Sitting as the Economic Development Corp. board, the Moore County Board of Commissioners has approved a resolution calling for subordination of the deed of trust.
In a request to the EDC, the attorney for Southern Floorcovering advised the county that the company is refinancing its loan through BB&T. The new amount is $427,000, and the total for both loans after the subordination is $600,000.
Announcement of the sale of the EDC-owned shell building last winter was the first economic development good news of the year. Southern Floorcovering, a local industry, announced plans to expand operations and to buy the shell building that had been sitting idle about 10 years.
Commissioner Virginia W. Saunders chairs the EDC Board, which convened after the commissioners had completed their regular agenda for the Nov. 15 meeting. It didn’t take the board long to vote unanimously in favor of the motion by Commissioner David J. Cummings.
Saunders said a ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at the site at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 2.
HOLIDAY — Thanksgiving will mean holidays ranging from one to three days.
The Moore County public schools will be closed Wednesday through Friday. State, county and municipal offices will be closed Thursday and Friday.
Post offices will be closed Thursday. Some post offices can make changes in their pick-up schedule during the holiday season, but all will follow the same work schedule for window service and delivery on Wednesday and Friday.
Banks will be closed Thursday. Banks will keep regular hours on Wednesday and Friday.
The Pilot newspaper offices will be closed Thursday.
WORKSHOP — The Southern Pines Town Council will hold a workshop session Monday at 3 p.m. in council chambers.
The council will meet with members of the Appearance Commission to discuss possible help in anti-litter efforts from the state’s community assistance division.
The architect and Police Chief Gerald Galloway will update the council on designs to renovate or demolish and rebuild the present police station on Broad Street.
The council will discuss traffic on Knoll Road between Airport Road and Midland Road through Longleaf, where some residents want to reduce the speed limit. The agenda also includes a potential modification to Pinehurst Area Realty’s Mill Creek residential development combined with a commercial component. The project is zoned for that use at Airport Road along the southwestern side of N.C. 22 at Warrior Woods.
The council is also expected to review a proposed amendment to the zoning ordinance to allow the Sandhills Youth Soccer League to use 38 acres owned by Kelly Miller off Camp Easter Road for temporary soccer practice fields.
SANDHILLS CLUB — The Sandhills Republican Women’s Club is hosting a Christmas party on Saturday, Dec. 4, at the Southern Pines home of former state Sen. Teena Little.
The party will begin at 10:30 a.m.
Judy Borden, president of the new club, said spouses are invited to attend along with anyone interested in joining the club. For additional information, interested persons may call Borden at 235-0841.
MCTS — Moore County Transportation Services will stay in business another year if the N.C. Department of Transportation comes through with a $408,773 grant.
The Board of Commissioners conducted a public hearing on the grant application during the Nov. 15 meeting. No one spoke against the proposal, and J.R. Hill, transportation director, was authorized to proceed with the application.
Although funding for the nonprofit program is largely routine, state law requires the commissioners to hold a public hearing before the application is submitted.
The grant is needed to cover basic costs of operating the program that provides transportation for clients of member agencies and institutions in the county. Participants include the departments of social services, health and aging.
Operational costs are offset by payments from member agencies. The grant will be applied to such expenses as administration, operations and capital needs.
The county’s share of the grant is $48,408, to come from user fees charged for services and from the sale of fixed assets (usually surplus vehicles).
