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Former NFL player proposes affordable housing at Rock Building; board to seek intergovernmental interest
Summary
LeGarrette Blunt presented a proposal to develop an affordable housing project on land around the Rock Building, discussing options to retain part of the building or demolish it; board members raised questions about acreage, costs and historic designation and directed the superintendent to contact other local agencies to gauge interest.
Former NFL player and community member LeGarrette Blunt told the Taylor County School Board he is pursuing an affordable housing project and identified the Rock Building property as one of the sites under consideration.
Blunt described the project as intended to provide safer, conveniently located housing for teachers, students and families, and said proximity to schools would reduce absenteeism and ease commutes. He said the full development footprint he’s considering would cover roughly three acres for the project but that the parcel includes about five acres in the retention area and about 16 acres total; board discussion later put 9 acres as high and dry and the remainder in a flood zone.
On the building: Blunt said options include partial retention of the Rock Building, keeping a few acres including the retention area, or taking…
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