Developers Look For The Road Name Less Traveled

Planners in the fast growing Charlotte area say growth is making it harder to christen streets.

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August 20, 2001, 11:00 AM PDT

By Christian Madera @http://www.twitter.com/cpmadera


In the fast-growing region in and around Charlotte, NC, developers are having a difficult time looking for unused road names for their subdivisions. "In Mecklenburg and surrounding counties, it's a chore to find unused street names. Cabarrus has more than 4,100 recognized names; Iredell has up to 4,965; and heavily populated Gaston counts 6,556. All of these counties are adding scores of roads each year as developers add subdivisions. "Just forget anything named after a tree, a flower or a bird," said north Mecklenburg developer Doug Boone, founder of Boone Communities Inc. "They're all pretty much long gone. Oh, and don't forget the word 'quail,' it's gone too." The problem isn't a shortage of words. It's that so many builders want to use the same or similar ones."

Thanks to Christian Peralta

Sunday, August 19, 2001 in The Charlotte Observer

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