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After spending nearly a year cooped up by the pandemic, many of us have thought about getting away from home.
But what do you do if vacations that require boarding a plane, checking into a hotel or navigating crowded spaces scare you? An entire outdoor hospitality industry is blossoming to meet this need.
Getaway has opened its first Chicago-area outpost, offering those in the city a chance to escape safely into nature.
Bordered by woods and a small lake, Getaway Barber Creek is in Grand Junction, Michigan, just over two hours from Chicago and will have 41 socially distant cabins available beginning in April.
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At the request of the property owner, Oconee County has postponed the public hearing scheduled for Monday on the proposal for a major shopping center at the corner of the Oconee Connector and Mars Hill Road.
Deferred Tax LLC of Lawrenceville, which owns the 47-acres being proposed for development, asked the county to postpone the Planning Commission meeting originally scheduled for Monday until Jan. 19, and the final vote of the Board of Commissioners until Feb. 2.
Deferred Tax LLC requested the delays following the publication of the Oconee County planning staff report on Monday, the release of the Development of Regional Impact Report of the Northeast Georgia Regional Commission on Wednesday, and the emergence of a group of citizens opposing the project.