Land Use

Contractor wants city as partner to finance subdivision (03/27/08)
If the city of Dyersburg would like to offer a new subdivision of "affordable housing" to residents of the area, it will have to foot part of the bill, said local developer and contractor Billy Escue. Escue met with members of the city's Finance Committee on Tuesday with a proposal for Westbrook Subdivision, a project that will offer 53 lots for new houses in what Escue called the middle-income bracket...

Alderman voted to approve rezoning of his son's land (03/20/08)
Newbern alderman Bill Parks voted to approve rezoning land his son owns along Highway 77. "I didn't even think about it," said Parks. "He does own that land." Parks's son, farmer and building contractor John Parks, owns 53.59 acres on the north side of 77 immediately east of the Graystone Subdivision. Of that parcel, 7.2 acres is inside the Newbern city limits; the northern remainder lies in the county...

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