Lay pack backs small‑scale mixed‑use for Cobb Mountain, with caveats

Oct 30, 2024

Lay pack members supported limited mixed‑use (small apartments above neighborhood commercial) to add housing options while repeatedly underscoring a desire to preserve small‑town character and avoid large multi‑family projects.

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Maria Turner introduced mixed‑use as one of the survey questions and described it as allowing residential uses coupled with commercial in local commercial areas. "It could be very helpful... an apartment or two over a pizza place or behind a supermarket," she said, citing community support for modest, neighborhood‑scaled examples rather than large apartment complexes.

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