In These Times

After years of growth and Best Place to Live lists, Fayetteville, Arkansas, has been forced to look in the mirror, and its zoning. The city council voted 5-1 to uphold the denial of Core Spaces’ proposal for The Hub—seven stories of sleek new housing—in a city with desperate need for more of it, but yet another student-housing complex that required the demolition of two affordable apartment complexes and a historic home, with 18 of 23 people speaking against the rezoning.

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