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Wednesday, June 18, 2025
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Vol. 18 No. 28
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12 pages
Summer work at JCHS
Multiple JCHS teams are busy at W irk this summer preppign for their
2025-26 campaigns
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July 27 veterans event planned
A community tribute. Saluting Our Veterans: Standing Strong
Together, will take place on Sunday July 27, at Chateau Elan
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Photo courtesy of North Metro Baptist Church
Vacation Bible school time
A group of boys takes a break on a bench during North Metro Baptist’s vacation Bible school held
last week at the church’s Hwy. 124 location in Braselton.
South Hall
Public hearing for massive South
Hall project postponed to August
Hoschton
Developer proposes
204 townhomes
in Hoschton
By Ben Munro
ben@mainstreetnews.com
At the developer’s re
quest, the Hall County
Planning Commission ta
bled a public hearing over
a massive industrial-resi
dential project proposed for
South Hall to Aug. 4.
The hearing was set for
Monday (June 16) when the
planning board granted the
postponement.
The developer, K2P Land
COMING UP
•Public hearing, Aug. 4,
5:15 p.m. Hall County
Planning Commission
Partners, LLC, based in
Suwanee, proposes 1.72
million square feet of light
industrial warehouse space
and 700 homes for Old
Winder Hwy. in South Hall,
near Braselton.
The 279-acre site is lo
cated at 5401 Old Winder
Hwy. and shares a property
line with Michelin Race-
way Road Atlanta, which
is situated to the east.
K2P Land Partners seeks
a rezoning from agricultur-
al-residential to residential
multi-family for the resi-
dential portion and rezoning
from agricultural-residen
tial to light industrial for the
warehouse portion.
The warehouse space
would be constructed on
a 194-acre portion of the
tract. According to a Devel
opment of Regional Impact
study, approximately 6,300
linear feet of new roadway
and parkway will be built
to serve the warehouse de
velopment. Meanwhile,
residential plans call for
320 apartments and a mix
of stacked flats and town-
homes totaling 380 units on
84 acres.
By Ben Munro
ben@mainstreetnews.com
A developer seeks to build
204 townhomes in Hoschton
on 26.73 acres fronting
Hwy. 53 originally reserved
in the Twin Lakes develop
ment for commercial use.
The property is located
near the intersection of Hwy.
53 and Twin Lakes Blvd.
Brookfield Kolter Land
Acquisitions, LLC, seeks to
amend the original condi
tions of the PUD to proceed
with the townhome com
munity. Some commercial
development will still be
Hoschton
Max price set for
Hoschton sewer
system expansion
By Ben Munro
ben@mainstreetnews.com
Having been in the plan
ning stage for years, the City
of Hoschton has now secured
an 80% guaranteed maximum
price (GMP) of $31.82 million
with Reeves Young to ex
pand its wastewater treatment
plant to a capacity of 950,000
gallons per day. Money paid
during this phase will also help
facilitate the planned transition
to two million gallons per day.
The Hoschton City Council
voted to accept the GMP on
June 17.
“We have been working on
Hoschton resident
appears on ‘Love Island’
Hoschton’s Jalen Brown
appeared on “Love Island”
last week, llallive.com re
ported.
According to the website,
the 27-year Jackson Coun
ty native appeared on the
show on June 13, making
included with the townhome
project, according to the
city.
A public hearing on this
request is scheduled for
June 25 at 6p.m. before
the Hoschton Planning and
Zoning Commission. The
Hoschton City Council will
then hold a July 10 (6 p.m.)
public hearing over the mat
ter. The council will poten
tially vote on the proposal
on July 17 at 6 p.m.
All public hearings and
meetings related to this proj
ect will be held at 65 City
Square St.
this project together for about
four years,” said Jerry Hood,
the city’s engineering consul
tant. “All projects of this mag
nitude take a long time.”
The GMP comes with 80%
of the plans complete and in
cludes almost $1 million in
allowances. A reduced final
cost is expected when plans
are 100% complete.
Hood said prices have in
creased on this project due
to inflation and the inclusion
of 30% extra capacity in the
design in preparation for the
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a surprise entrance “as the
latest ‘bombshell’ islander.”
The show also held a
casting call in Atlanta on
Sunday for next season.
“Love Island” is a popu
lar dating reality show that
streams on Peacock.
MAILING LABEL
Hoschton
Hoschton approves Si.14 million bid for water line upgrades
By Ben Munro
ben@mainstreetnews.com
The Hoschton City Coun
cil has approved a $1.14 mil
lion bid to complete Phase II
of its water system improve
ments with the installation of
new 12-inch water lines on
New St.
The council reviewed the
bid at its Thursday (June 12)
work session and approved
HOSCHTON
GEORGIA
the proposal on Tuesday
(June 17).
The new 12” line is part of
a 12-inch water main, which
runs from the north water
tank on West Jackson Rd. to
East Jefferson St and then to
New St.
The city, which received
12 bids for the project,
awarded the bid to Civil
Constniction.
“That was the most bids I
have seen on any local gov
ernment project in probably
a decade or more,” said Jerry
Hood, the city’s engineering
consultant.
OTHER NEWS
In other news, the council:
•approved a travel policy
for city employees.
•approved a $1,993 pur
chase proposal, after trade-
ins, for a new public works
lawnmower.
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