A proposal by the region's largest federally qualified health center to convert a Niagara Street warehouse and storage facility into a community medical clinic is facing opposition from some neighbors.
Neighborhood Health Center wants permission to evade the city's Green Code's walkability requirements in an area where the city is investing in the streetscape to make it pedestrian-friendly.
As a result, it was forced to yield on one of its variance requests, while the city's Zoning Board of Appeals sent it back to the drawing board on another, potentially delaying a grant application needed to fund the $7.3 million project. The group had hoped to submit for site plan approval in January, before starting work in the spring for completion in spring 2022.