Sandy Point

Key Facts

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  2003

  Designed

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  939 ac.

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  Sam Young, The Fund for Sandy Point

  Client

About Sandy Point

Designated a “New Urban Waterfront” by North Carolina’s General Assembly and inspired by the neighboring colonial capital of Edenton, Sandy Point on Albemarle Sound aspires to join the region’s tradition of great coastal towns. In 2003, an eastern North Carolina economic development organization encouraged development of this site as a traditional, integrated community as opposed to a conventional, isolated suburban enclave. The 939-acre farmstead flanking the northern terminus of the Albemarle Sound Bridge is well positioned to draw visitors from Washington D.C., Virginia and North Carolina. With convenient access to culture and commerce, this community offers a small town lifestyle in a rural setting.

Historically known as “Sandy Point,” this location will serve as a downtown for the upper Albemarle region. The more urban West Side village features 1100 single to multi-family dwellings, a 41-acre upland harbor, and a Main Street of shopfronts that leads to the harbor’s Wharf and 268-slip marina. The more rural East Side village consists of 500 larger, single-family lots around an 18-acre lake. Permitted for a destination resort, its plan also envisions a range of garden plots for continuing the property’s food-production history.

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