Christmas gift wrapped in a burlap tote—only to promptly ask for it back (promising that she’d “see it again next year”). Today, Ecorations hopes to spread this lovely, timeworn tradition to the rest of the world.

Founded with the mission to reduce waste and shift standards in gift giving, the company is committed to quality and innovation “where green meets smart and chic.” Its bags and wraps are made in the U.S. of high-quality fabric, making them durable throughout years of reuse. Additional gift bag designs, including an apparel box wrap, structured pouch and wine bottle bag, come in several sizes (to fit any gift) and 10 reversible fabrics combinations for a variety of occasions

Clemmons Town Center

With all the turmoil in today's credit markets I was wondering if there's going to be a delay in the development of Clemmons Town Center, the new mall that's planned for the area between Lewisville-Clemmons Road, Harper Road, Peacehaven Road and I-40 in Clemmons.  I don't have an answer to that question, but when I searched the name of the developer, Hill Partners, Inc. of Charlotte, I found a link to an article in a trade magazine called Shopping Center Business.  The article, which appeared in November, 2008, says that Hill Partners expects to open the project in late 2010 and that they are working with Novant on a master plan since the land that Novant purchased for its Clemmons hospital is adjacent to the mall property.

I wouldn't be surprised if the development is delayed for a while given the credit environment, but now that Novant's gotten the preliminary approval for the hospital from the state of North Carolina I think the odds of both the hospital and the mall actually being built have risen dramatically in the last month.

One interesting piece of info I learned: Hill Partners is also managing The Old Post Office Pavilion in DC.  I always liked that development so it gives me encouragement that the Clemmons Town Center might turn out okay.  As for traffic...