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Henson Village master plan approved Site plans for each phase of the by PATTI STOKES SUMMERFIELD – Representing Summerfield 80-acre commercial center Retail, LLC, developer David Couch appeared must be approved by the Town’s before the Summerfield Planning and Zoning ...continued on p. 20 Planning and Zoning Board
Our hope was that we would leave this (site plan approval) in capable hands. Now we’ll have to come back three more times.” Developer David Couch, in response to board’s conditional approval
Industrial-level activity continues, frustration mounts Town will discuss nextstep actions during Aug. 4 closed session by PATTI STOKES OAK RIDGE – Despite the Town of Oak Ridge filing for injunctive relief, industrial level activity continues at a property on
Fogleman Road owned by Billy Kanoy of Kanoy Properties, LLC. A court hearing was scheduled for Aug. 1, but the judge assigned to the case recused himself because of his brother being an employee of the contractor leasing the property; the case has been re-scheduled for Sept. 6. The problems between Kanoy and the Town surfaced several weeks ago,
after Fogleman Road residents contacted Town staff with concerns about industrial-type activity taking place directly behind the Bank of Oak Ridge headquarters on Fogleman Road. The site is zoned GO-M (General OfficeModerate Intensity) and according to the town’s development ordinance is primarily intended to accommodate moderate
Photo by Patti Stokes/NWO | This site on Fogleman Road, zoned for moderate-intensity office use, is being used for an industrial operation.
intensity office and institutional uses, and to support service and retail uses. Town Manager Bruce Oakley said he met with Kanoy, Greg Greenwell, a superintendent with Primoris Services Corporation, and a representative of Williams
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IN THIS ISSUE News in Brief.................................. 3 Your Questions.............................. 4 Stokesdale Town Council............ 6 Ribbon Run 5k............................... 8 Pets & Critters................................ 9 Barnyard Bash............................. 10 Pet Adoptions ............................ 12 Business Notes.............................14 Bits & Pieces.................................14 Race car driver gives back....... 18 NWO on the Go.......................... 21 Community Calendar................ 22 Crime/Incident Report............... 24 Grins & Gripes............................. 25 Classifieds................................... 27 Index of Advertisers....................31