New development proposes workforce housing

  • The proposed workforce housing development will be located on 52 acres of land (foreground) that is adjacent to the recently opened Villages at Baynes Creek senior living community on Oconee Avenue. MARK ENGEL/ Staff
    The proposed workforce housing development will be located on 52 acres of land (foreground) that is adjacent to the recently opened Villages at Baynes Creek senior living community on Oconee Avenue. MARK ENGEL/ Staff
  • At its meeting last Thursday, the Greensboro Planning and Zoning Board recommended approval of a proposed housing development for Greensboro and Greene County’s workforce. MARK ENGEL/Staff
    At its meeting last Thursday, the Greensboro Planning and Zoning Board recommended approval of a proposed housing development for Greensboro and Greene County’s workforce. MARK ENGEL/Staff
The Greensboro Planning and Zoning Board last Thursday voted to recommend the city council approve what could be the first new housing community priced so teachers, nurses, first responders and workers in stores and restaurants can buy a house in the city where they work. Only about 13 percent of people who work in Greensboro also live there, according to 2019 Census figures used in the city’s…

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