This Land, Your Land

The Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy has bought 1,527 acres in Rutherford County that was once slated to become a subdivision, but instead could eventually become part of Chimney Rock State Park, the Asheville Citizen-Times says.

The land is on Weed Patch Mountain, north of Lake Lure, and was to be part of the 4,000-acre Grey Rock at Lake Lure subdivision, owned by Orlando-based Land Resources. The company filed for bankruptcy last year, the newspaper says

The conservancy paid $2.29 million, or $1,500 per acre, for the land.

Since 1994, Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy has protected more than 18,500 acres in more than 80 projects. The organization works with interested landowners throughout Henderson and Transylvania and parts of neighboring counties, with a focus on Chimney Rock State Park, Dupont State Forest and locally administered parks and nature preserves.