City council tables rezoning, delays courthouse resolution

  • Developer Brooks Pennington said that the decision to delay action on his rezoning request could kill the proposal to build a truck, boat, RV parking facility. MARK ENGEL/Staff
    Developer Brooks Pennington said that the decision to delay action on his rezoning request could kill the proposal to build a truck, boat, RV parking facility. MARK ENGEL/Staff
  • Councilmember Jontavius Smith got a delay in a rezoning request but no city council resolution to oppose any county plans to move judicial services out of the county courthouse downtown. MARK ENGEL/Staff
    Councilmember Jontavius Smith got a delay in a rezoning request but no city council resolution to oppose any county plans to move judicial services out of the county courthouse downtown. MARK ENGEL/Staff
  • Mayor Pro Tem David Neal expressed concern about the hiring of a project manager to start soliciting proposals for converting the old bank building into a new city hall. MARK ENGEL/Staff
    Mayor Pro Tem David Neal expressed concern about the hiring of a project manager to start soliciting proposals for converting the old bank building into a new city hall. MARK ENGEL/Staff
The Greensboro City Council Monday night tabled a request from local developer Brooks Pennington to rezone the property from B-1 to B-2. He wants to build a parking facility for trucks, boats, and recreational vehicles on about 11 acres of land at the intersection of Town Creek and Old Eatonton Highway. The project was approved on first reading at the Oct. 2 city council meeting, but on Monday…

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