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Cook Road conditional rezoning draws strong resident opposition; council tables decision after public hearing
Summary
The Town of Nashville held a public hearing Jan. 7 on a developer’s conditional rezoning request for roughly 38 acres on Cook Road; neighbors, particularly nearby poultry farmers, urged the council to slow the process and asked for direct meetings with the developer about biosecurity, traffic and noise.
The Town of Nashville held a public hearing Jan. 7 on a developer’s request to conditionally rezone roughly 38 acres on Cook Road from I-1 (industrial) to a conditional nonresidential district. Developer Will Cornege described a mixed agrifood campus that would include a food-processing facility, retail and dining, technical training, agritourism, and an amphitheater.
"Our business ... is built around the purpose to revive communities through food and to showcase small town rural America," Cornege told the council. He said the primary economic engine would be a processing facility to serve growers and described ancillary uses such as retail, education and event space.
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