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March 29, 2017
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Alexander Farm rezone passes first reading By Jay Powell jpowell@c-dh.net
Graying of Sprring Hill
As demographics change, so do housing needs. A8
SPORTS
Baseball
Spring Hill Raiders master Jim Painter Classic. B1
LOCAL
The Spring Hill Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved its initial vote to rezone the city’s first planned zoning development, which will be designed to create a game-changing economic generator. The 775-acre property, located off Buckner Road, is proposed to rezone to a PZD to allow various zonings to provide a combination of retail, restaurant, commercial and residential components. Earlier this month, the BOMA requested that a detailed phasing plan be provided by the applicant. Alderman Matt Fitterer said he spent the last couple of weeks working with the developer and city attorney Patrick Carter to get all of the needed details for a project of this size, and because. The project, if approved, will include a future I-65 interchange and other road and sidewalk additions. Volkert Inc., who helped design the city’s bicycle and greenway plan, is working on a study to justify the need of a new interchange, while also estimating future traffic patterns and how to distribute improvement costs for developers.
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The five-phase plan for the 775.5-acre Alexander property is to build 3.9 million square feet of office space, 1.3 million square feet of retail and restaurant space, 400 hotel rooms and 2,926 residential units over the next 20 years.
Maury Schools create task force to review parental-notification policy incident until a week later, Jan. 30. “There is nothing more sacred than the public trust our community invests in our school system, not only in achieving educational excellence for our young people but also for students’ safety, security and well being in their daily interactions with our faculty, staff and support teams,” Superintendent Chris Marczak said. “It is incumbent upon us to seek continuous improvements, particularly
By James Bennett jbennett@c-dh.net
Election
Early voting has beguin in Spring Hill for the April election. A3
Easter
Area churches, stores and organizations are ready. A5
HOME
Roommates
What to think about when buing a house with a non-relative. A7
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Maury County Public Schools have launched an eight-member task force to improve how they deliver information to parents in wake of the Elizabeth Thomas abduction, allegedly at the hands of former Culleoka Unit School teacher Tad Cummins. Cummins, who was suspended Feb. 6 and fired March 14, remained at the school two weeks after a witness said she saw him kissing Thomas on Jan. 23. Thomas’ father said he did not find out about the
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The Maury County Central office is located at 501 W 8th St. in Columbia.
Tom Lunn Road project raises local questions By Jay Powell jpowell@c-dh.net The Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted on its first reading to rezone property at Tom Lunn Road on Monday, despite resident grievances about bringing close to 300 homes to the area. More than a dozen area citizens showed up to speak at Monday’s regular meeting, each drawing concerns from bringing high-density housing to the neighborhood without addressing the needs of the current residents first. The request was to rezone from an R-2 medium density residential
to an R-2 planned unit development (PUD). “I feel like I’m bringing out the obvious, but I’m going to say it anyways. If you’ve been down Tom Lunn Road, calling it a road is kind of a joke, and calling it a collector road is an even bigger joke,” Rick Lance, a Tom Lunn resident, said. “It’s a seven-foot wide road, there’s no berms, no streetlights and just a lot of potholes. It was an old chert road that was a county road for many years, and they just tarred it over and called it Tom Lunn Road.”
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