Manassas approves rezoning for new townhomes next to elementary school
Updated at January 14, 2021 - Uriah Kiser Farajollahi
A Manassas City elementary school will soon have some new neighbors.
On Monday, January 11, the City Council voted to rezone 10 acres of land next to George C. Round Elementary School, at the corner of Godwin and Hastings drives, clearing the way for 28 new townhomes that should sell for as much as $600,000 each.
A single-family home owned by Micheal Vanderpool, a prominent lawyer in the city who personally lobbied for the rezoning, will be demolished to make way for the new homes.
The City Council approved the measure in a 5-1 vote, with newly-seated councilman Tom Osina as the lone voice who opposed the project. Osina said the community wants to see single-family homes built in this area, not townhomes.