Versant, a gated community slated for Woodfin, has signed a water agreement with the Woodfin Sanitary Water and Sewer District.
Under the April 19 agreement, Woodfin Water will supply water to all of Versant. Versant will build a water tank that will connect to Woodfin’s main line on Baird Cove Road, creating a loop with the existing water system. Woodfin will take possession of the tank upon its completion.
The tank is designed to hold four times the amount of water necessary to serve all of Versant once it is built out.
“This agreement benefits not only Versant but the community around it, ensuring that there will be plenty of water,” said Robert Richey, manager of Versant.
Developers indicate the project will include single-family homes, townhomes and condominiums, a market, an amphitheatre, an executive retreat center, a restaurant, a fitness center and pool.
Versant is a member of the Audubon International Gold Signature Program says it plans to permanently protect wildlife preserves and greenways within its boundaries.
— Cecil Bothwell, staff writer
3 thoughts on “Versant buys Woodfin water”
The last thing Asheville and surrounding areas need is another gated community. Only to appeal to transplants who are not coming to Asheville for it’s established charm and “personality” but only to transform the area to that which they are accustomded to, and exactly what they left behind. I, as a local, am tired of all these unwanted transplants changing the place I love.
I thought I had heard that the Asheville City Council and other city councils had adopted written policies basically banning gated communities from now on. I know there was some news on the topic in regards to the Asheville City council and then I think, but I am not sure, they went against their own policy and approved a gated community. Can anyone else confirm this?
Asheville City Council has shown its support of a gate ban and asked Planning and Zoning to look at a gate ordinance, but it has not become an official policy as yet. Therefore, when Thoms Estate was approved, the gates were not solid enough grounds to deny the project.
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