Roy Kim and his wife, Francesca, founded their real estate development, management, construction and investment company in 1991. Called Central Bethany, it is the managing group for RKm Development and a handful of other companies established to build communities that thrive. RKm Development is leading the team building Rockwood Rising in Gresham. The Gresham Redevelopment .
Dawson County BOC approves rezonings for gun range, residential developments
At their voting session on Thursday night, the Dawson County Board of Commissioners approved rezoning requests for two proposed developments and allowed the owners of Dawsonville Gun and Pawn to go forward with plans for an indoor shooting range facility.
The development rezonings approved by the board include a 194-lot residential subdivision, planned to be built at the intersection of Dawson Forest and Blacks Mill roads, and a 120-unit mixed-use residential/commercial development proposed to be built near Lumpkin Campground Road and Hwy. 53.
Commissioners also approved a 90-day moratorium on new rezoning requests in multiple different zoning categories, so that the county can conduct a study on efficiency and costs associated with different zoning categories.
Plans for 520-acre Lumpkin Campground Road development withdrawn by developers
At the Dec. 17 Dawson County Board of Commissioners Voting Session, commissioners approved a motion to withdraw plans for the Etowah Bluffs development, which was submitted to the Dawson County Planning Commission in August.
Speaking to the board of commissioners on Thursday night, project spokesman Kenneth Wood, president of Planners and Engineers Collaborative said that project stakeholders would need to go back to the drawing board on the project before submitting it for approval again.
In 2019, the site at Ga. 400 and Lumpkin Campground was home to another, much larger proposed multi-use development called Etowah Village, which sought to bring 947-acres of retail, office space and housing, similar to that of Alpharetta’s Avalon development, to the area. Amidst intense disapproval from the community and local elected officials, the proposed Etowah Village project was also later