# Area Plan Commission recommends rezoning the former Mason Lodge on Garfield Avenue for a software company's office

## What happened
The commission recommended rezoning two parcels at 2215 Garfield Avenue from single-family residential (R1) to C1 neighborhood commercial (allows small business uses inside a residential area) so St. Properties/Paul Gibson can use the building — a former fraternal lodge — as a corporate office for digital software development and online demonstrations. ([8:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaXfXADqtMo&t=528), [9:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaXfXADqtMo&t=540)) Staff noted the building already has hard-surface parking and had not actually been used as a home for years, even though it was zoned that way. ([9:31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaXfXADqtMo&t=571)) No one spoke against the request, and the petitioner's representative had nothing to add to staff's report. ([10:24](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaXfXADqtMo&t=624))

## The outcome
Recommended for approval on a voice vote, with city plan review and a possible state design release still required; Terre Haute City Council still has to take a final vote. ([10:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaXfXADqtMo&t=632))

## Sources
- [Docket introduced, 8:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaXfXADqtMo&t=528)
- [Staff report on the corporate-office request, 9:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaXfXADqtMo&t=540)
- [Prior non-residential use and required approvals, 9:31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaXfXADqtMo&t=571)
- [Petitioner: nothing to add, 10:24](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaXfXADqtMo&t=624)
- [Vote, 10:32](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaXfXADqtMo&t=632)

*Also known as: 2215 Garfield Avenue · Garfield Avenue rezoning · Special Ordinance 10-2026 · Mason Lodge rezoning · Area Plan Commission recommendation*