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NASCAR Studios to release Chase Elliott documentary this August. SPORTS, 1B OSHA makes ruling in nitrogen leak Case. INSIDE, 3A DawsonCountyNews WEDNESDAY I JULY 28, 2021 DaWSOflNeWS >COm DAWSONVULE, GEORGIA $1.00 Perimeter Road annexation delayed Dawsonville City Council postpones decision until October 18 on applicants request By Erica Schmidt eschmidt@dawsonnews.com At the July 19 meeting of the Dawsonville City Council, council members voted to post pone the board's decision on a proposed annexation and rezon ing of 70.808 acres of land off Perimeter Road in Dawson County. In previous meetings, the Dawsonville Planning Commission and Dawsonville City Council both held public hearings about the annexation and rezoning request. The original application, which was first submitted in August of 2020 by Allen Street Properties LLC and B & K Turner LLP, asked for 74.85 acres to be annexed into city limits but was denied by the Dawsonville Planning Commission due to concerns of the annexation creating an unincorporated island of county land inside of the city limits. Because of this, the applicant amended the request to include 70.808 acres of land, eliminat ing the creation of this island. The request would annex just over 70 acres of land into city limits and rezone it to allow for the construction of a proposed 124-lot subdivision. In previous public hearings held by both the Dawsonville Planning Commission and the Dawsonville City Council, community members voiced concerns about the request, cit ing their worries of increased traffic and congestion in the area. The Dawsonville City Council was scheduled to vote to either approve or deny the request on July 19, but accord ing to Planning Director David Picklesimer the applicant See Council |3A Pour yourself a cold one Alexander Popp Dawson County News Crave Dawsonville Co-Owner and Manager Dave Walker demonstrates how to use the restaurant's new self- serve beer wall onThursday, July 22. Crave opens new self-serve beer wall after recent BOC approval By Alexander Popp apopp@dawsonnews.com Walk into Crave Hot Dogs and BBQ off Ga. 400 in Dawson County and you’ll see an interesting new phe nomenon — customers with pint glasses in hand, sam pling beers and other alco holic beverages from the restaurant’s 18 tap, self- serve beer wall. Recently approved by the Dawson County Board of Commissioners, Crave’s new self-serve tap wall is a unique way for customers over the age of 21 to try new beers from across the coun try in a fast-casual restau rant environment, according to Crave Dawsonville Co-Owner and Manager Dave Walker. "What we’re able to do with the beer wall is create something very different — where people, obviously they want to try," Walker said. "Right now with the explosion of micro-brewer ies and the different brewer ies and all that, there’s a rea son those have grown, and it’s because people want to try something different." The way that the new beer wall works is simple, Walker said. Customers come into the restaurant, buy their food and give an ID and credit card to the cashier. In return, the cus tomer receives a card to activate the beer taps and a pint glass to drink from. From there, customers have up to 18 beer, wine, cider and other alcoholic beverage options to choose from, which can be dis pensed from the wall of taps after being unlocked with a swipe of the card. Display screens above each tap share info with the customers about the type of beer or wine they are con suming, the drink’s label, its alcoholic content and price per fluid ounce served. Since the self-serve beer wall’s approval last week, Walker said they have seen an amazing response from the community and a healthy bump in sales. "They love the idea, and I think that a lot of that is because they are on their own to try things now," he said. For those concerned about the safety hazards of having alcohol flowing freely, Crave leaders say they have implemented a foolproof system that ensures only those over the age of 21 can access the beer wall and stops customers from drink ing more than a reasonable amount. According to Crave Hot Dogs and BBQ Founder Sal Rincione, the restaurant’s ID scanning system is about as secure as it can get, using the same technology the Transportation Security Administration uses to veri fy identities in airports. Only people who have See Crave 16A Suspect accused of cutting man’s throat in Dawson By Alexander Popp apopp@dawsonnews.com A Gainesville man is accused of cutting a Dawsonville man’s throat, almost kill ing him. The victim was found Thursday, July 22, lying outside a residence on Shade Tree Place in south Dawson County with his throat cut, according to Dawson County Sheriff Jeff Johnson. Brandon Brian Seay, 26, of Gainesville, was arrested and charged with attempted murder by the Dawson County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded to the scene at about 7 a.m. Thursday, locating the 57-year-old male victim still alive but in critical condition. Authorities discovered that a suspect, later identified as Seay, had fled the scene. “Approximately two hours later, inves tigators convinced Seay to turn himself in to deputies. Seay was taken into custody without incident,” Johnson said in an See Assault 13A Riverview Elementary gets 3rd Distinguished School recognition By Erica Schmidt eschmidt@dawsonnews.com Riverview Elementary School in Dawson County was recently recognized as a Title I Distinguished School for the third year in a row, an honor that is awarded to the top five percent of Title I schools in Georgia. 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