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Sunday I had a conversation with Brandon Atkinson while watching the demolition of the building behind Sliders. He is the owner and developer. I mentioned to him that we would like his project a lot more if it were solely residential and only two floors. He told me that that is what he would like as well. Incredulous, I asked him to restate multiple times. And he did.

He said that he had asked for that rezone (from commercial to residential) but was told by the Town that the Town could not make that change.

But they can.

The Town can rezone and has rezoned multiple times. E.g. 1. South end tra...