Development & What's Coming in Habersham County
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What is proposed, permitted, or being built?What's Coming issues in Habersham County
Each card is a tracked matter with its status, latest step, and evidence. Order follows the shared current briefing, then recent activity.
The county is applying for a state grant that would cover half the estimated $841,000 cost of adding lights to Parks and Recreation ballfields…
After years of stalled construction on two Airport Business Park lots sold to a private buyer, the county's Development Authority moved toward repurchasing one of them before ultimately…
The Airport Commission approved ground leases for FBO Drive and Higgins Construction in the airport business park, but as of September 2026 the Higgins…
Timothy Carrier is seeking to rezone 1.99 acres from rural residential to general commercial, a change that would allow commercial use at the Hollywood Hills Road property.
A request to rezone 5.82 acres on Cody Road from agricultural to suburban residential use goes to the county commission after planning staff recommended against it.
A special use permit request would let a rural property host a light duty diesel repair shop, a land-use change neighbors and county officials are reviewing.
The county's development authority has spent nearly two years selling and amending contracts for lots, approving new park covenants…
The Habersham County Development Authority has repeatedly voted to go behind closed doors to discuss buying or disposing of property…
The county's development authority has spent more than a year building a five-to-ten-year economic development strategic plan, partly funded by a state grant…
Lizandra Mora's bid for a conditional use to run an event venue for weddings and other gatherings on S Highway 197 was tabled by the planning commission and…
The county's Planning Commission has recommended rezoning a 1.99-acre parcel at 123 Hollywood Hills Road, a request the Board of Commissioners still has to weigh in on.
The county board's 5-0 vote clears the way for malt beverage and wine package sales at the Demorest location.
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