Paradise Acres · 6:00 PM
Food and drinks available for purchase starting at 5:00 PM. Public meeting begins at 6:00.
Paradise Acres · Doors 5:00 PM · Meeting 6:00 PM
The petitioners now bill this one as a formal "Township Meeting" with a published agenda, named speakers, and a petition-signing drive. The lineup below is quoted from grayscreeknc.com, retrieved 9 July 2026.
Being listed as a speaker does not indicate a position on incorporation, for or against. These are the speakers and topics as published by the petitioners.
Paradise Acres, 1965 John McMillan Rd, Hope Mills, NC 28348. Open larger map
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These are petition-signing meetings. Wearing green is a quiet, visible way to show you are not automatically in favor, and to spot neighbors who feel the same. Green because Gray's Creek stays green and unincorporated if the petition does not pass. A shirt, a hat, a ribbon, anything green works.
Keep it calm and respectful. The point is to show the room is not unanimous, not to disrupt. Ask your questions during the public comment period, listen to the answers, and sign nothing you have not read.
Three questions to ask, and what to say if you are handed a petition. Save it to your phone.
Help build the public record. What did the petitioners say, especially about the missing documents, the budget, or the boundary? Did anyone answer the three questions? Your report helps neighbors who could not attend. By default it stays private. We add an anonymized summary to the record only if you allow it, and only after review.
These are the questions the petitioners have not publicly answered. Asking them in front of other residents is the single highest-leverage action available.
You are under no obligation to sign anything at a public meeting. A polite, honest answer is:
"I'd like to read the charter and the feasibility study before I sign. When will those be published?"
That answer is respectful, focuses on documents rather than personalities, and creates a public record of the petitioners being asked for materials they have not produced.
This is a community meeting attended by neighbors, organized by neighbors. Tone matters. The goal is not to shout the petitioners down. It is to ask questions on the record that they cannot answer.
If the meeting becomes hostile, the news coverage will focus on the hostility rather than the questions. Stay calm. Stay specific. Stay focused on documents.
If the petitioners commit to publishing documents by a specific date, hold them to it. If they make verbal claims that contradict their published materials, write down the contradiction with the date and any witnesses.
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