Reading the writing on the wall, the Bayacan Company withdrew a rezoning application from Graham County Monday morning that wouldâve allowed them to grow medicinal marijuana in the empty NatureSweet greenhouses near Bonita.
Last Wednesday the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 8-1 against the rezoning after numerous residents expressed their disapproval of such a facility. They expressed concerns about the message it would send to children, the environmental impact it would have and the potential impact on traffic.
The Graham County Board of Supervisors were scheduled to take up the matter again Monday morning.
Bayacan attorney Heather Dukes asked the board to postpone the hearing to allow the company time to sway residents. The board opted to hear from residents instead and the same fears were expressed.
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Musician Ronnie Milsap is a native of Graham County
Smoky Mountain rain may soon fall on a western North Carolina highway with a new name.
The N.C. Department of Transportation board recently adopted a resolution to dedicate a section of U.S. 129 in Graham County in honor of six-time Grammy winner and Country Music Hall of Fame member Ronnie Milsap.
Signs designating this section from Yellow Creek Road to the Cheoah River, will be placed and a ceremony will be held at an appropriate time to honor the 77-year-old Milsap, who grew up in Robbinsville and recorded 40 No. 1 hits including “Smoky Mountain Rain.”
North Carolina DOT Renames Stretch of Highway After Ronnie Milsap
In this Jan. 16, 2019 photo, Ronnie Milsap poses for a photo on the stage of The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. Milsap s new album, “Ronnie Milsap: The Duets,” comes out on Friday. (Photo by Donn Jones/Invision/AP)
Ronnie Milsap, a Country Music Hall of Fame inductee and six-time Grammy award winner, can add a stretch of highway in
North Carolina to his list of accolades.
The North Carolina Board of Transportation voted on Dec. 2 to rename a six-mile stretch of US 129 near the singer s hometown of Robbinsville as the Ronnie Milsap Highway.
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