Skinner appeals rezoning request to Germantown aldermen
David Skinner is appealing the Planning Commission’s decision to Germantown aldermen. The land owner has tried for years to get his family land rezoned.
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David Skinner is appealing the Planning Commission’s decision to Germantown aldermen. The land owner has tried for years to get his family land rezoned.
“The conversion to a four-way stop was warranted following a traffic study of the intersection,” the city said in a release.
Germantown is beginning the annual review of its budget. Increases in the stormwater and utility rates are under review for a possible increase.
Some Germantown residents – outside the suburb’s water system – were affected by the MLGW boil water advisory, leading the suburb to consider accelerating efforts to provide water to all residents.
Germantown’s Design Review Commission gave favorable reviews to Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken and the addition to Houston Middle School.
Germantown’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen will return to using its consent agenda. The board also approved expenditures Monday related to the Germantown Baptist Church vaccine site.
Teachers are eligible for vaccinations in Shelby County. The suburbs are releasing plans for how it plans to give vaccinations to those teachers who want it.
Aldermen will discuss returning to their consent agenda in a meeting Monday. The practice was part of meetings for three decades in Germantown until 2019 when aldermen adopted a preliminary agenda.
Few residents had seen them, even though they’ve been in the suburb’s fleet a few years. But this week’s snow provided an opportunity to use one of its plows as the city continues to clear major thoroughfares.
Solid waste collection is suspended in Germantown through the end of the week. It will resume Monday.
Germantown leaders see purchasing 44 acres on the south side of the suburb as an opportunity to begin accomplishing goals in the Comprehensive Parks and Recreation Master Plan. Additionally, it could drive development to the area.
Many suburban school districts will be closed Tuesday, Feb. 16, after significant snowfall blanketed Shelby County.
Monday’s $38,450 approval is part of suburban leaders due diligence phase and displays leaders’ interest in acquiring the land.
All six suburban districts and the University of Memphis campus are closed due to the threat of winter precipitation.
Wolf River Hospitality Group is moving its corporate offices to Germantown occupying the former Mesquite Chop House site on Forest Hill-Irene Road.
Collierville and Germantown hope students may help offset costs and staffing needs at the Germantown Baptist Church regional vaccine site.
Around 9:30 a.m. the Health Department said it would administer second doses of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines at Germantown Baptist Church on Friday.
Collierville and Germantown staff, along with Shelby County Health Department, opened the suburban site on Tuesday, the first one operating outside of Memphis. The Germantown Baptist Church location is for second doses only.
Germantown Planning Commission approved Houston Middle School’s plans to add a 42,000-square-foot addition Tuesday evening. The plans are to accommodate current overcrowding at the school.
Final walk throughs were taking place Monday as the county prepares for the first vaccination site outside Memphis.
“Privilege ‘is not something we deserve, or are worthy of, and it is certainly not an excuse to turn a blind eye to the vastly different circumstances that one in five Memphians live under,” letter writers Jude Downing and Sophia Overstreet say.
The new site will be the first in Shelby County outside of Memphis.
AutoZone in Germantown is moving from its current location near Kroger on Farmington Boulevard to a larger spot on Poplar Avenue.
The Germantown Board of Mayor and Aldermen will review another step in acquiring 44 acres for a sports complex.
Suburban real estate remained strong in the pandemic as prices increased in the seller’s market. Germantown and Collierville saw a large increase in the percentage of homes sold.