Local Veterans of Foreign Wars, Memorial Post 8466, will hold a fund-raising Flap-Jack Breakfast at Applebee’s Neighborhood Bar & Grill at 11085 Retail Drive on Saturday, Aug. 16, from 7:30 to 10 a.m. Tickets are $7.
The money raised will benefit a number of programs for veterans in and near Wake Forest. Tickets can be purchased from VFW members – find a tent full of them at the Wake Forest Farmers Market on Saturdays – or purchased at the restaurant on Aug. 16. For more information and tickets, call 919-518-3749.
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Clearing and grading is underway for the first neighborhood in the Holding Village subdivision. You can see it from the extension of South Franklin Street which runs north from Rogers Road, and an announcement about it is expected soon.
Once part of the 900-plus acres of the Holding family’s dairy farm and originally planned by family members, the traditional neighborhood development was approved in 2007 for 462 single-family homes, 583 apartments and 305 other living units including townhouses, duplexes and live/work units (apartments above stores and studios). There would be 40,000 square feet of business and office use, 48,000 square feet for retail and 25,000 square feet for civic, church and club activities.
The Holding family sold 256 acres for Holding Village and its approved plan to American Land Fund, an investment firm in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the summer of 2010. In turn, ALF partnered with Reader & Partners of Orlando, Florida, for the development of the property.
Late in 2013 ALF sold 38.28 acres to Wheelock Street, a Connecticut firm which also owns and is developing another Wake Forest subdivision, Traditions, for $1,073,000, according to the Wake County website.
The announcement of the sale said Wheelock and Reader plan to develop about 120 home sites this year. It was later learned that first neighborhood would be called South Lake at Holding Village.
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Stairway Christian Worship Center at 500 Wait Avenue will hold a back-to-school supply give-away on Saturday, Aug. 16, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. or as long as the supplies last. For more information, email stairway@embarqmail.com or call 919-562-5300.
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Boys in grades one through five in area schools and their parents are invited to join Cub Scout Pack 5 for its annual water day on Saturday, Aug. 16, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Wake Forest Presbyterian Church, 12605 Capitol Boulevard. Activities will include rain gutter regatta (wooden boat races in rain gutters), other water activities plus free hot dogs, chips and drinks. Boys interested in becoming a cub scout will be able to sign up at this event and get more information related to Pack 5 and Cub Scouts. For more information, contact Jeff Heffner at 812-251-9038.
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There will be a back-to-school and book bag day at Hope House, 334 North Allen Road, on Saturday, Aug. 16, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Book bags will be given out on a first come first serve basis. Children must be present to receive a book bag. There will be water games and food available for every child. Bring your child and your towel. For more information, email normben@yahoo.com.
