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General Information

 Clemmons is a suburb, southwest of Winston-Salem. The Village of Clemmons is a thriving community encompassing twelve square miles. Clemmons is a growing community, with beautiful new homes being built and new businesses and restaurants coming to the area.
Located within Clemmons is the 1,100-acre Tanglewood Park. In addition for its well-known Festival of Lights during the holidays, Tanglewood features an arboretum and rose garden, horseback riding, tennis, and canoe and paddleboat rentals, and championship golf courses.
Clemmons was rated the number 100th city in Money magazine's 2005 "best places to live." The magazine examined data on 1,300 towns to compile the list, looking at data on household income, population growth, real estate appreciation, education, and other factors.

History

 Clemmons was founded in 1802 by a man named Peter Clemmons, who moved his wife and 14 children to the area from Delaware. Mr. Clemmons orginally bought 216 acres in Clemmons for $542. Although other settlers lived in the area, it was Peter Clemmons who developed Clemmons into a community. He opened a store and old deeds refer to him as "Peter Clemmons, merchant of Clemmonsville".
The Peter Clemmons House is still located west of the United Methodist Church on Clemmons Road (US 158). Just west of his house, he built the first bridge across the Yadkin River.

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 The Village of Clemmons was incorporated in 1986. Located in the Northwestern Piedmont section of North Carolina in Forsyth County. and ten miles southwest of Winston-Salem. Clemmons population 16,045, is part of the "Piedmont Triad" and the Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area. The proximity of Clemmons to this major urban center and its location along Interstate 40 has contributed to the growth of the Village. The Village of Clemmons operates under the Council/Manager form of government. Policy and legislative authority rest with an elected Council which is composed of a Mayor and five Council members. The Mayor and one Council member are elected for a two-year term with the remainder of the Council elected to four-year terms. The Village Council, among other responsibilities, passes ordinances, adopts an annual budget, appoints citizens to boards and committees, and hires a Village Manager. The Village Manager is responsible for implementation of the Council's policies and ordinances, supervision of the Village employees, and overall maintenance of the day-to-day operations of the Village. The tax rate for the Village of Clemmons is .9 cents per $100 of property tax value. Services provided by the Village of Clemmons for its citizens include, but are not limited to: garbage collection (weekly); recycling collection (weekly); street maintenance; streetlights; police protection under a contract with the Forsyth County Sheriff's Department; leaf/limb collection (fee based).

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  General Info: Lewisville officially incorporated in 1991 and today is one of the fastest growing communities in Forsyth County with almost 10,000 residents. One of the motivations in moving toward incorporation was to preserve the small town ambience that existed in 1991. Much attention and planning has gone into preserving the community’s pedestrian-friendly environment in the downtown, and community spirit is fostered through events and activities at the town’s Shallowford Square. The town square was the vision of Lewisville’s interim manager in 1991, Kent Matthewson. It was Matthewson, an experienced and much respected city manager and planner with national and international experience, who envisioned a town square as a focal point for downtown and a way to set the tone for future development. The Town Council was able to obtain a $250,000 grant from the North Carolina Parks and Recreation Trust Fund to help build the square.

  History: In the mid 1770s, settlers moving westward following the Great Wagon Road from Pennsylvania down into Virginia and then North Carolina frequently stopped over night on the banks of the Yadkin River before crossing the Shallow Ford. A town was born in the 19th century when Moravian settlers blazed a wagon trail across the pastures and established a community here.
  Lewisville was named after one of those settlers, Lewis Laugenour, a benefactor who donated lands for development in the central area of town. His home, constructed in the late 1850’s, still stands.
  Another landmark in the community is the Roller Mill, built in 1910 and operated until 1984. While no longer an operating mill, the building still stands, now housing other businesses and serving as an anchor for downtown development.
  

  Town Government: The Town of Lewisville has a Council/Manager form of government, which is the most prominent form in the State of North Carolina. This type of arrangement means the council hires a manager to run the day-to-day operation of town government according to the policies and ordinances established by the council.
  Lewisville is unique in North Carolina in that it is the only local municipality to have two year terms for its council members and mayor. All elected officials are up for re-election every two years and Lewisville does have term limits. Elected officials may serve only four consecutive terms or eight years.

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