Legacy Business Park Plans Moving Forward

Plans for Legacy Business Park, the proposed 5,000-acre commercial and industrial development in eastern Union County, are moving forward on multiple fronts:

• Open public forums have been completed in six communities.
  
• Meetings are now being scheduled with town councils throughout the county.
  
• Although no announcements are ready at this time, productive discussions with strategic partners are continuing as planned.
  

The Need Is Great

• The need for Legacy became apparent as the Union County Partnership for Progress wrestled with the challenge of expanding the county’s non-residential tax base so that there is a healthier balance between residential and commercial.
  
• Currently families and homeowners of Union County are carrying an unsustainable share of the County’s tax burden, and Union currently has the largest per-capita public debt obligation of all the 100 North Carolina counties.
  
• Union County’s economic future and welfare depends on resolving these critical problems, especially in light of the current recession and rising unemployment.
  
• The Union County Partnership for Progress was established to help address these issues.
  
• Working with economic development consultants, real estate professionals, local and state government officials and regional economic development agencies, the Partnership has determined that there is a deficiency in market-competitive industrial parks, office parks, industrial sites, industrial buildings and other non-residential properties.
  

A Transformational Solution

• Legacy Business Park would be a bold, transformational, long-range solution to these problems.
  
• At over 5,000 acres, Legacy would be the foremost location for business, industry and other non-residential tax base in the two Carolinas.
  
• The Park could host more than $2 billion in new capital investment.
  
• It could accommodate 20,000 jobs and sustain job development for many generations to come.
  
• It could provide Economic Development opportunities in Union County for 30 or more years.

Please Share Your Comments

Substantial early support has been expressed both inside and outside of Union County for Legacy Business Park. If you also are supportive of Project Legacy, please share your support with local elected officials. A copy of the Legacy Business Park brochure (above) is available in PDF format – click here to download it now.