Before you sign, ask where the documents are.

Two and a half thousand signatures by November 1, 2026. No charter on paper. No boundary map. No feasibility study. Two budgets that don't match. Read it. Then read it again.

Three questions to ask the petitioners tonight

Where are the documents we're being asked to sign onto?

The petitioners' own page lists charter, feasibility study, boundary map, and zoning draft as "In Preparation." The General Assembly deadline is five months away.

Which budget is the real one, Facebook or the website?

The committee's Facebook post claims $17M revenue. Grayscreeknc.com claims $13.97M. The Facebook version "eliminates" trash bills. The website charges $325 per household. Both can't be true.

Is the Village Center being prevented, or planned?

The Village Center page calls the overlay "a protective planning tool, not a development plan." The same page then describes a town hall, meeting space, and farmers market pavilion. That is a Village Center.

What the petitioners have published, and what they have not

+ Published so far

Facebook posts (organizing committee page)
A website at grayscreeknc.com with pitch pages
A "Documents" page listing items still to come
A Village Center overlay description
Two conflicting budgets ($17M and $13.97M)
A proposed $0.25 ad valorem rate, marked "planning estimate"

Not published

Charter (the legal document creating the town)
Feasibility study (independent financial review)
Boundary map (which parcels are in, which are out)
Zoning draft (what changes for property owners)
Governance structure (council size, elections, terms)
Fire department or county service-transfer agreements

Check before you sign

Is your property inside the proposed boundary?

The proposal covers about 50 square miles. Not everyone in Gray's Creek is included. Type your address at grayscreekfacts.com/lookup to see whether your home is inside the line. See your dot on the boundary map.

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Read it. Then read it again.

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The budget tells the story.

The petitioners published two budgets. The Facebook version and the website version. Neither has been reviewed by an independent feasibility study. Both are reproduced below in the petitioners' own numbers.

Line item	Facebook post ($17M version)	grayscreeknc.com ($13.97M version)
Ad valorem property tax	$5.5 million	$5.5 million
Sales tax / intergovernmental	$7.0 million	$4.0 million
Refuse / sanitation fees	$1.5 million	$1.52 million
Roads (Powell Bill)	$1.2 million	$0.4 million
Operating expenses	$11.0 million	$7.5 million
Capital outlay	Not listed	$4.95 million
Stated total	$17.0 million	$13.97 million

§ On size

Fifty square miles is not a small town. The proposed boundary is larger than Wilmington.

§ On PFAS

A new municipality cannot regulate PFAS. NC G.S. 150B-19.3 preempts local environmental rules. The $260M+ in committed cleanup funding does not require Gray's Creek to incorporate.

§ On comparison

Hope Mills works because it is tight. Spring Lake works because it is tight. Eight times the footprint and one-sixth the density is not a small town.

Check your address at grayscreekfacts.com/lookup

Type address and ZIP, see the boundary, share the result.

§ Sources for every figure on this handout

Petitioners' published materials at grayscreeknc.com (Documents, Budget, and Village Center pages, retrieved May 2026) and the organizing committee's Facebook posts (May 2026). Population: 2020 U.S. Census, Gray's Creek township. Statutory authority: NC General Statutes Chapter 120 Article 20 (legislative incorporation) and Chapter 160A Article 1 (municipal powers). Boundary and parcels: Cumberland County GIS. Area, population, signature thresholds (50 sq mi, ~20,000 residents, 2,150 signatures): petitioners' own figures.

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