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Olive Garden approved for more parking
By Allie Dean
adean@dawsonnews.com
The Dawson County
Planning Commission on Nov.
20 voted unanimously to
approve a variance for addition
al parking for the Olive Garden
planned to go in at the comer of
Dawson Forest Road East and
Ga. 400 where Huck’s Apple
Barn formerly stood.
In an Oct. 11 application to
the county planning and devel
opment department, Olive
Garden Holdings requested 152
parking spaces as opposed to
the maximum 86, stating that
“if parking is inadequate it will
negatively impact the new res
taurant’s success.”
No representative from Olive
Garden Holdings was present at
the meeting but the planning
commission decided to move
forward with approving the
application.
“The reason for more parking
spaces is because they feel that
they always max out at every
location and they will need
more spaces to park. In addi
tion, staff has recommended
approval based on all of the
information that was presented
to them from Olive Garden,”
said Planning Commission
Chair Jason Hamby.
The variance will not need to
go before the board of commis
sioners.
The restaurant is the first of
several potential businesses to
be developed on the approxi
mately 9.4 acres next to the
Dawson Marketplace shopping
center. The application refer
ences a hotel planned for the
site and refers to the develop
ment as “Dawson Forest
Square.”
Planning and Development
Director Jameson Kinley said
See Parking 12A
Photos by Jessica Taylor Dawson County News
The Nike Factory outlet was filled with holiday shoppers Friday morning as Black Friday deals were too good to
pass up at the North Georgia Premium Outlets on Nov. 23.
Black Friday brings shoppers out
as early as Thursday afternoon
By Jessica Taylor
jtaylor@dawsonnews.com
Black Friday got underway at the
North Georgia Premium Outlets at 6
p.m. on Thanksgiving and the large
open air mall stayed open all night for
eager shoppers to take advantage of
door buster sales.
“We’re seeing an increase in our
traffic numbers so far. But it’s kind of
interesting because ... we closed in
the middle of the night last year and
we were kind of stretching it out this
year so it will be interesting to see
how that plays out throughout the
day,” said Randall Jackson, Director
of Marketing and Business
Management for the outlet mall.
Around 4 p.m. Nov. 22, shoppers
began lining up at stores, two hours
before the mall officially opened,
hoping to be the first in line for holi
day deals.
Until 3 a.m. Friday morning, the
outlet mall parking lot was at more
Dawson does
Christmas
this Saturday
By Jessica Taylor
jtaylor@dawsonnews.com
It’s beginning to look a lot like
Christmas — and more so after
Saturday.
Dawson County will ring in the
Christmas season this weekend with
activities all day long for children and
adults alike.
From 8 to 11 a.m., Santa will be at
Rock Creek Park at the annual
Breakfast with Santa event. It includes
festivities for the whole family and
many free activities for kids.
Coloring, goody bags, freebies, can
dies, toys and prizes along with an
inflatable bouncy house will be part of
the fun.
Vendors and businesses will be set
up to greet children and provide free
crafts and activities as well as sell mer
chandise.
The Dawson County News will be
providing an ornament making station
for all children to enjoy.
See Christmas 14A
Investigators
looking for
information on
missing man
By Allie Dean
adean@dawsonnewws.com
Investigators with the Dawson
County Sheriff’s Office are searching
for information about
a man who was last
seen at Southern Auto
Glass in Dawsonville
earlier this month.
According to a Nov.
27 DCSO Facebook
post, Floyd Martin
“Marty” Stolley, 51, Stolley
was last seen around 3
p.m. Nov. 9 at Southern Auto Glass,
which is located off Hwy. 53 E in
Dawsonville.
Stolley is described as a white male,
See Missing 18A
The Michael Kors outlet at North Georgia Premium Outlets stayed consis
tently busy during Black Friday Nov. 23.
than 100 percent capacity, with shop
pers parking along the side of the
road.
“I got here at 4 a.m. and you know
there were still people parked all
along the side of the road on Dawson
Forest Road so it’s been pretty crazy,”
Jackson said.
See Friday 14A
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