Westwood may bring housing to the site of an old school near Joe D. Dennis Park, signaling the city’s continued interest to guide redevelopment in a part of the small bedroom community that, for years, has been steeped in controversy. The old Westwood View Elementary School property as well as the park and city-owned green space nearby have been the battleground of protests, legal threats and, ultimately, a failed public vote last spring on the sale of the park that would have paved the way for an office-retail project there.
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