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Nearly 300-home subdivision may finally develop after 14 years, but these challenges remain

A subdivision rezoned for up to 300 homes in Gainesville in 2006 and never developed may be moving toward new life, with a plan to tweak lot widths and setbacks. The property at 2901 Gaines Mill Road and 3490 Eberhart Cemetery Road, northeast of Athens Highway/U.S. 129, is currently undeveloped. - photo by Jeff Gill

A subdivision rezoned for up to 300 homes in Gainesville in 2006 and never developed may be moving toward new life, with a plan to tweak lot widths and setbacks. The property at 2901 Gaines Mill Road and 3490 Eberhart Cemetery Road, northeast of Athens Highway/U.S. 129, is currently undeveloped. - photo by Jeff Gill

Gainesville engineering firm Rochester & Associates got the Gainesville Planning and Appeals Board’s approval Tuesday, Oct. 13, to make the changes, made necessary by topography challenges.