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Newspaper Page TextServing Braselton, Hoschton, Chateau Elan, Traditions, Reunion, Deaton Creek and West Jackson $1.00 copy Wednesday, April 26, 2023 Vol. 16 No. 20 A publication of MainStreet Newspapers, Inc. www.BraseltonNewsTODAY.com 2 sections, 32 pages NGHS names Employees of the Year Northeast Georgia Health System recently honored its Employees of the Year PAGE 3A Panthers’ season ends The Jackson County baseball team wrapped up its season in the first round of the playoffs, dropping a doubleheader to Blessed Trinity Saturday PAGE 7A Panthers at the prom Photo by Ben Munro Jackson County High School held its prom Saturday night (April 22) at the Braselton Civic Center. Here, Daniel Stites is hoisted above the crowd on the dance floor. See more photos on page 11 A. INSIDE Braselton Planning commission recommends denial of restaurant, retail application JCHS band plays spring concert PAGE 5A News ... 1-3A Opinion ... 4A Social/School 5A Public safety . 6A Sports ... 7A, 8A Classifieds ... 9A Obituaries... 10A By Ben Munro ben@mainstreetnews. com The Braselton Planning Commission recommended the denial of a request to al low a developer to combine two lots on Old Winder Hwy. to build a restaurant and retail structure. The planning board voted 3-2 on Monday (April 24) against a planned unit devel opment (PUD) master plan amendment to allow for the 6,270-square-foot building. Two buildings existed on the original PUD plans. Keith Kloiber, Tom Logan and Marc Carson voted to deny the re quest. “We’re talking about amending a PUD site plan ... We have a site plan that is in conflict with the existing plan in that it has a restaurant on it at all, and then we’re talking about re-drawing those borders within the PUD,” Kloiber said after motioning to deny the ap plication. Stephanie Braselton Wil liams and Shawn Greiner op posed denial. The two lots, both vacant, are located at 2705 and 2709 Old Winder Hwy. A planned widening of Hwy. 211 by the Georgia DOT will reduce both tracts to less than half an acre. In response, the applicant, Bra selton Stone Crossing Venture, LLC, seeks to combine the lots into one .981-acre parcel to meet the town’s parking-space requirements. The applicant, however, ob jected to a Braselton planning staff recommended condition requiring it to locate the restau rant portion of the development on the left side of the building, away from most of the parking. “That may kill this devel opment," said David Ellison, speaking for the applicant. Ellison also said the appli cant could not flip the design to place parking on the other side due to topography. The applicant also opposed the addition of speed humps, which Ellison said they consid er a liability. Two citizens spoke against the request. See Building, page 3A Braselton Braselton planners oppose Del Webb at Chateau Elan expansion requests By Ben Munro ben@mainstreetnews. com Braselton planners said no to a pair of items relat ed to a proposed extension to the Del Webb at Chateau Elan subdivision. With 3-2 votes on Mon day (April 24), the Braselton Planning Commission rec ommended the denial of two requests required for the ap plicant, PulteGroup, to add 345 homes. The board had postponed its recommenda tions for a month following a March 27 public hearing during which residents ex pressed security and traffic concerns. The planning commis sion's action is only advi sory. Its recommendation will go before the Braselton Town Council, which will decide on the requests. Pulte seeks annexation See Expansion, page 3A Photo by Ben Munro Another large crowd showed up at the Bra selton Planning Commission meeting Monday (April 24) as the board revisited a proposed ex pansion to the Del Webb at Chateau Elan de velopment. Local art Braselton Arts Council interested in ‘pop-up’ shows By Ben Munro ben@mainstreetnews. com The Braselton Arts Coun cil is interested in potentially coordinating “pop-up” ex hibits as the group continues to promote art in the town. During discussion at its Monday (April 24) meet ing, council members men tioned possibly adding small, monthly shows at multiple locales throughout Braselton. The shows would center around a single artist with all of their work. The lobby of the town’s 1904 building was men tioned as one possible venue. But the council also men tioned finding businesses in terested in hosting a pop-up show. “Because there are plenty of businesses that would be thrilled to have that,” said Town Manager Jennifer Scott, who is also a member of the arts council. They also discussed scheduling pop-up shows in conjunction with one of the town’s wine walks or choco late walks. Implementing a series of pop-up shows was also seen See Art, page 2A MAILING LABEL O The need for speed Photo by Ben Munro Nathan Seethaler approaches Turn 7 at Road Atlanta during Supersport qualifying as Michelin Race way Road Atlanta hosted MotoAmerica Superbikes over the weekend. See more photos on page 8A.