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Serving Braselton, Hoschton, Chateau Elan, Traditions, Reunion, Deaton Creek and West Jackson $1.00 copy
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
Vol. 16 No. 36 A publication of MainStreet Newspapers, Inc. www.BraseltonNewsTODAY.com 2 sections, 24 pages
NGMC-Braselton recognized
i Football is back on Friday
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NGMC-Braselton was one of three NGHS campuses recently recognized
American Heart Association and American Stroke Association
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: The Jackson County football team opens its season Friday at home against
: Dawson County
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BREAKING GROUND
Photos by Ben Munro
The Jackson County School System held a groundbreaking ceremony for Heroes Elementary School, which will be located
near the intersection of Hwy. 332 and Skelton Rd. The school is slated to open in the fall of 2024.
Jackson County
Schools Superinten
dent Philip Brown
speaks to the crowd
that gathered Mon
day (Aug. 14) for
a groundbreaking
ceremony for Heroes
Elementary School.
INSIDE
The Panther volleyball team won the
inaugural Battle of Tackson County
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INDEX
News,,, 1A-3A
Opinion,,, 4A
Public safety ,„ 5A
School,,, 6A
Sports,,, 7AJCA
Obituaries,,, 8A,9A
Classifieds,,, 11A
Social,,, ISA
Braselton
Town of Braselton aims to improve
appearance of interstate exits
Shown is one of the Town of Braselton’s gateway signs on 1-85. Town
leaders are looking to improve the appearance of the town’s exits
through seeking bids for grounds maintenance and cleanup of those
areas.
By Ben Munro
ben@mainstreetnews.
com
Braselton leaders are
looking to tidy up the
town’s interstate ramps as
they seek bids to maintain
those areas.
The town’s visitors’ bu
reau has bid out that work,
including maintenance of
gateway signs, grass cutting
and cleaning trash and de
bris in the area.
The town recently in
stalled gateway signs along
its interstate exit ramps in
Barrow and Jackson coun
ties. It has not yet accept
ed those signs, as some
items remain incomplete.
A landscaping company is
scheduled to return for a fi
nal cleanup before the town
accepts those signs. All
work should be complete
within two weeks, accord
ing to Town Manager Jen
nifer Scott.
Councilmember Jim
Joedecke said the town’s
exits are “the gateway to
Braselton” and wants them
to stand out as the best-kept
See Exits, page 3A
Hoschton
Proposed
development
coming
back before
Hoschton
council
By Ben Munro
ben@mainstreetnews. com
A proposed 300-plus home
development, including a related
annexation request, will be pre
sented to Hoschton leaders again
this week.
The item will appear on the
council’s Thursday (Aug. 17)
work session agenda, with a po
tential vote coming on Monday
(Aug. 21). No additional public
hearing is scheduled.
Providence Group seeks to an
nex approximately 33 acres into
Hoschton as part of a 110-acre gat
ed development of single-family
See Development, page 2A
Braselton
Apartment
complex
proposal
withdrawn
A developer asking to replace a
proposed senior living community
on the western edge of Braselton
with an apartment complex has
withdrawn his application.
The withdrawal comes after
applicant Elliot Hollander of Hol
lander Properties, LLC, tailed to
earn a recommendation of approv
al from the Braselton Planning
Commission. On July 24 the board
voted 5-0 July 24 to recommend
denial of a planned unit develop
ment (PUD) zoning amendment
allowing 325 apartments on a
12.14-acre tract at 3036 Friendship
Rd. The board also unanimously
recommended denial of a related
variance involving multi-family or
residential living units on the first
floors of buildings.
Hollander had originally
planned in 2020 to build a senior
community of 30 memory care
units, 50 assisted living units, 120
senior independent living units and
See Apartments, page 2A
MAILING LABEL
Braselton
Local developer provides
Braselton DDA with updates
on downtown projects
By Ben Munro
ben@mainstreetnews. com
A Braselton developer
updated the status of sev
eral downtown projects,
including an approximate
quarter-mile creek green
stream trail that would
link residential develop
ments on Davis St. to the
Braselton Civic Center
area.
Matt Ruppel of Atlanta
Development Company,
addressing the Braselton
Downtown Development
Authority on Aug. 10, said
he hopes to start work on
the green stream project in
September.
He noted that his com
pany still needs to finalize
plans with the Braselton
Townside subdivision,
which would be included
in the trail project, as that
development is still being
finalized.
Ruppel said a non-profit
legal entity must also be
established for the trail
project.
“That’s something
we’re really focused on
that we’ll be working on
the next month to really
make it real and moving
forward and figure out
how we can pay (for it)
and fund it and develop
it and have it ah set up,”
Ruppel said of the trail
project.
In other projects, Rup
pel expects site work for
the first phase of a town-
home project off Hwy.
124 near the town library
to be complete by the end
of the month, potentially
allowing building to start
in September. Ruppel said
See Projects,page 2A
Braselton
Developer
seeking
numerous
appeals for
development
A developer will seek a slew
of appeals for a project of town-
homes and detached homes for
8.42 acres at 9859 Davis St.
Braselton Township De
velopment, LLC, will appear
before the Braselton Zoning
Board of Appeals on Aug. 22 at
6 p.m. requesting 15 variances
for the project.
According to application
documents, the intent of the
requests is to “incorporate
community greenspace into
See Appeals, page 12A
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