SPRINGBORO — A plan that would have brought a $256 million mixed-used development project to Springboro was nixed by city council members during a meeting Thursday night.
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Council members put a resolution to vote on approval of the project on Thursday’s city council meeting agenda. That plan however was voted down by city council members with six no votes and one councilmember abstaining, a spokesperson for the city council said in an emailed statement to News Center 7 Friday.
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“We are disappointed by the council’s decision today to not approve the amended plan after numerous discussions and compromises with council and residents to arrive at a concept that would satisfy everyone’s wishes for Easton Farm’s future,” said developer Larry Dillon.
“The sun is going to come up tomorrow and we will still be working on Easton Farm.”
The proposal as it was initially presented called for a 105-acre piece of land south of Austin Landing to be rezoned into an area for both commercial and residential areas.
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During the planning commission review of the project, residents expressed concerns about developing the property, especially the added traffic and noise in the area.
“For one thing I do not want the dirt and I do not want the noise and I do not want the traffic,” Springboro resident Jerry Burrey previously told News Center 7.
Additional details about the future of the project were not disclosed by the spokesperson for Dillin LLC, the local development company that is co-developer of the project.
We’ll continue to update this story as we learn more.
The sun will rise tomorrow, and we will still be working on Easton Farm. — Larry Dillin
Posted by Easton Farm on Thursday, October 7, 2021
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