Latest Lakeland project plans have ‘basically flipped everything’
Jim Atkinson, the Board of Commissioners liaison to the planning and design review commission, warned against expanded the city too quickly. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Plans for Chapel Lakes, a residential development in Lakeland, have been presented to the city a few times but never moved forward. Now a new developer is in the driver’s seat.
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Michael Waddell
Michael Waddell is a native Memphian with more than 20 years of professional writing and editorial experience, working most recently with The Daily News and High Ground News.
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