A proposed project would bring 86 single-family units to a roughly 11-acre site off Gordon Road in Ogden. 

The development, called Heron Cove, is one of several projects scheduled to be the subjects of community meetings in the coming weeks. The meetings typically occur before developers submit a formal rezoning application for a project and allow neighbors to ask questions and discuss proposed developments.

Herrington Homes, developer of the 86-unit project, plans to ask New Hanover County leaders to rezone the site, at 6425 and 6437 Gordon Road and 1927 Gordon Acres Drive, from its current R-15, low-density residential district, to a conditional R-5, moderate-high residential district.

A community meeting will be held on March 18 from 5 to 6 p.m. at Ogden Baptist Church, 7121 Market St.

Paws4People, an assistance dog training center, has plans to add new buildings to its 11-acre campus at 5000 Transformation Lane in Castle Hayne. Plans show the proposed addition of two 2,000-square-foot buildings and one 7,000-square-foot building along with the extension of a drive way and parking lot area.

The new buildings will be used as training spaces for service dogs and their recipients, according to a community meeting notice. The organization plans to request rezoning the site from its current R-15, low-density residential zoning, to a planned development zoning district. A community meeting will be held on March 25 at 5:30 p.m. at 5103 Transformation Lane. 

Another community meeting will be held on March 26 at 6 p.m. at St. James AME Church, 3425 Castle Hayne Road, to discuss a proposed project at 3111 Castle Hayne Road.

The site’s owner, Littlebird Properties LLC, plans to request a rezoning for the 1.8-acre site from its current R-15, low-density residential zoning, to a conditional highway business district. 

According to a community meeting notice, the site’s owners want to develop flexible lease space for commercial uses. It will serve as an expansion of a commercial-use project at 3121 Castle Hayne Road.

Once a rezoning application for each project is submitted, it will go to the New Hanover County Planning Board and then the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners for review.