4 Takeaways from an Activist Private Property Rights Group

Where is the private property rights group forming? Mt. Airy North Carolina

What type of project sparked the group’s formation? A local redevelopment plan

What’s the group’s goal? To remove private property from the local redevelopment plan

Why? The local government’s plan to redevelop land that it holds, expanded to include private property of a former city council candidate

What concerns about eminent domain does the group have?

That the use of eminent domain will result in business property being labeled blighted
That the use of eminent domain will reduce the value of their property
redevelopment is economic development, the goal is to increase that property’s value
private property owners have the right to do whatever they want with their property, and to be free of eminent domain

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