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Athens-Clarke County approves plan development amendment for 585 Vine Street after heated public comment
Summary
The Athens-Clarke County Commission approved a plan-development amendment for 585 Vine Street to reconfigure parking and add a community garden and teaching kitchen. The vote followed extensive public comment both for and against the project and a failed attempt to delay the decision.
The Athens-Clarke County Commission on Tuesday approved an amendment to the Commercial Neighborhood Plan Development (585 Vine Street) to allow reconfiguration of a parking area and creation of a community garden and teaching kitchen at 585 Vine Street.
The vote followed more than an hour of public comment in which neighborhood residents, community leaders and nonprofit representatives described decades-long distrust over development in Inner East Athens. Supporters said the amendment secures a binding plan to create green space, tree plantings and a teaching kitchen; opponents said the change risked displacement and represented a backdoor to larger development.
The amendment’s supporters included Rashi Malcolm, the property owner and executive director of Farm to Neighborhood, who described the project as a…
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