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BOARD REJECTS ZONING FOR APARTMENTS

An overflow crowd listens to a presentation on a rezoning on Pisgah Drive for an affordable housing project. [PHOTO BY MATT MATTESON]

By Bill Moss, Published: May 12, 2014

The Henderson County Board of Commissioners on Monday voted no on a proposed 64-unit apartment project for working families, saying that the high-density zoning was inappropriate for the area and that traffic was already hazardous. The board's vote, coming after a public hearing that lasted more than two hours, killed a $7 million Housing Assistance Corp. project that had been years in the making and was intended to fill what many human services agencies have described as the most pressing need for working families in high-priced Henderson County.