About Us
Keep Currie A Community
We are a group of concerned citizens, hoping to empower our community to incorporate to preserve rural living. We all became concerned with the proposed building at 421/Montague. At first it was the Family Dollar, and now, a facility with Level 4 Hazardous Waste is being proposed. We feel that incorporation into a village is our best chance of preserving our rural way of life
Steering Team
Tammy Hanson
Tammy moved to the Carolina Beach area in 2001, and for the past 27 years has enjoyed being a relator in the tri county area. She served on Planning and Zoning in Carolina Beach and fought against developments, however the money won out. She has seen what over development can do, and wants to fight to keep this safe from urban and industrial sprawl. She knows that development, and change comes, but hopes we can help guide it in a smart way with the residents best interest at heart.
She lives with her husband, Bill, grandson, 2 dogs, 11 cats, an amazing parrot, 23 chickens and 4 ducks.
Melissa Foster
Melissa has lived here for over 30 years, and is a third generation resident on the original property her grandparents purchased here. She was raised here, graduating from Long Creek Grady and is now a teacher herself. She temporarily moved to Wilmington for 5 years, only to return to her childhood home to get away from the massive over building and lack of open land.
She prides herself that she has raised both of her children to love the outdoors and to be environmentally conscious. She hopes we can preserve this way of life for them, and generations to come, so they can enjoy horses, their farm animals, hunting, and being self sufficient.
Chris Foster
Chris moved to Wilmington in 2010 from Michigan. He currently works as a Business Manager for a large auto company. When he met his wife and built his first home, he learned how quickly New Hanover County zoning and planning rules were being manipulated, as they ended up with neighbors just 6 feet off of the property line. They sought to build elsewhere, but after becoming better educated on the laws and seeing what was occurring in Hampstead, they moved further west back to Melissa’s family property. Chris hopes we can help manage growth and issues Wilmington and Hampstead are having due to poor planning.
Max Beckwith
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Jen moved to North Carolina in 2009 from Illinois. She lived in Wilmington with her horses, however quickly was pushed out by developers encroaching on farm lands, and moved to Currie in 2018. She works in healthcare, and founded the Livestock Emergency Food Bank for the tri county area during Florence, and continued to manage the Hope4NC program to assist Pender County in hurricane recovery. Through this work, she became aware of the financial disparities in Pender County, and how important thoughtful development and rainwater management is, and the impact that over crowding and development can have on flooding.
She hopes to help Currie preserve its rural way of life to avoid having more flooding victim in the future, and maintain having open spaces to enjoy horseback riding.