On March 17, the Benton County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing before deciding whether to allow a church, gymnasium and 269-space parking lot to be built on a 19-acre property in rural North Albany.
Before you read on, I should tell you that I have a personal interest in the outcome. We live about a quarter-mile down the road from 4500 Powers Ave., the address of the proposed development. To take these photos, I didn’t have far to ride.
On social media, residents of the neighborhood have debated the proposal, which is about half a mile outside the city limits in an area Benton County has zoned “rural residential.”…