DAPHNE, Ala. — Residents of a Daphne subdivision at the Civic Center Thursday night were told there were no new plans to bring businesses into their neighborhood.

TimberCreek Investments, the holding company that developed the TimberCreek subdivision north of Interstate 10, called the meeting after residents received notices alerting them to a planning application for land near their homes.

On behalf of the development partnership, Allen Cox addressed a group of about 60 residents and interested parties.

Cox — originally a partner in the development but who has since sold his interest — explained that the proposed change was part of a move to preserve the open space in the area and not to bring in new commercial development.

All but nine holes of the TimberCreek golf courses were made subject to a conservation easement in 2006.

A conservation easement is an arrangement by which owners can donate land to a charitable trust and claim a tax-deductible donation, setting conditions on how the land is used in perpetuity.

The proposed change was to allow for the remaining nine holes, known as the “Magnolia nine,” to also be moved into a conservation easement, Cox said.

See the full version of this story in the June 5 Daphne Bulletin.