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“New Lexington plan allows development of 52-acre family farm”

By Knox van Nagell | November 18th, 2009 | See all in Fayette Alliance Blog

John Fritz Jr. said Thursday he is "a happy guy" now that ?his farm at Nicholasville Road and Man o' War Boulevard can be developed for commercial, residential and mixed uses. ?His family, which has owned the farm for more than a century, opposed residential-only zoning. www.kentucky.com

John Fritz Jr. said Thursday he is "a happy guy" now that his farm at Nicholasville Road and Man o' War Boulevard can be developed for commercial, residential and mixed uses. His family, which has owned the farm for more than a century, opposed residential-only zoning. www.kentucky.com

Excerpt from Kentucky.com, posted November 13, 2009

By Beverly Fortune, bfortune@herald-leader.com

After a 20-year battle waged by the Fritz family to get the city to rezone their farm at the corner of Nicholasville Road and Man o’ War Boulevard, the Lexington Planning Commission cleared the way on Thursday for the land to be developed.

The commission adopted the South Nicholasville Road Small Area Plan, which will guide future development along the corridor, including the 52 acre-Fritz Farm and the nearby 103-acre University of Kentucky Horticultural Research Farm…Read more at Kentucky.com


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