Another example of how incremental growth shows up at the edge of town.
Selma has approved Holton Ridge, a 56-lot single-family subdivision on 71.8 acres along Buffalo Road, just outside town limits but within the ETJ. Homes will sit outside the floodplain, use county water, septic systems, and may require new turn lanes per NCDOT.
These approvals tend to surface a familiar set of pressures:
- Low-density growth consuming large tracts
- Road improvements triggered after the fact
- Utility demand shifting to county systems
- ETJ decisions shaping future annexation paths
- Tension between entitlement process and local input
Projects like this rarely change a market overnight—but they steadily reset expectations around land use, infrastructure, and cost allocation over time.
