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Jim Shaw
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Downtown Zoning Fiasco
In late June, the Elizabethtown Planning and Development Department notified over fifty property owners in the downtown area that it had begun the process to change the zoning of their properties to C-5 (Downtown Mixed Use). Many of the targeted properties were residential and the C-5 zoning would have allowed the intrusion of commercial uses. One of the established neighborhoods the department thought was suitable for commercial zoning was Terry Court, which is shown in th
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Aug 242 min read
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Campaign Endorsement
I am honored to again receive the endorsement of the Heart of Kentucky Association of Realtors (hkar.com). HKAR endorses candidates who are proponents of private property rights and home ownership. Having worked in economic development and land use planning, those issues are very important to me. The high cost of housing is a nationwide problem and there is little that can be done on the local level. However, I believe the City Council can work with our state and federal legi
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Aug 101 min read
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