City approves rezoning request on Jones Avenue

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City approves rezoning request on Jones Avenue

Waynesboro City Council voted Monday night to approve a rezoning request that many Jones Avenue neighbors had been debating for months. On a 4-2 vote, the request from Chris Gibbie and Tim Mashburn to rezone their historic property known as “The Shadows” from R1 (Single Family Residential/Low Density) to R2 (Single Family Residential/ Medium Density) passed. Council members Alberta Anderson, []

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