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Council approves amended Main Street mixed‑use plan and vacates alley to include former Speedway parcel
Summary
Blacksburg Town Council approved an amendment to a previously approved Planned Residential District and vacated a town alley to allow a revised mixed‑use redevelopment on North Main Street that adds an adjacent parcel (including the former Speedway site), more commercial frontage and additional residential beds.
Blacksburg Town Council approved an amendment to a previously approved Planned Residential District (PRD) and vacated a piece of town‑owned alley to allow a revised mixed‑use redevelopment that adds an adjoining parcel including the former Speedway site.
Staff said the amendment expands the approved rezoning area to about 3.1 acres and adds the Speedway parcel so the applicant can deliver more residential units and additional commercial frontage along Main Street. The proposed plan combines multifamily and townhome units, commercial space facing Main Street and a central plaza; staff said the amendment includes at least 25% total resident‑amenity open space (including indoor amenity space) and more than 8,000 square feet of commercial (roughly 6% of the PRD land area). Use‑and‑design…
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