Buckhead Cafe, which closed its Buckhead Square location in October and is preparing to reopen as Buckhead Kitchen on Scottsville Road, could soon be back on Campbell Lane in a new, mobile form.

In an 8-2 vote Thursday, the City-County Planning Commission of Warren County approved a rezoning application that could open the door for a Buckhead Kitchen food truck to set up shop at Campbell Lane and Thoroughbred Drive.

The 0.29-acre tract across from Bowling Green Junior High School will be paved to create space for as many as four food trucks to set up and 13 cars to park. The site will have access only from Thoroughbred Drive.

Caitlin Davis, a partner in Buckhead Kitchen along with brothers Collin Kelley and Chase Kelley, told the 10 commissioners present (Mary Belle Ballance and Christiaan Volkert were absent) that the food truck parking lot would be a “great opportunity for economic development.”

“I believe that (food trucks) is the next wave that’s coming,” said Davis, the daughter of local restaurateur Rick Kelley. “Food trucks are huge in Nashville. This is a great opportunity for those wanting to get into the restaurant business on a smaller scale. I think the enthusiasm for food trucks is there.”

Not everyone at the meeting in the Bowling Green City Commission chambers was enthusiastic about the project.

Anne Lowdermilk, who has a house on Thoroughbred Drive, had concerns about safety and increased traffic.

“I love food trucks,” she said, “but I don’t think it’s a good concept for this area. That corner has already taken on more traffic. I ask that you consider the impact on this residential area.”

Likewise, Commissioner Chuck Coppinger spoke against the plan, telling Davis: “I think it’s irresponsible to put food trucks across from the junior high. I applaud you for what you’re wanting to do, but I think you’ve picked the wrong spot.”

In the end, only Coppinger and Sandy Clark voted against the rezoning from multi-family residential to general business, which must still go to the city commission for final approval.

Davis doesn’t have a timetable for developing the lot, saying the first priority for her and her brothers is opening Buckhead Kitchen in the former Buffalo Wild Wings location on Scottsville Road. She expects that restaurant to be open in three weeks.

The commissioners also approved a second rezoning application that should accommodate the growth of the Trailer World business on Three Springs Road.

They approved unanimously rezoning 9.9 acres next to Three Springs Storage and near the Flea Land indoor flea market from agriculture to light industrial. The development plan presented by Trailer World President Richard Feldman calls for the rectangular lot that stretches from Three Springs Road to Interstate 65 to become an area for displaying and selling various types of trailers.

“We outgrew our current location (at 800 Three Springs Road) years ago,” said Feldman, who started the business as Feldman Trailers in 1976. “I’ve got to have more room.”

The rezoning will go to the city commission for final approval.

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