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Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Vol. 16 No. 40 A publication of MainStreet Newspapers, Inc. www.BraseltonNewsTODAY.com 12 pages
'ArtRageous'held
Braseiton hosted its second-annual ArtRageous Festival on
Saturday
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Panthers opening region play
Jackson County will open Region 8-AAAAAA football play Friday at
North Forsyth
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Braselton
Decision on
Braselton Hilton
hotel on hold
By Ben Munro
ben@mainstreetnews. com
The Braselton Town Council
has delayed its vote on a pro
posed Hilton hotel near 1-85
that includes extended-stay
features.
At the request of Councilp-
erson Becky Richardson, the
council voted unanimously on
Monday (Sept. 11) to table its
decision until its Oct. 9 voting
meeting.
“I still have some unan
swered questions and just need
additional time to kind of dig
into some things before I can
make a decision.” Richardson
said.
Applicant JVBraselton
Hospitality, LLC, seeks a con
ditional use for 4.24 acres on
Hwy. 53 behind Cracker Barrel
to allow for the hotel. The prop
erty abuts 1-85.
Plans call for a four-story,
147-room, dual-branded hotel
that would house Hilton’s TRU
and Home 2 Suites products in
one structure.
The TRU brand serves as a
traditional hotel, while Home
2 Suites caters more toward
longer stays with rooms that
include dishwashers, micro-
waves and refrigerators.
The project requires council
approval for conditional use
because 54% of the hotel plan
would consist of these extend
ed-stay components.
Proposed conditions of ap
proval, however, would prohib
it the hotel from advertising and
offering weekly or monthly oc
cupancy rates. The conditions
See Hotel,page 3A
Public safety
Church approves sale
of land to West Jackson
Fire Department
Hoschton Baptist Chmch vote from its members,
has approved the sale of the church will sell up to
land on Sam Freeman Rd. seven acres at $50,000 per
to the West Jackson Fire acre to the department.
Department for the site of According to the church,
the agency’s third fire sta- the exact acreage sold will
tion.
Following a Sept. 10 Land, page 3A
Never forget
West
Jackson
Elementary
School held
a remem
brance
ceremony
on Friday to
pay tribute
to those
who lost
their lives
on Sept. 11,
2001. See
more Sept.
11 remem
brance
tributes on
page 10A.
Photos courtesy
of Jackson
County Schools/
West Jacskson
Elementary
School
INSIDE
The JCHS volleyball
improved to 20-1 last
week
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INDEX
News,,, 1A-3A
Opinion ,„ 4A
Public safety ,„ 5,4
Classifieds... 11,4
Ob Pianes,,, 9,4
Social/School 6,4
Sports,,, 7-8,4
MAILING LABEL
Hoschton
Braselton
Hoschton DDA
recommends Oak St.
park project landscaper
By Ben Munro
ben@mainstreetnews. com
Hoschton’s downtown
leaders have recommended
a landscaping company to
convert a three-acre parcel
on Oak St. into a small park.
The Hoschton Down
town Development Au
thority (DDA) on Monday
(Sept. 11) unanimously
agreed to ask the city coun
cil to consider Paramount
Landscape Group for the
project. The future park site
is located on a block front
ing Oak St., New St. East
Broad St. and Hwy. 332.
Paramount pitched its
plans to the DDA at its
June and August meetings
alongside two other com
panies at those meetings.
Paramount’s design calls
for a black ornamental
fence around the property’s
See Park, page 3A
Photo by Ben Munro
Hoschton downtown leaders have selected a
landscaper to convert a three-acre tract fronting
East Broad St., Oak St., New St. and Hwy. 332
into a park.
Restaurant and retail space
proposed on Hwy. 211
Over 17,000 square feet
of restaurant and retail
space has been proposed
for a near-four-acre tract
on Hwy. 211 in front of
Ace Hardware.
The Braselton Planning
Commission will hear the
developer’s plans dining a
public hearing on Sept. 25
(6 p.m.).
The applicant, Land
Development and Engi
neering, seeks a planned
unit development (PUD)
master plan amendment
for the property, which has
a Village Way address but
has frontage on Hwy. 211
The development would
comprise three buildings
totaling 17,827 square
feet.
The Braselton Town
See Hearing, page 10A
South Hall
Public hearing ahead
for 185-unit multi-family
development proposed
for Friendship Rd.
A developer is propos
ing a 185-unit apartment
development on Friend
ship Rd., and the Hall
County Planning Com
mission will hear about
those plans next week.
A public hearing is set
for the planning board’s
Sept. 18 (6 p.m.) meet
ing.
Applicant Tim Wil
banks seeks two rezoning
requests for the proposed
site at 1731 Friendship
Rd., which totals just
over 10 acres.
One seeks to rezone 7.3
acres from agricultural to
a planned commercial
development (PCD) and
the other 2.7 acres from
See Development, page 10A
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