SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Board of Directors for the University Heights Neighborhood Association tells OzarksFirst it unanimously opposed the newest proposal by BK&M to rezone a corner of National and Sunshine, a back-and-forth that has gone on for over three years.
“We call on Planning & Zoning and City Council to reject this rezoning request because of the ongoing taxpayer-funded Sunshine Corridor Study, which encompasses every inch of our neighborhood and seeks to develop a coherent approach to managing three miles of a major street. The last thing we need is hasty rezoning that could easily conflict with the study’s recommendations,” President Maggie Castrey said in a statement to OzarksFirst.
On August 21, neighbors and BK&M developer Ralph Duda met for a neighborhood meeting, the first step in a rezoning process…