At the city council meeting on Tuesday, the council voted 8-1 to approve tax breaks for the Village at Camp Bowie, the New Urbanist makeover planned for the shopping center of the same name. The council’s vote was 8-1, with only Chuck Silcox voting against the breaks.

The Village at Camp Bowie plan will add a hidden parking garage and nearly 300 apartments over new ground-floor retail space, making the property into a true mixed-use urban center. While I can’t help but admire Silcox sticking to his guns (even if I disagree with his vote), I’m glad the project passed the council – this will be a big push in the right direction for Camp Bowie and the Ridglea urban village, and will start guiding development on the boulevard into a properly urban path. It’s also another positive development to help the light rail proposal.

I’ll bring you more on the Village at Camp Bowie project as it becomes available.