Commission Approves Affordable Housing, Reorganizes Animal Control, Extends Bird Ban

More support is on the way for affordable housing with the commission’s approval of a “pocket neighborhood” at 250 Dublin St. at its last voting session Oct. 1. The Athens Land Trust is planning to build 13 homes on this lot with some help from Athens-Clarke County in the form of $148,000 in Community Development Block Grant funds and $226,000 from SPLOST 2011. The East Athens parcel was rezoned for a planned development in February, but the developer has since backed out and put the land up for sale. The ALT had planned to build three affordable homes in the original concept and stepped up to buy the entire property when the development fel…