CONWAY — Following a full site-plan review July 14, the Conway Planning Board gave unanimous 7-0 conditional approval to the Bluebird Project LLC to create eight rental apartments in the historic 19th-century former Bunker Building at 109 Pine St. in North Conway Village.
Planning board member Eliza Grant recused herself from the discussion, as she is a partner with Kit Hickey in the Bluebird Project LLC, a local for-profit housing group.
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