The Burlington City Council at their regularly scheduled meeting on December 7th approved three voluntary annexations. The Abbington Place subdivision off the newly constructed Western Loop, the State Employees’ Credit Union property at the corner of Garden Road and Saint Marks Church Road, and the University Commons shopping center at the I-40/I-85 - Western Loop interchange will become part of the city limits on January 1, 2005. Please contact Kurt Pearson in the Planning Department for more information at 336-513-5417.