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Odell highlights new apartment complexes in State of City address
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Two new apartment complexes coming to Rochester are part of the developments Rochester Mayor Trent Odell discussed in his 2025 State of the City address. Odell spoke at the Kiwanis Club of Rochester’s meeting at the Fulton County Museum outside the city on Wednesday, Jan. 29. He said the city got two Local-Income Housing Tax Credit awards in November. Those allow the development of a new complex called Chamberlain Place behind Arbor Woods Apartments at 500 Mitchell Drive. “It will be a very similar setup as Arbor Woods,” said Odell. “That will be affordable housing ... It’s workforce housing, not Section 8.” Odell said the other complex will be “a senior living facility on
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College Avenue (for) 55 and older.” He noted the people living there will be able to access the Nickel Plate Trail from “their backyard.” Those apartments will be known as Hawkins Homestead. Odell said work on Hawkins Homestead should start “in May.” “I’m expecting (Chamberlain Place) to (be worked on) this year as well,” he said. “There were only 16 awards across the state,” said Odell. “We got two of them. That’s huge.” Other Developments Odell also briefly discussed plans to bring in a commercial park to the SR 25 and US 31 intersection area. He noted Fulton Economic Development Corp. Director Michael Ladd, Charlie Sparks of CESparks Consulting and Fulton County Commissioners and property owner Jim Straeter “are in part of the early process of working on getting some land options nailed down for a future
STATE OF THE CITY — Rochester Mayor Trent Odell delivers his 2025 State of the City address on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at the Fulton County Museum outside Rochester.
commercial park.” “I think this community’s always felt like that was a prime location, 31 and 25, for development of jobs,” said Odell. “So we’re making the effort to make sure that happens to get our-
selves prepared for whomever. It’s impossible to say who might come, but we know that no one will if we’re not prepared ... They will not wait on you to put in the structure for utilities. You’ve got Continued on page 2
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