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Pulaski County redevelopment commission halts two housing projects, prioritizes small wins and facade pilot
Summary
The Pulaski County Redevelopment Commission elected officers for 2026 and shifted focus from two larger catalyst housing projects toward smaller, community-driven efforts, a countywide facade pilot funded with roughly $50,000 in existing line items, and a consultant-led comprehensive plan (RFPs due in February).
Nathan Giorgher, executive director of the Pulaski County Redevelopment Commission, opened the commissionmeeting and said the body would not pursue two previously discussed housing projects for now after county commissioners declined to sell county farmland that had been part of a proposed land-swap plan. "The county commissioners have decided that at this moment, they are not ready to sell the county farmland," Giorgher said.
Giorgher told commissioners the county had been "tentatively awarded $1,000,000 in ready funds to put towards that project," but that the grant came with a substantial local-match requirement and the commission could not assemble the full match without a land swap or other funding partners. He said the land-swap proposal with the Galbraith family…
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