CONWAY — At the John Fuller School Action Ad-Hoc Committee’s listening session on June 30, Josh Brustin, chair of the MWV Housing Coalition, shared his vision for the 10.8-acre school property, saying there room there to build some homes while still retaining the character of the property.
At the session held in Kennett High's Loynd Auditorium, Brustin told his fellow committee members: “The John Fuller property is an opportunity. ... I took a look with the help of Nick Aceto, who is a partner at Aceto-Kimball (landscape architecture firm) at the site.
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