Williamsburg agreed to pay a local developer $121,838.78 to cancel a contract selling city land on Strawberry Plains Road for a proposed townhouse development.
The city turned over the November 2024 settlement agreement to local resident Robert Lee Wilson, after losing a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit Wilson filed last month in Williamsburg-James City County General District Court. Wilson forwarded a copy of the settlement to Williamsburg Watch, and you can download it at the end of this article.
The origin of the case dates back to June, 2022, when the city entered an agreement to sell 13.9 acres at 180 Strawberry Plains Road to Cale Development for a high-density townhouse development. After considerable protest from William & Mary faculty and students, and a rejection by the city planning commission, Cale withdrew its proposal and the city cancelled the agreement.
Last month the city announced it would turn the land over to William & Mary as…