With some tweaks — and strong neighborhood support — a 200-apartment complex planned for Overland Road got the go-ahead in Meridian.
The Meridian City Council approved the development on Tuesday, May 19, in a 5-1 vote after just a few minutes of deliberation. The main reason for the quick turnaround: It came on the heels of a nearly three-hour hearing on the development a few weeks prior. And before that hearing, the proposal dates back even further.
Called Rolling Hill, the complex is slated for roughly 8 acres of county land on the northeast corner of Overland Road and Rolling Hill Drive, about a quarter-mile south of Topgolf and Eagle View Landing and not far from the Boise border. Go there now, and you’ll see thick fields and aging farmhouses residents have been trying to sell for years as denser residential and commercial development has crept in…