FALL RIVER — Last January, the City Council rejected a plan to sell the Bank Street Armory and renovate it into a market-rate housing development, and ever since there’s been little movement to develop the nearly 127-year-old fortress-like building. 

But some movement may be afoot, after members of the council's Committee on Ordinances and Legislation invited the members of the Historical Commission and Preservation Society of Fall River to help devise a plan for its future use.

Committee chairwoman and Council Vice President Linda Pereira said a plan will rely on public input.

“They want to have public hearings to see what people think. I think bringing the community into it would make sense,” said Pereira, who was a staunch opponent of selling the armory.

Read more from Jo C. Goode at heraldnews.com.