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• Habitat for Humanity is redeveloping land in Sylvan Hills and wants to build 64 affordable houses and some greenspace
• Their proposal is generally positive, but we have the opportunity to give feedback and help improve it
• We’ll discuss this proposal in greater detail at neighborhood and NPU meetings between late March and late April; please come make your voice heard!

Recommendations from Land Use Committee to March General Body:

3_28_24_SHNA.pdf

Recommendations (in further detail):

Annotated_Site Plan_Southern_Saw.pdf

• Streetscape diagrams for Hood and Langston:

Background:

Habitat owns several acres in western Sylvan Hills, between Evans Drive and Langston Ave. This block used to contain the Southern Saw factory, neighborhood retail buildings, places of worship, and single-family and duplex homes.

Early history: 1900s-2000

Site provided housing, jobs, and community space; industrial uses were tied to active railroad use; site developed incrementally over time

Contemporary history: 2000-2020

This site was demolished, cleared, & Habitat for Humanity acquired it for redevelopment

Current uses: 2020-today

This site has great transit access and currently serves a variety of recreational needs for the community

What’s happening?

Habitat wants to rezone the property in order to develop 64 affordable, for-sale homes and some community greenspace. As a neighborhood, we have the ability to provide feedback to Habitat and the Zoning Review Board in order to shape this project.