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Committee backs rezoning, recommends ‘Woodford Way’ overlay for new commercial corridor
Summary
The Planning Committee unanimously recommended rezoning roughly 226.59 acres along Woodford Way/Gloucester Street to Regional Commercial and forwarded an amended overlay district (to be named 'Woodford Way Overlay District') to the city council; committee also tabled related downtown and congregate‑living code updates until June.
The Tupelo Planning Committee voted May 4 to recommend rezoning approximately 226.59 acres along Gloucester Street and the newly built Woodford Way from Agricultural Open to Regional Commercial and to forward an amended overlay district for council approval, with the committee changing the recommended name to the "Woodford Way Overlay District." The recommendations will go to the city council for final action in June.
Tanner Newman, Director of Development Services, told the committee the city requested the rezoning to support development now that phase 1 of Woodford Way is complete and phase 2 is underway: "This…
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