Church okayed in area with gas spills
by Lisa Provence
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Despite concerns about city churches moving into rural areas, on December 12 the Albemarle Board of Supervisors approved a special use permit for the First Church of the Nazarene to build at a site on U.S. 250 east at Route 22 in an area riddled with petroleum spills, a neighborhood that includes Stone Robinson Elementary, GoCo Bulk Oil, and Luck Stone. The church originally wanted a daycare center, but that request was omitted from the permit. Supervisors Sally Thomas and Dennis Rooker offered the congregation some “free advice,” says Thomas, suggesting the site is not an appropriate place for a daycare center.
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Don’t drink the holy water.
If a day care center is not appropriate, what makes a church appropriate?
Kristy Petrillo
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