The Ridgway Town Council voted on Feb. io to approve key agreements for the Space to Create development, in what Town Manager Preston Neill called a “huge milestone” for the affordable housing project.

The 30-unit apartment complex on the corner of Clinton and Lena streets has been a work-in-progress for more than five years. Andrew Michaelson, director of property development for the nonprofit developer Artspace, said he hopes to have shovels in the ground “no later than the end of March.�...