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Planning commission members urge community involvement; one member opposes low-income housing at former high school site
Summary
Planning commission members Morris Hodge and Charles Shockley introduced themselves to council May 13 and urged resident involvement in planning. Hodge said he wants a 'grand' development at the former high school and stated it should not be 'low income' or 'filled up with immigrants'; Shockley warned against overdevelopment without community input.
Two planning commission members addressed council and residents at the May 13 meeting, stressing both recruitment of new commission members and concern about the character of future development.
Morris Hodge, introduced as a lifelong Lincoln Heights resident and planning commission member, said he wants the site of the former high school to host a development that is…
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