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City update: SAOP, Habitat and private developments moving forward; Wood's Edge to add townhouses
Summary
City staff reported multiple nonprofit and private housing projects in the region, including survivor advocacy outreach program (SAOP) projects across the county, Habitat for Humanity activity, and private developments such as Wood's Edge and several "light tech" projects within city limits.
City staff provided a roundup of nonprofit and private housing activity in the area, including several projects by the Survivor Advocacy Outreach Program (SAOP), Habitat for Humanity efforts, and private developments. "They have a 9 unit apartment complex in Gloucester. They have 3 unit unit apartment complex in Athens, another 6 unit...There's a Nelsonville SAOP client...another 1 in Athens that should be, start in September and another in The Plains..." Megan said while reporting on SAOP projects. She also said Habitat for Humanity is "working on some projects that, I think they have 24, if I heard correctly" and that Habitat and SAOP are collaborating on some modular-home projects.
Nut graf: the update was presented as informational; staff did not provide binding timelines or formal approvals in this meeting. The presentation also mentioned a private development, Wood's Edge, planned to include about 42 townhouses and other building in the University area; several light-tech projects were listed by location (111 Hooper Street, Blackburn Landing on Andover and US 50, and Avenel Crossing in Valley View Estates).
Staff said some of those unit counts and project statuses are approximate and that additional specifics would be provided by project leads. Commission members asked for aggregated unit totals for the light-tech projects and for follow-up on Habitat's projects when appropriate.
Ending: The items are ongoing development projects at various stages; commission members requested further detail on unit counts and timelines from project leads and staff.
