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Tigers prevail against War Eagles SPORTS, 1B DawsonCountyNews WEDNESDAY I SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 DaWSOflNeWS ^COITI DAWSONVILLE, GEORGIA $1.00 Etowah Village back on the docket Rezoning for proposed mixed-use development to go back before the BOC Joshua Demarest jdemarest@dawsonnews.com Lumpkin Campground Road, LLC, the owners of the parcel of land where the Etowah Village devel opment was proposed, made a new application to rezone the property for mixed-use development “in order to build a Master Planned Community on 518 acres bordered on the East by Ga 400 and Lumpkin Campground Road and on the West by the Etowah River.” “The site is the former location of the defunct Southern Catholic College,” the application reads. “The existing zon ing, based upon the Southern Catholic Master Plan, permits a variety of uses of which most are mirrored within the pro posed development plans: Retail, Office, Multi- Family and Single-Family Residences. The applicant wishes to modify the arrangement of these uses and add a few additional parcels to create a viable alternative use for this tract that will become an asset to Dawson County.” The application goes on to describe the project, which would include 338,000 sq. ft. of retail and service space designed in the same style as the Avalon proj ect in Alpharetta with second- and third-floor residential spaces; 243,200 sq. ft. of Class A office space with build ings up to 10 stories; a hotel with a convention center; 770 units of multi family residences; 254 units of single-family attached home residenc es; a 350-unit continuing care retirement communi ty with both independent and assisted living; 265 single family homes dividing into three sepa rate neighborhoods; 156 acres of parks and green spaces; and a site dedicat ed to a future fire station. Per the application, “the proposed Retail Village will contain shop ping, offices, and restau rants that will be integrat ed into the Residential Neighborhoods providing a walkable and sustain able live-work-play com munity. It will also serve See Etowah 14A ‘We’re getting close to the end’ Joshua Demarest Dawson County News Workers pour the main slab of the Farmer's Market Pavilion Aug. 29. Main Street Park approaches end of first phase of construction Joshua Demarest Jdemarest@dawsonnews.com Main Street Park is approaching the end of Phase One after nearly 15 months of work. The project, which has suffered extended delays from weather, is starting to take shape and has already begun to see use, accord ing to Dawsonville City Manager Bob Bolz. “We’ve already had a lot of people walking on the trails,” said Bolz. “We don’t really say they can, because technically that’s a construction area, but still we have a lot of people that have been walking like they’re anxious to have another option for walking and getting exercise.” In terms of when the park is expected to be complete, that’s still up in the air. “I would like to say at the latest, the first of November. Once the bulk of the construction is done, and we’re no longer worried about heavy equipment operating or that sort of thing, the park will be ready to open up.” The park is designed to open in phases, with additional parts of the park built and opened after the play ground, walking trails and dog park are ready for public use. “If we wait until everything’s done that we want to do, it’ll never open, and we want to get it open as soon as possible,” said Bolz. “Our goal is to open parts as we can once the main part — all this grading and paving — is done.” The park, which runs next to the farmers’ market and the future site of the monthly Food Truck Friday, is intended to be a community center where everyone in the area can come to enjoy the beautiful open air and small town feel of Dawsonville. “We’re anxious to get those things open and up and running. The idea was to have, as quickly as possible, some green space for people to come out and picnic and throw the frisbee, just relax and enjoy,” said Bolz. “We’d love to have it with this beautiful fall weather.” The timeline now, unfortunately, once again relies on Mother Nature. If Hurricane Dorian has a large impact on the Georgia coast, Georgia Power will be prioritizing their response there over all other projects, which could push the completion date on the streetlights in the park back another 6-9 weeks. But Bolz remained hopeful that the project is almost done. “I think the public’s excited, and I think they’re going to be pleased with what they’ve got. And there’s still going to be work — excellence is a moving target,” said Bolz. “But at least we’re going to have a really nice start to a really nice park.” “We’re getting close to the end,” he concluded. Patriot Day event set for the 11th By Jessica Taylor jtaylor@dawsonnews.com The Dawson County Sheriff’s Office will host the annual Patriot Day Service beginning at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11. The service will be held at the Dawson County Law Enforcement Center at 16 Tucker Ave. in Dawsonville. Patriot Day occurs on Sept. 11 every year to commemorate and honor those who were killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 ter rorist attacks. See Patriot Day 18A Grits and Granola brunch Sunday By Jessica Taylor jtaylor@dawsonnews.com The Good Shepherd Clinic will once again host its annual brunch to help the nonprofit continue its efforts to offer free medical care in Dawson County. Volunteers with the free clinic will be at the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 8 for the eighth annual Grits and Granola brunch, where Tames is catering a delicious meal. Tickets are $50 and can be purchased at www.goodshepherddawsonco.org or by calling Elaine Laney at (706) 216-8914. All proceeds of the event will benefit the Good Shepherd Clinic, a non-for- profit 501 (c)3 clinic free non-emergent medical, dental, vision, hearing, wellness services and prescription medications to eligible patients. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the clinic. To be eligible, patients must live, work or go to school in the county, not have any insurance and have an income of 200 percent or below the federal poverty level. For a family of two, that’s an income of about $34,000 a year. For more information about the clinic visit www.goodshepherddawsonco.org or call (706) 429-9914. 0 9 0 9 9 Inside Volume 4, Number 50 © 2019, Dawson County News Dawsonville, Georgia Church Events 3B Classifieds 7B Dear Abby 6B Deaths 2A Legals 8B Opinion 9A Sports 1B 3A Isackson steps down from U.S. Senate 4A Suicide survivor speaks to community LUNG BREAST COLORECTAL GYN PROSTATE BLADDER KIDNEY LEUKEMIA LYMPHOMA MULTIPLE MYELOMA PANCREAS MELANOMA By providing access to more cancer treatment centers, we're bringing expert care to more Georgians. That care is made possible by having the most board-certified medical oncologists of any community hospital network in the state—and it's helped establish us as top 2 in the nation among community cancer programs. m NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL CANCER INSTITUTE ■feUILTTO BEATCANCER Learn more at builttobeatcancer.com
