Trails designed by Avid Trails will meander the property, including at the northern end right outside the main entrance to Bay Creek. Text FOOD or COMIDA to 877-877 to find free food distribution sites organized by school districts and other community organizations. In addition to attracting more residents, the conserved land will likely attract more avian inhabitants. While these actions may prove to be difficult in the short-term, such sacrifices now will only help to protect our community and speed its journey back to the safe and enjoyable experience for which Cape Charles is so well known. The delivery of physical mail to the Governor’s office may be significantly delayed due to safety precautions that Virginia has implemented to help reduce the spread of COVID-19.

Please stay safe everyone! “Where the golf holes were, we actually tore out all the infrastructure, tore out the bunkers, the irrigation system, things like that, because we’re going to let all that go back to nature," Sinnott said. CAPE CHARLES — If you walked along the southern end of the Bay Creek housing development this time last year, you’d likely be playing on the back nine holes of … Up to 6 feet of sand was pushed onto N.C. 12 in Hatteras. CAPE CHARLES — If you walked along the southern end of the Bay Creek housing development this time last year, you’d likely be playing on the back nine holes of the golf club’s second course. The 350 acres contain a mix of land types that encapsulate coastal Virginia: mudflats, beaches, open fields, pine-hardwood forest, tidal creeks. Think native grasses and trees, trails and plenty of avian habitat.

As seen Wednesday, February 26, 2020. The company has set aside about another 340 acres for future building, some of which will start soon.

The houses are grouped by style in mini-communities within the larger development. Instead, Preserve plans to create what it’s calling a nature preserve complete with kayak launches, a community garden, education center and more. Trees on the property include sweetgum, blackberry, Virginia creeper, wax myrtle, sassafras and many others. Oh My! ‘The mystery is over’: Researchers say they know what happened to ‘Lost Colony’, Virginia Beach’s new roller rink and fun center is like an indoor day-carnival, with beer for parents, Meet the Virginia Beach City Council candidates on the November ballot, Lawsuits challenge Virginia’s sexual orientation protections, Newport News launches free training to help COVID-19 unemployed, Something in the Water organizers giving away swag to encourage locals to vote, At Little Creek, a new name, an evolving mission for former brown water Navy, When men split the sea: Building the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. “Birds, birds, birds, birds, birds,” Sinnott said when describing the move’s impact for the natural environment. . Report a Concern . Freedom of Information . And it’s going to be reverting back to nature.”. “Bay Creek kind of kicked off Cape Charles’ renaissance. . The easement won’t allow for much else anyway, Sinnott said. The Virginia Coastal Beach Monitoring and Notification Program normally conducts weekly beach water samples mid-May through September, at 45 sites. There’s a redistricting question on Virginia’s ballot. Coronavirus (COVID-19) Employment Opportunities . Bay Creek includes hundreds of homes owned by retirees, used as vacation rentals or single-family homes, as well as a golf club. “It’s not that it was a toxic dump, but (this is) taking out nitrates.". Then Cape Charles kept going and Bay Creek stalled.”.

Norfolk is trying to hold trials amid a pandemic. The mission of Atlanta-based Preserve Communities, which specializes in large, master-planned development, Sinnott said, is to create “thoughtful development." But the conservation plan is also a business-centered one. They already closed down those nine holes — 27 still remain — and plan to let the land “turn back to what it looked like 100 years ago,” said James Sinnott, president and chief operating officer of Preserve Communities, which took over Bay Creek late last year. Preserve Communities, which took over the massive Bay Creek community in Cape Charles last year, is designating around 350 acres inside the property as a permanent nature preserve protected against future development, including an area for hiking trails accessible to the public. Katherine Hafner, 757-222-5208, katherine.hafner@pilotonline.com. Pentagon lifts travel restrictions for Norfolk Navy facilities, Pharrell-backed surf park in Virginia Beach passes milestone that other projects didn’t. In keeping with these mandates, the Town of Cape Charles is hereby requesting all visitors to stay home and to reschedule their travel to Cape Charles after this crisis has abated. We rushed to make the sunset and every minute was worth it. It is also creating public trails right outside the community’s gates, and a golf cart path straight into downtown Cape Charles to allow members to better integrate with the historic community and allow them to skip cars — and the pollution they bring — altogether. Weekly Activity Report - September 25, 2020. Here’s what it’s all about. Members can use the spaces, and there will be children’s camps and education as well. But few jurors are showing up. The new owners of the property have a different vision in mind. Other cities are bringing kids back to class. When beach samples indicate an unsafe level of bacteria, the health department issues beach advisories to let the public know when there is a higher risk of waterborne illness. Taking out the chemicals formerly used to maintain that section of the golf course “can’t hurt” the bay, Sinnott added. When Bay Creek was built in the 1990s, “golf was everything,” Sinnott said, but it’s not anymore. B&Bs, a boutique hotel, and cottage/resort rentals make staying here a pleasure. Blame storms and a new moon tide. Though most of it will be open only to community members, the company aims to host field trips for local students, tours with nature groups and so on. Now, he said, the “number one amenity” people want in communities is access to nature and trails. Phone: (757) 331-3259 | Fax: (757) 331-4820. All short-term rentals and other forms of lodging located within Cape Charles are requested to immediately cease taking reservations until such time state and federal guidance indicates it is safe to do so. Historic District Review Board Special Meeting and Work Session: 3:30 PM, Planning Commission/Town Council Joint Public Hearing and Planning Commission Regular Meeting: 6:00 PM, Wetlands and Coastal Dune Board Public Hearing and Meeting: 6:00 PM, Fall Prevention: Zoom and Learn series: 12:00 PM, Eastern Shore of Virginia Tourism Commission, Cape Charles Community Multi-Use Trail Project, Resilience Adaptation Feasibility Tool (RAFT), Research Historic Real Estate Tax Records, Emergency Preparedness and Response Information. The Town of Cape Charles wishes to convey the utmost concern for all of its residents, visitors, and business owners as we navigate the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.