Affordable housing project gets approval

By Randy Wyrick

EAGLE — A 70-unit apartment project got the green light Tuesday, one of the first large housing projects since the recession.The county commissioners on Tuesday approved the west Edwards project. Trinity Development hopes to start construction this fall or next spring, said Allison Kent, a planner with the Mauriello Planning Group that is handling the project.WORTH THE TRADE-OFFTuesday’s meeting was the commissioners’ second look at the project. They expressed some concerns with parking, but after the developer reduced the number of units (78 to 70), increased the number of parking spaces to 147, the commissioners decided that adding workforce rental …

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