Over the next three weeks, members of the Cadiz-Trigg County Planning Commission have but one question for which they must find answers.
Should a portion of Jefferson Street, just north of its intersection with Cerulean Road, be shifted from R-2 residential, to I-1 light industrial — in hopes of a Dollar General potentially buying the property, and constructing a retail facility?
Tuesday evening at the Cadiz Renaissance Center, such a query was posited among officials in a public hearing — the pros and cons of it ping-ponged between interested parties and surrounding landowners.
The property, owned by Craig Fowler, is 1.822 acres with a shade over 79,000 usable square feet and retention pond on its “back 40” — a place, Fowler said, that served as a “family fishing hole.”
More accurately, it’s located on the west side of Jefferson Street and less than 80 yards…
