Editing Wallace, North Carolina (section)

=== Population Growth ===
Mayor Wells called upon Planning Director Rod Fritz to brief the council on rezoning 150 acres south of Wallace in the community of [[Willard, North Carolina|Willard]] of [[Pender County, North Carolina|Pender County]]. The Planning Board unanimously approved this rezoning request. That area of [[Willard, North Carolina|Willard]] is now a part of Wallace and the site where hundreds of new homes will be constructed near the exit 390 overpass of [[Interstate 40 in North Carolina|Interstate 40]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 14, 2024 |title=TOWN OF WALLACE MONTHLY TOWN COUNCIL MEETING |url=https://www.wallacenc.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/March-14-2024.pdf |website=Town of Wallace}}</ref>

Council Member Brinkley made a motion to establish a public hearing on March 14, 2024, for the rezoning of property on [[North Carolina Highway 11|Hwy 11]], that was seconded by Council Member Rivas-Diaz and approved unanimously. That hearing discussed the potential development of hundreds of new homes in the Tin City community of Wallace.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 8, 2024 |title=TOWN OF WALLACE MONTHLY TOWN COUNCIL MEETING |url=https://www.wallacenc.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/February-8-2024-regular-meeting.pdf |access-date=May 5, 2024 |website=Town of Wallace}}</ref>