Land developer George Kelecheck (foreground) and Greg Ramsey, design chief of Asheville, N.C.based Village Habitat Design, gave an extensive presentation about the benefits of long-term development planning to the Putnam BOC. IAN TOCHER/Staff
The regularly scheduled Oct. 15 Putnam County Board of Commissioners meeting opened with more than 45 minutes of often spirited debate over redefining 5.44 acres at 133 Whitney Dr. in District 3 from R1R, the most restrictive of all county land designations, to Ag (agricultural), the county’s least restrictive designation.
Several neighbors from the nearby Sebastian Cove subdivision spoke in opposi…