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Community Action to buy 919 South 12th for Gathering Place; planning commission approves PUD sub‑area amendment
Summary
The planning commission voted 8–0 to approve change of zone 21020C to create Sub‑Area 2 in the South of Downtown PUD, allowing neighborhood support services at 919 South 12th Street so Community Action can relocate the Gathering Place and renovate the 100‑year‑old building.
The Lincoln Lancaster County Planning Commission voted 8–0 to approve change of zone 21020C, creating Sub‑Area 2 within the south‑of‑downtown Planned Unit Development to allow neighborhood support services at 919 South 12th Street.
Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders Counties told the commission the move will allow The Gathering Place — the agency’s evening meal program that serves dinner seven nights a week — to relocate from its current site on Goodhue Boulevard and E Street to a larger building two to three blocks away. Heather Lachman, Community Action CEO, said the selected building, owned by NeighborWorks Lincoln, is roughly double the square footage of the current facility and will support a larger,…
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