From The Highlander, April 18, 2024
Marketplace hearing rolls on
By Nick Childs
reporter@highlandsnews.com
The ongoing Cashiers Marketplace
hearing resumed on April 9. While they already scheduled their next four meetings, for May 6 and May 20 at 1 p.m. and May 7 and May 21 at 9 a.m., the proverbial light at the tunnel seems closer.
During the most recent hearings,
Marketplace attorney Brian Gulden
called six field experts and Marketplace
developer Fritz Rybert forward.
Gulden indicated having just
one more expert, a traffic expert,
and opposing counsel will need
time to call their witnesses, about
eight, and there is a community section
before the hearings conclude.
The April hearings included similar
discussion on property slopes,
buildability, water infrastructure
and treatment, silhouettes, and
development requirements. New
discussion included in depth hydrology
and property appraisals.
Marketplace’s experts attempted
to solidify the fact that Marketplace
achieves all requirements,
is equipped to handle the project,
and will minimize negative impacts
that stem from every development.
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