Daily Archives: October 3, 2024

New zoning laws hustled through

 in Current Events

The County Services Committee did NOT approve sending the zoning ordinance to the full Court this month. Yay! We aren’t finished with this issue yet though. Washington County Judge Patrick Deakin has decided to push through zoning ordinances that allow him to decide the fate of thousands of parcels of land with less oversight or input from either property owners or Quorum Court Justices. Read this concerned and passionate analysis from Cecilliee Duncan, an affected Washington County citizen, to see what that means, and what it may mean for you. Tonight the County Services Committee could be pressured to adopt […]

Homeless Solutions Thursday night

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Thurs October 3 – 6:30 pm – Omni Center It’s been a very active month and the Homeless Solutions gathering crept up on us. We will be meeting TOMORROW (the first Thursday of the month) 6:30 pm at Omni like we usually do.  At the Housing Task Force meeting in September Homeless Solutions had a great presence! Instead of three lonely HS reps, there were EIGHT of us, and 4 gave outstanding testimony about their views and their personal experiences of housing difficulties in Fayetteville. It was reassuring to know that the task force was attentively listening to our people speak their hearts. At the […]