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What is proposed, permitted, or being built?What's Coming issues across Northeast Georgia
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The city's downtown development board is looking at ways to target recruitment and gather public input on what stores should fill empty storefronts.
The city council approved rezoning land at 11379 Highway 106 for a stone products company, clearing the way for industrial use there.
A proposed rezoning would shift roughly 40 acres of land on Highway 106 from commercial to industrial use.
The boundary map determines which properties fall inside the Downtown Development Authority district, and the council has now approved a version expanding it near Highway 441 before fixing…
The council's approval clears the way for property owner Barry Wikle to split the Ivy Street parcel into three separate lots.
The commission's 5-1 vote lets a property owner build a single-family house closer to a protected area than county rules normally allow.
Stephens County has been weighing detailed rules for data centers, including setbacks and noise limits, but commissioners have not yet adopted them.
The town council approved turning the Rock House into police offices and public meeting space, but the project is now delayed because the building's septic system must be…
A restoration project the city council set in motion in 2024 could be funded largely by a state transportation grant…
A Stephens County commissioner floated new recreation department ideas, including pickleball courts and a botanical garden honoring veterans, but the board has taken no action yet.
A request to let a Carnesville property owner build a metal accessory building without a house on the land has been delayed three times since April…
A neighbor told the Board of Commissioners the dirt track's operation has hurt the surrounding neighborhood.
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