Greenbrier city council approved rezoning on some property on South Broadview. Here's the Log Cabin story.
Haven't heard what's actually planned for it. Anybody know?
65 and 225 are already packed at rush hour, and the schools out there are filling up. Can Greenbrier keep up with this much growth? Curious what folks are hearing, especially anybody who commutes through there or has kids in the district.
No clue what's going in, haven't heard anything and I drive 65 through there a couple times a week. Usually the planning commission agenda shows the plan before it gets to council, so the Greenbrier city website or just calling city hall might tell you more than the article does. Rezoning doesn't always mean they have a buyer lined up either, sometimes it's just somebody making the lot easier to sell.
Traffic though... yeah. 225 backing up by the school in the mornings is already a mess and I can't see how that gets better with more houses or apartments, if that's what this turns into. I also wonder if the road work is going to keep pace with the building, and in my experience it usually doesn't.
If anybody has kids at Greenbrier I'd like to hear how crowded it really is.
Take care
Clay's right that rezoning usually just means somebody wants the lot easier to sell. Half the time the "plan" is a sign on the fence and a guy in Little Rock waiting on an offer. Doesn't mean it'll stay empty though. Once it's zoned for something denser, somebody will show up with apartments. They always do.
The growth isn't what bugs me, it's that the roads never get fixed first. Everybody in Greenbrier and Conway knows 65 and 225 are already maxed at 7:30, and the answer is always "we'll look at it after the development goes in." Then ARDOT shows up a decade later with orange barrels and a three-year timeline. I'll believe the road work keeps pace when I see it. I'd sooner believe the Razorbacks are about to run the table.
A buddy of mine with a kid in the district says the school is already doing the portable building shuffle. Secondhand, so take it with salt. But it fits what you'd expect. Somebody should go ask at the next council meeting instead of all of us guessing on a forum.