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Kernersville News Briefs

  • Tex Tech Coatings, a Kernersville based company, may soon be expanding into Winston-Salem and creating 59 jobs. The company is also considering a site in Maine, where the company already has a plant, and a decision will reportedly be made soon. The Winston-Salem City Council recently approved $554,908 over five years in economic development incentives for Tex Tech, a maker of specialty textile products. Forsyth County has also approved up to $563,338 in financial incentives for Tex Tech. Tex Tech could also possibly receive $125,000 in incentives from the state of North Carolina as well as customized training for workers at Forsyth Technical Community College. For more, see the Tuesday, March 14, 2023 edition.
  • Glenn High School (GHS) has announced the grand opening of the Bobcat Food Pantry that was created and maintained by the Spanish Club. The sponsors for this group include Latisa Warner, who is the Spanish Club sponsor, and Jennifer Leahy, who is the co-sponsor. “This was something that was born out of an opportunity to take the Spanish Club out into the community and bring the community back into Glenn High School,” said GHS Principal Scott Munsie at the grand opening ceremony on March 10. For more, see the Tuesday, March 14, 2023 edition.
  • The Kernersville Planning Board will be discussing and making a decision on the final development plan for a large hotel in Kernersville at their meeting on Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the Kernersville Municipal Chambers. The petitioner, Brent Sievers/FEI Consulting, Applicant/Ravi Desai, Agent for Opal Capital, LLC, Opal Development Fund I, LLC, PATCO SPE VIII, LLC, Owners, has submitted a final development plan for 2.90 acres of land located at the northeast corner of Stafford Centre Drive and Hampton Plaza Drive. The site plan is entitled “Opal Hotels-Kernersville” and it is within the HB-S Two-Phase zoning district. The requested use is hotel or motel. For more, see the Tuesday, March 14, 2023 edition.
  • The Kernersville Planning Board will be discussing and making a decision on the final development plan for a large hotel in Kernersville at their meeting on Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the Kernersville Municipal Chambers. The petitioner, Brent Sievers/FEI Consulting, Applicant/Ravi Desai, Agent for Opal Capital, LLC, Opal Development Fund I, LLC, PATCO SPE VIII, LLC, Owners, has submitted a final development plan for 2.90 acres of land located at the northeast corner of Stafford Centre Drive and Hampton Plaza Drive. The site plan is entitled “Opal Hotels-Kernersville” and it is within the HB-S Two-Phase zoning district. The requested use is hotel or motel. For more, see the Saturday/Sunday, March 11 & 12, 2023 edition.
  • A North Carolina House bill could change the allowed age for a teen to drop out of public school to 17 years and six months of age. The current legal dropout age is 16 years and six months. The bipartisan N.C. House Bill (HB206) is titled “An Act to Raise the Compulsory School Attendance Age to 18 Years Old over a Five-Year Period and to establish a Completion 4 Rate Indicator for School Performance Grades.” The primary sponsors of the bill are Rep. Jeffery Elmore (R-Wilkes) and Reps. Ashton Clemmons (D-Guilford) and Donny Lambeth (R-Forsyth) are the co-primary sponsors. For more, see the Saturday/Sunday, March 11 & 12, 2023 edition.