The Pittsboro, N.C., Board of Commissioners approved the master plan for Chatham Park, a massive residential and commercial project that could bring 60,000 people to Pittsboro over several decades.

Roughly 500 acres of farmland is slated for a large, mixed-used community in fast-growing Chatham County. Once a family dairy farm, Reeves Farm was recently rezoned to allow up to 1,500 housing units ...