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Dawson County BOC approves rezonings for gun range, residential developments

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. 

Commissioners to discuss COVID-19 vaccination site at work session Thursday

Commissioners to discuss COVID-19 vaccination site at work session Thursday At its meetings on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, the Dawson County Board of Commissioners is set to discuss a number of important topics, including possible locations for a COVID-19 vaccination site, the county’s agreement with the Georgia Forestry Commission and several proposed rezonings.  According to Commission Chairman Billy Thurmond, the board is considering several possible locations for the Dawson County Health Department to set up a secondary vaccination site so that large numbers of people can be vaccinated against COVID-19.  In January, Dawson County held a vaccination event at Rock Creek Park that distributed over 800 vaccines to community members and first responders in a single day. 

Plans for 520-acre Lumpkin Campground Road development withdrawn by developers

Plans for 520-acre Lumpkin Campground Road development withdrawn by developers At the Dec. 17 Dawson County Board of Commissioners Voting Session, commissioners approved a motion to withdraw plans for the Etowah Bluffs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

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