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Issue #3 · Friday, September 25, 2026
Inside This Issue: Chatham Park apparently decided one growth update was not enough for September.
Last week, developers told Pittsboro commissioners that roughly 4,700 residential lots are expected to move through platting over the next six years.
This week, Southern Land Company announced plans for a 1,271-acre master-planned community inside Chatham Park, anchored by a private golf club designed by Tom Fazio.
This week, we’re also bringing Market Watch with Meri Lynch into The Pittsboro Post. Meri will take the biggest Chatham County real estate stories and translate them into what they actually mean for homeowners, buyers, sellers, and landowners here.
Meanwhile, Chatham County commissioners took action on two other big land-use stories: the proposed Enbridge natural-gas pipeline and a 238-home subdivision near Bynum.
Growth is the story again.
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4,700 Lots and a 1,271-Acre Golf Community:
Where Chatham Park Stands
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Hey everybody, it’s Meri.
So if you’ve been following Chatham Park at all, September has been a busy month. Two big pieces of news landed about a week apart, and I want to walk you through exactly what was said. Just the facts this week. Let me break it down.
Okay, first: 4,700 lots.
At the Sept. 14 Pittsboro commissioners meeting, Chatham Park’s developers gave their annual update. They said roughly 4,700 residential lots are expected to move through platting (the step where land is officially divided into individual lots on a recorded map) over the next six years, across the North and South villages.
Right now, most of the activity is in the North Village, where the streets and utilities are further along. The South Village is getting closer to construction as Chatham Park Way and the regional utility work move forward.
The Chatham Journal has the full rundown, including plans for a second grocery-anchored center and envisioned medical facilities on UNC Health-owned land. Read the Chatham Journal’s coverage.
Then came the golf course.
On Tuesday, Sept. 22, Southern Land Company announced plans for a 1,271-acre master-planned community inside Chatham Park. It’s anchored by a private golf club designed by Fazio Golf Design, with an 18-hole course, a nine-hole short course, and learning and practice facilities.
What the announcement didn’t include: home counts, pricing or a construction timeline.
If you want to see some of it in person, Chatham Park’s September Open House runs this Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 26 and 27, from 1 to 5 p.m., with move-in-ready homes open to tour. Start at the Chatham Park Information Center at MOSAIC, 60 Mosaic Blvd., Unit 110. Open House details.
Next week: my take.
That’s the news. Next week I’ll share my perspective on what all of this means for Chatham County homeowners, buyers and landowners.
Talk soon,
Meri Lynch
Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston
(919) 559-4523 | [email protected] | merilynch.hpw.com
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We want to thank Meri Lynch Realty for sponsoring this issue!
YOUR CHATHAM WEEKEND
🥕 BRIAR CHAPEL FARMERS MARKET: TODAY
When: 4–6 p.m.
Where: Great Meadow Park, Briar Chapel
Fresh produce, pasture-raised meats, native plants, local honey, baked goods and prepared foods.
🌵 CACTUS COWGIRL’S PLANT BINGO NIGHT: TONIGHT
When: 7–9 p.m.
Where: Cactus Cowgirl, 19 Hillsboro Street, Pittsboro
Cost: $24.80
Seven rounds of bingo, plant-themed prizes, and a mini cactus are included with admission.
🥬 CHATHAM MILLS FARMERS MARKET: SATURDAY
When: 8 a.m.–noon
Where: Chatham Mills, Pittsboro
A growers-only market with produce, meats, eggs, baked goods, preserved foods, plants, handmade crafts and more.
🎃 HUCKLEBERRY TRAIL FARM FALL FESTIVAL: OPENS SATURDAY
When: Saturday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., then weekends through late October
Where: Huckleberry Trail Farm
Corn maze. Tractor-drawn hayrides. Pumpkin patch. Cotton patch.
It is officially that time of year.
🛒 MOSAIC MARKET SERIES: SATURDAY
When: Noon–4 p.m.
Where: Philip H. Kohl MOSAIC Family Commons, 457 Freedom Parkway, Pittsboro
Cost: Free, with tickets through Eventeny
More than 40 vendors with artisan crafts, fresh produce, and baked goods, plus music from The MixTapes.
🗿 COME OUT AND PLAY SCULPTURE SHOW: SATURDAY
When: Noon–8 p.m.
