Stonecrest council approves rezoning for New Birth Village mixed‑use development at 6370 Woodrow Road
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The Stonecrest City Council unanimously rezoned 6370 Woodrow Road from R‑100 to MU‑3 on Oct. 27, approving the New Birth Village mixed‑use plan with conditions including noise, buffer, lighting and construction mitigation requirements.
The Stonecrest City Council voted 5–0 Oct. 27 to rezone property at 6370 Woodrow Road (Parcel ID 1610601015) from R‑100 residential medium‑lot to MU‑3 mixed‑use medium density, clearing the way for the New Birth Village development proposed by New Birth Missionary Baptist Church and New Birth Community Development Corporation.
The rezoning will permit a mixed‑use project the applicant described as a “faith‑anchored” village with multiple housing types, retail and community amenities. Project manager Jabari Herbert said the developer envisions "mixed use development… commercial office, approximately 23,000 square feet," and a residential program described in the public presentation as a mix of single‑family, live/work, multifamily and senior units. The team said phase 1 will focus on for‑sale housing and a later phase may include rental and senior living components.
City staff and the planning commission recommended approval with conditions aimed at reducing neighborhood impacts. Those conditions include a required noise/acoustic analysis and establishment of maximum decibel levels at property boundaries, maintenance of an undisturbed buffer along adjacent residential property, submission of a lighting plan to prevent light pollution, and a construction mitigation plan that limits construction hours, controls dust and sets truck routing to minimize neighborhood disruption. Planning staff noted the property lies within the Stonecrest Overlay District (Tier 4) and that a variance request related to the project was approved by the planning commission on Oct. 21, 2025.
During the public hearing the development team described community benefits they said the project would deliver, including workforce development partnerships with HBCUs, down‑payment assistance and homebuyer education, green infrastructure, EV charging and a community pavilion. Vanessa Williams Nash of the Williams Nash Agency said the project will target “attainable workforce” buyers and provide priority on the housing list to residents in the surrounding Stonecrest ZIP codes.
Council members questioned parking, transit connections, the ownership/rental split and long‑term maintenance. Engineer Tyrone Williams said the residential component will provide two off‑street parking spaces per residence and roughly 400 additional spaces for the commercial portion; event overflow parking could use adjacent New Birth Church lots within a short walk. The project team said phase 1 is planned as 100% for‑sale housing and estimated an 80/20 ownership/rental split for later phases, with senior housing options to be further defined and potentially subsidized.
After public comment and applicant responses, Councilwoman Tammy Grimes moved to approve the ordinance; the motion carried unanimously. The ordinance approved by council rezones the parcel to MU‑3 and records the conditions described in the planning staff recommendation.
The approval is a legislative zoning action; the council’s vote authorizes rezoning but requires the applicant to submit subsequent preliminary plats and permitting documents before construction can begin.