In Williamsburg

A new plan means a lost chance to house students in a good spot Williamsburg may accomplish one objective: It may get rid of the Southern Inn eyesore. The owners have submitted a plan to replace the old motel with a mixed condo-retail-restaurant development. But it will lose out on the chance this site offered to achieve another objective: developing appropriate housing for College of William and Mary students, alternatives to the single-family neighborhoods where they're often not wanted. The Southern Inn site seemed a likely home for students: It's near the college. It's on Richmond Road by the Williamsburg Shopping Center, not in a neighborhood. But a plan to put student housing there was killed off by the objection of some city residents — even though some of the folks squawking weren't close enough to be what you'd... [read full story]