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About Southern Village
Southern Village was developed in the 1990′s into the 2000′s. The neighborhood is modeled after an older neighborhood from the 1920′s a time when homes were close together with front porches and garages behind the home entering from alleys.
This was a new concept for Chapel Hill. The developers started with the larger lots surrounding a park so it wasn’t such a big shock for a town used to large wooded lots on tree lined streets. As the neighborhood was developed with a commercial area and different builders building custom plans Southern Village became the best selling neighborhood in town. The neighborhood elementary school was brand new and mothers and fathers would walk their children to school and home visiting with friends along the way. Weekends would have a farmers market on the commons or a movie outside at night where neighbors would enjoy the summer weather.
The pool, clubhouse, tennis courts and soccer fields are always busy and a great meeting place for friends.
The main drawback of Southern Village is one of the things that also makes it desirable. The houses are very close together and the streets are rather narrow. This fosters community but some people just don’t feel comfortable living so close to neighbors. Also, there aren’t big play areas in the small yards Most residents don’t mind this though because there are acres of common area and walking trails along with sidewalks on both sides of the street.
If you want to know more about Southern Village visit my web site dedicated to the the neighborhood SouthernVillageHomes.com Here you will find a history of the neighborhood, photos, video, school information and HOA documents.
Southern Village Market Statistics
Based on information from the Triangle MLS from 2011 Here are the Southern village neighborhood statistics for 2011.
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Southern Village detached sales 2011
Southern Village townhomes sold 2011
Schools in SouthernVillage
Mary Scroggs Elementary
Mary Scroggs Elementary in Southern Village
There is an elementary school, Mary Scroggs, right in the neighborhood. Many children ride their bikes and walk to school. I love to see the colorful bikes lined up in front of the school. It’s just something you don’t see often these days.
Mary Scroggs in Southern Village test scores
Grey Culbreth Middle School
The middle school , Culbreth, is adjacent to the neighborhood and children also walk and bike there. I recently went with a client on a school tour. Grey Culbreth was built in the 70′s and despite the age of the building it was sparkling clean. One thing that I noticed were the computers everywhere. Stations outside and inside classrooms and students working on laptops in the classrooms and in the library.
Culbreth Middle School test scores
Carrboro High
Carrboro High is silver leed certified. Natural light abounds.
The high school Carrboro High is the newest of the three Chapel Hill High Schools. It’s just a few years old and besides being academically excellent (SAT scores for reading, math and writing for 2010 was 1733) the school itself is is North Carolinas first Leed certified high school and earned a silver rating.
