An affordable housing project dating back seven years, one that
prompted Apalachicola neighborhood activists to rise in opposition,
and led to a protracted legal fight in both federal and state
courtrooms, got a crucial, and perhaps final, go-ahead three days
into the new year.
In an eight-page ruling issued Friday, Circuit Judge Charles
Dodson exercised his right to reform the contract the school board
first agreed to in Dec. 2014 with Denton Cove, Ltd, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Wendover Housing Partners out of Altamonte
Springs.
The judge mandated changes in the wording of the contract that
would enable Denton Cove to buy the entire 3.66 acre-parcel, on the
grounds of the former Apalachicola High School complex.
