A Chattanooga planning panel today approved the controversial Fairmount Avenue townhouse project.
The Chattanooga Housing Authority OK’ed a pared-down proposal consisting of 18 dwelling units at the North Chattanooga site. It incorporated some of the energy-efficient design elements held over from a previous plan.
CHA had earlier proposed to demolish a group of aging apartments and rebuild them to be greener and more energy efficient, creating a 48-bedroom complex with over $4 million in federal stimulus money from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
After months of negotiation, Mayor Ron Littlefield on Monday threw his support behind the latest plan.
To learn more, see tomorrow’s Chattanooga Times Free Press.