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Oakwood council rejects 84-unit apartment complex
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Gary Hammond, developer for a proposed apartment complex in Oakwood, speaks to City Council on Monday night. The council rejected his proposed site plan for the project on a 3-2 vote. - photo by RON BRIDGEMAN
Oakwood City Council rejected a proposed 84-unit apartment complex that would have had rent-controlled units based on family income. Gary Hammond, of Landbridge Acquisitions, emphasized the apartments would be for the “working poor” — which he outlined as manufacturing employees, civil servants, retail workers and government employees — but several residents spoke against the development. Council officially rejected the project’s site plan on a 3-2 vote, but it also voted against a resolution of support that would have gone to the state Department of Community Affairs.