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Planners pan development: Plan Commission votes 4-2 against recommending 320-home subdivision plan

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Several Lucas Road residents have posted signs opposing a proposed 320-home development in their neighborhood. While the plan by Lennar Homes, the nation’s second largest homebuilder, did not get a favorable recommendation from the city Plan Commission, the City Council will make the final decision. (Independent photo by Ken Farver)

At the end of a four-hour public hearing that involved several warnings about “inappropriate” conduct by people in the nearly full City Council chambers, only two of six Plan Commission members voted to recommend a new 320-unit housing development on Woodstock’s east side. Emotions ran high as officials from Lennar Homes explained their plan and […]

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Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
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Picture of Larry Lough

Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
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