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Rezoning requested for about 200 homes on South Illinois

Posted at 8:34 pm July 13, 2018
By John Huotari 1 Comment

Image courtesy City of Oak Ridge Community Development Department

Image courtesy City of Oak Ridge Community Development Department

 

A rezoning to be considered by Oak Ridge officials next week proposes about 200 homes on 32 acres near South Illinois Avenue and Centrifuge Way in south Oak Ridge.

The property is currently zoned industrial. The request, if approved, would rezone it as low-density residential. The request will be considered by the Oak Ridge Municipal Planning Commission on Thursday.

The property, which is currently vacant, is owned by Commercial Bank. It’s in an area north of South Illinois Avenue and the Summit, south of Mitchell Road and Crossroads at Wolf Creek, east of Lafayette Drive and Midway Lane, and west of Centrus (formerly known as USEC in a building once used by Boeing) and the University of Tennessee Arboretum.

The potential developer is not named in a review of the rezoning request by the Oak Ridge municipal staff.

“The applicant states that the prospective developer for the property plans to develop the site with approximately 200 single-family detached units,” the review said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Business, Front Page News, Government, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: 200 homes, commercial bank, industrial, land use plan amendment, low-density residential, Oak Ridge Municipal Planning Commission, R-2 zoning district, residential development, rezoning, rezoning request

Engineering design contractor running for City Council

Posted at 11:26 pm October 7, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Gary Love

Gary Love

Gary Love, an engineering design contractor, is running for Oak Ridge City Council in the November 4 municipal election.

“I am a proud native of Oak Ridge—and I am ready to roll up my sleeves to work with the people to make this community an even better place to live in the 21st century,” Love said in a press release.

Love said he grew up in the Woodland Community and graduated from Oak Ridge High School in 1974. After graduating from East Tennessee State University in 1979 with a degree in biology, he went to work for the city of Chattanooga.

Later, he extended his education with a two-year degree in computer engineering and joined the Electric Power Board of Chattanooga, where he spent 18 years as a power design engineer, the press release said.

“I’m glad to be back in Oak Ridge, where I live with my wife, Toni,” Love said. “We have three grown children, including my son, who now works with me at Tennessee Valley Authority, where I work as a contractor in engineering design. We also have a teenage granddaughter.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2014 Election, Government, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: commercial, data services, Electric Power Board of Chattanooga, engineering design contractor, Gary Love, growth plan, industrial, jobs, November 4 municipal election, Oak Ridge City Council, recycling, school board, schools, Strong Kids Campaign, tax incentives, Tennessee Valley Authority, waterfront

Oak Ridge Chamber will lay off some workers, Economic Partnership to become dormant

Posted at 9:30 pm June 24, 2013
By John Huotari 15 Comments

Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce

The Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce will lay off some employees, and its support corporation, the Oak Ridge Economic Partnership, will become dormant.

Its funding has been cut, and the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce is laying off some employees, an official said Monday.

It will be a smaller organization, and the Chamber’s support corporation, the Oak Ridge Economic Partnership, will become dormant, its work absorbed by the Chamber, said Parker Hardy, president and chief executive officer of the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce.

Hardy declined to name the employees who will be laid off or say how many workers might be affected, although he said the information could be shared later. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Government, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: commercial, contract, Elisabeth Brown, funding, industrial, Innovation Valley, Kathy Barber, Kim Denton, marketing, Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce, Oak Ridge City Council, Oak Ridge Economic Partnership, Oak Ridge Industrial Development Board, office, Parker Hardy, retail

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