Where: JimGin Farm, 150 Wild Horse Run, Pittsboro
Cost: Free
The annual sculpture show is in its 25th year, with dozens of artists across a 17-acre homestead, plus live music and local vendors. Artists pay no participation fee and keep all proceeds from their sales.
📖 NC POETRY SOCIETY READING AT McINTYRE’S: SUNDAY
When: 2–3 p.m.
Where: McIntyre’s Books, Fearrington Village
Cost: Free
McIntyre’s hosts its monthly North Carolina Poetry Society reading Sunday afternoon.
COMING UP NEXT WEEK
🏗 PITTSBORO UDO COMMUNITY MEETING: MONDAY
Pittsboro Development Services is holding a community meeting Monday, Sept. 28, on the draft ordinances the Town has out for public comment. It’s in the downstairs conference room at Town Hall, Main Street Station, 287 East Street.
If you have questions about what the proposed changes could mean, this is a chance to ask staff directly.
🎶 SHAKORI HILLS IS NEXT WEEKEND
The 22nd Fall Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance runs Oct. 1–4 at the Shakori Hills Community Arts Center.
Four days. Music, dance, art, camping and workshops.
So if this weekend somehow feels too quiet for you, Chatham has already handled that problem for next weekend.
AROUND TOWN
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FORMALLY OPPOSE THE ENBRIDGE PIPELINE
Chatham County commissioners voted unanimously Monday to adopt a resolution opposing Enbridge’s proposed natural-gas pipeline.
According to WRAL, the resolution authorizes the county to take lawful, fact-supported and reasonable steps to resist development of the project.
Enbridge has argued the pipeline is needed to support a fast-growing area. Julia Wright, a local affairs representative for Enbridge, said the company may not agree with every conclusion in the resolution but respects the board’s work and will remain engaged with the community.
The resolution does not stop the pipeline on its own. Because the pipeline stays inside North Carolina, the approval process happens at the state level, as Chapelboro reported.
Commissioners also tabled a separate public hearing on proposed county zoning changes related to the pipeline.
We’ll keep following the state and county pieces as they develop.
238 HOMES GET FIRST-PLAT APPROVAL NEAR BYNUM
The same county meeting brought a decision on Whispering Creek, a conservation subdivision from Meritage Homes off Bynum Ridge Road.
Commissioners voted 5-0 to approve the project’s First Plat, covering 238 lots on 288.6 acres.
The developer has agreed to preserve up to 108 acres, including steep slopes and woodlands, and the plans show construction tentatively beginning by the early 2030s.
SMALL BUSINESS WATCH: SCALE CHATHAM MOVES FORWARD
Here is one story that could eventually matter quite a bit to Chatham County entrepreneurs and small-business owners.
At their Sept. 14 meeting, Pittsboro commissioners authorized the Town Manager to execute agreements to facilitate Scale Chatham in partnership with NC IDEA and surrounding communities.
The Chatham Journal reported that the partnership aims to strengthen entrepreneurship across Pittsboro, Siler City and Chatham County, and that NC IDEA has already invested about $200,000 in Pittsboro-based pilot programs, according to the Town. Read the Chatham Journal’s preview.
I’m keeping this one on the radar. When the application details arrive, “there is a new entrepreneurship program” becomes much more useful when we can also tell you who qualifies, what you can get, and how to apply.
THE POST SCRIPT
4,700 lots.
A 1,271-acre master-planned community.
A 238-home subdivision.
A pipeline decision.
A regional entrepreneurship initiative.
If you’re sensing a theme, you’re not imagining it.
Chatham County is changing quickly, but “growth” is not one story.
It is dozens of decisions, made by different boards, involving different projects, on different timelines, that eventually show up as roads, rooftops, businesses, traffic, parks, services, and neighborhoods.
Our job here is to keep translating those decisions into something you can actually follow.
If this issue helped you make sense of what is changing in Chatham County, forward it to one neighbor who would want to know, too. That is the simplest way to help The Pittsboro Post grow.
Have a Chatham County story we should know about? Hit reply and tell me.
See y’all next Friday,
Elana
The Pittsboro Post is supported by anchor sponsor Meri Lynch of Coldwell Banker HPW.