Commissioner· December 2, 2024 - December 4, 2028 (won at-large seat in the NCSBE 2024 general-election results; oath day is the first Monday in December after the election per G.S. 153A-26, whose text was read at ncleg.gov) (cycle default: NC terms begin first Monday in December)
Mike Stroud
Burke County
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 13
- Total speaking time
- 20:08
- Avg per meeting
- 1:33
- Segments
- 408
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Top issues during term (7)(Development)
Clover Ridge Subdivision Development Agreement
$300,000 one-time grant from the county's $3.2 million housing inducement fund, with about $7.5 million in expected tax-base investment.
Piedmont Affordable Senior Housing Foundation acquisition of The Berkeley
Roughly $45,000 in potential forgone property tax revenue if the nonprofit qualifies for exemption.
Manufactured Home Park Rent Increases and Withheld Titles
Residents report lot rent rising more than 350% with no added services.
Valdese Bluffs Development Agreement
No local tax dollars — the county's share comes from a state housing inducement grant; the project could add roughly $49 million to the tax base.
Recovery housing shortage
Future grant funding could target recovery housing, but no dollar amount is set yet.
Chesterfield Elementary Demolition
The petition cites roughly $250,000 in taxpayer spending on demolition that petitioners want redirected.
Chestnut Springs workforce housing development
Replacing the pump station would cost roughly $10 million; the MOU itself commits no county dollars.
Decisions during term (9)
Recorded while Stroud was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Clover Ridge Subdivision Development Agreement and MOU
Project Ice Bear economic development incentive
Project Arlington Economic Development Incentive
Acceptance of BDI economic development report
Valdese Bluffs development agreement
Interlocal Development Agreement — Valdese Bluff (Terms and Public Hearing)
Chestnut Springs Development sewer MOU
VEDIC - Valdese Economic Development Investment Corp. Annual Update (Place Holder) - Presented by VEDIC Representatives
TDA - Financial Update for the Period Ending Dec. 31, 2025 - Presented by Ed Phillips, CEO, Tourism Development Authority
Voting record (0)(Development)
No votes found matching Development.