Some advocates are concerned that a proposed multi-family residential development in Ashland City could lead to the demolition of a historic home.
The Ashland City Planning Commission is scheduled to preliminarily consider the proposal, from a group of local and Nashville real estate investors called BAM, on Monday night.
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