La Vergne Rejects Rezoning for Controversial Subdivision

LA VERGNE, TN — La Vergne's city council refused to give the go-ahead to a controversial development Tuesday. Rejecting the rezoning request effectively kills the proposal, which would have put 300 homes on property adjacent to the state's largest subdivision.

Developer Amnon Shreibman was asking La Vergne to rezone 25 acres in a rare undeveloped part of the rapidly-growing city near Stones River Road and backing up to Lake Forest, Tennessee's largest subdivision — to allow for higher-density building. Shreibman planned to build between 250 and 300 townhomes on the tract, priced between $125,000 to $200,000.

But that proposal ran into stiff opposition, with neighbors citing a laundry list of concerns from traffic to crime to an upheaval of their peace and quiet.

Ultimately, that civic backlash caught the ear of the city council which refused Shreibman's rezoning request.

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