Cornelia residents saw water bills go out late in August as the city switched utility billing software.
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- August 31, 2025: Tyler Technologies software conversion delaying utility billing
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- No next step has been documented.
A proposed zoning change would define vape shops and set how far they must be from other locations, though no decision has been made yet.
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- August 21, 2025: Amend Zoning Ordinance to define and set distance requirements for Vape Shops
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- No next step has been documented.
The city's Hospitality & Tourism Board is working on a new website and considering removing a feature page while the city decides whether to keep that program.
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- August 14, 2025: Update on new Hospitality & Tourism Board website project
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- No next step has been documented.
The Cornelia Downtown Development Authority/Main Street Board placed an intergovernmental agreement on its agenda, but the record does not yet show what it covers or whether it was…
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- August 7, 2025: Intergovernmental Agreement
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- No next step has been documented.
The city is seeking state grant funds to help pay for landscaping at a new park estimated to cost $156,000.
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- August 5, 2025: Georgia ReLeaf grant application for new park landscaping
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- No next step has been documented.
The city has begun marking park hours to help enforce its ban on urban camping, though no formal commission vote on enforcement has been recorded.
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- August 5, 2025: Urban Camping Ordinance enforcement and park signage
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- No next step has been documented.
A downtown mural paid for by the Habersham County Chamber of Commerce is set to get underway this fall…
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- August 5, 2025: Habersham County Chamber of Commerce quarterly report and Art Mural Project
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- Mural work is set to begin around October 20.
A study weighing whether a hotel could work in Cornelia went before city commissioners for consideration.
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- August 5, 2025: Proposal for Hotel Feasibility Study
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- No next step has been documented.
A failing storm drain that caused a sinkhole on Front Street will need to be replaced, with the city expecting to budget for the roughly $340…
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- July 31, 2025: Front Street sink hole and failing storm drain replacement project
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- Budgeting for the project in 2026
Residents of Wards 2 and 3 will choose their city commissioners in this year's election.
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- July 31, 2025: 2026 election for City Commission Ward 2 and Ward 3 seats
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- No next step has been documented.
City Manager's monthly reports to the Cornelia City Council show industrial sewer customer Fieldale repeatedly billed tens of thousands of dollars for exceeding wastewater pretreatment limits…
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- July 31, 2025: Fieldale industrial pretreatment violation and sewer surcharge
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- No next step has been documented.
The city's Downtown Development Authority/Main Street board has signed off on a new board applicant, sending the appointment to city commissioners for final approval.
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- July 24, 2025: New DDA board applicant Jace Reeder
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- City commission vote on the appointment