A proposed commercial development that caused a stir on social media last week was approved by the Argyle Town Council on Monday evening.

The unanimous decision was enough to override the Planning and Zoning Board’s unanimous recommendation for denial at its Oct. 1 meeting.

Colo Development Partner’s three-building, 23,000-square-foot development, called Argyle Market Place, will be located just south of Little Joe’s Farmstead restaurant along Hwy 377 just south of Cook Street.

According to town documents, the new site plan for the development addressed one of many concerns from Jim Reid, the owner of Little Joe’s Farmstead and Argyle Christian Academy next door to Argyle Market Place, who said he believed approval of the development would run him out of business.

Reid was concerned wi

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