Developer proposal to build workforce housing at North Fork gets board attention

Staff described ongoing work to negotiate with Cistrunk Rising on redevelopment options for the North Fork site, including a developer proposal that envisions affordable and workforce housing, an education center and hotel uses. Valerie Wanda said staff was seeking direction about whether the board supports selling a dedicated slice of land so the developer could provide townhomes and a pathway to homeownership: "If the district would just be interested in selling that slice of the land only, and that's one of the takeaways that we have for today," she said. Wanda added that the developer's written proposal included a public-park concept and indicated priority for district employees in homebuyer allocation.