Last Thursday, the Lexington Urban County Council gave a tentative go-ahead to expanding the city’s Urban Service Boundary by between 2,700 and 5,000 acres. The majority of the council’s committee of the whole seemed to agree with Councilmember Preston Worley’s argument that the expansion was needed for more than just new, affordable housing.
“This community is losing jobs constantly to surrounding communities that welcome them welcome development in their land. But our community says no. So it is not equitable. And it is not right to have a policy that cannot house people. And that cannot provide them a decent wage.”
