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Unbeaten N-SA is the favorite in the VISAA Division II softball state tournament, while Greenbrier Christian Academy is one of the favorites in D-III.
The Saints, ranked No. 1 in Hampton Roads, rallied to beat No. 9 Greenbrier Christian Academy to win the Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools tournament championship. The victory improved the Saints to 16-0 for the season.
HOLLAND — In light of continued concern from residents of Holland's center-city neighborhoods, the Holland Planning Commission is scaling back proposed changes to zoning standards in the Traditional Neighborhood Residential district. The changes are being proposed as part of a much larger project to revamp and combine the city's zoning and development ordinance into a unified development ordinance, or UDO. In the Traditional Neighborhood Residential zone district, labeled R-TRN in Holland's current zoning map, lot size requirements for multifamily housing are proposed to shrink, makin...
In Thursday’s Sentinel, in an article titled “Holland Planning Commission delays UDO hearing,” senior city planner Jenna Elswick said the proposed zoning changes are not a "rezoning," but rather a change in zoning standards. This is an inaccurate and misleading statement. For example, several vacant properties that lie between Paw Paw Drive and Chicago Drive are currently zoned AGR (Agricultural). Under the proposed changes, all of these properties will be “up-zoned” to Low Density Residential. The article goes on to say that “many of Holland’s zone districts are also propose...
The Holland Planning Commission has moved back the public hearing and formal vote on UDO, the city's proposed zoning and development legislation.