New gateway signs for the town's entrances remain unbuilt as the council works through cost questions and required state and federal permits.
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- Latest
- June 11, 2026: Status of town entrance signs project (pending Georgia DOT review)
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- No next step has been documented.
Residents raised the issue of unpermitted block parties in the Springview Height neighborhood with the mayor and council, though no action was taken.
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- June 1, 2026: Resident concern over unsanctioned block parties in Springview Height neighborhood
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- No next step has been documented.
A surplus vehicle given to the town still carries out-of-county tags and has no title, a hurdle to putting it into town service.
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- May 27, 2026: Surplus vehicle with no title from Rabun County Sheriff
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- No next step has been documented.
The county board's May meeting record includes a quote for fire equipment, though no vote on it is recorded.
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- May 26, 2026: Quote from Bennett Fire Products
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- No next step has been documented.
A city council packet shows a license plate reader system with a $20,000 grant award against a final quote of about $27,000 including outfitting.
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- May 26, 2026: LPR (license plate reader) grant
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- No next step has been documented.
Two residents have told the Town Council that loud music is being played past the hours allowed under the town's noise ordinance.
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- May 12, 2026: Public complaints about late-night loud music violating noise ordinance
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- No next step has been documented.
Verizon Wireless is seeking county approval to build a 195-foot cell tower on Toccoa Falls College land near Forest Drive.
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- October 6, 2026: New Verizon Wireless personal wireless service facility (195-foot monopole) near 938 Forest Drive on Toccoa Falls College property
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- Stephens County Planning Commission meeting on October 6, 2026
County officials have been working for almost a year to get worn tennis and pickleball courts repaired and resurfaced.
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- September 21, 2026: Ratifying award of contract for Tennis and Pickleball Court Resurfacing (RFP 2027-03)
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- No next step has been documented.
The county parks and recreation department is seeking to continue paying an outside instructor to teach private and group swim lessons.
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- September 4, 2026: Contracted Instructor Agreement with Amy Hood for private and group swim lessons
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- A Board of Commissioners vote on renewing the agreement
The county parks and recreation facility is weighing another year of one-on-one swim lessons taught by a contracted instructor, after commissioners approved a similar agreement last year.
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- September 4, 2026: Contracted Instructor Agreement with Kristy Hill for private swim lessons at Parks and Recreation Facility
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- No next step has been documented.
A developer's push to move farmland along GA 365 into the City of Baldwin for commercial development has drawn a county objection, a withdrawal, and a refiled petition…
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- August 17, 2026: Annexation and rezoning of Cook Construction and Real Estate property (65.92 acres) into City of Baldwin for medical office/senior living/commercial development
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- No next step has been documented.
A developer's request to pull land out of the City of Demorest's boundaries was before county commissioners, a step that would shift jurisdiction over future use of the…
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- August 17, 2026: Resolution #2026-08-001 accepting request by In and Out Home Buyers, LLC to deannex 4.122 acres (Parcel 108 031D) from City of Demorest
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- No next step has been documented.