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Developer presents 50-unit Blackburn Landing; commission agrees to recommend pending tree-planting revisions
Summary
The Athens Shade Tree Commission voted April 10 to recommend that the City Planning Commission advance the Blackburn Landing development, a 50-unit multifamily affordable housing project at 142 Albany Road, provided developers revise landscaping plans and pursue options to place more trees in the right-of-way or on the planned shared-use path.
The Athens Shade Tree Commission voted April 10 to recommend that the City Planning Commission advance the Blackburn Landing development, a 50-unit multifamily affordable housing project at 142 Albany Road, provided developers revise landscaping plans and pursue options to place more trees in the right-of-way or on the planned shared-use path.
Spire Development representative Sean McMickle told the commission the project will replace one single-family home and build 50 dwelling units on a constrained site now zoned R-3 for multifamily use. “The site itself is very condensed,” McMickle said, and the firm is proposing two large shade trees and 10 medium trees on site, well short of the tree count the commission’s…
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