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Denial recommended on Perimeter Road rezoning
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
During the Sept. 12 meeting
of the Dawsonville Planning
Commission, members of the
commission voted to recom
mend denial of a rezoning
request for 33.98 acres locat
ed at 2120 Perimeter Road
and 922 Highway 53 East.
According to the applica
tion, Jim Chapman
Communities, Inc. is asking
to annex three acres of land
into the city limits and to then
rezone that acreage and an
additional 30.98 acres from
R1 (Restricted Single Family
Residential District) to R6
(Multiple Family Residential
District). Should the property
be rezoned, the developer is
then proposing the construc
tion of 195 apartment units
with a density of 5.74 units
per acre.
In a presentation to the
planning commission, Jim
Chapman, owner of Jim
Chapman Communities Inc.,
explained that his goal is to
build a development similar to
The Cottages at Dawson
Ridge, which is located at 500
North Fumpkin Campground
Road in Dawson County.
“The Cottages at Dawson
Ridge is in your county... and
this is an example of basically
exactly what I would propose
here except our community
within your city would be
gated and privatized,”
Chapman said in his presenta
tion. “Most of our typical cli
ents are either baby boomers
or millennials; a lot of these
folks have tremendous jobs,
tremendous incomes; most are
either downsizing and renting
by choice or renting a home
in hopes to save money and
get a downpayment and actu
ally buy a home.”
According to Chapman,
each of the units would have
the master on the main and at
least a one-car garage, and the
community’s amenities would
include a clubhouse, pool and
See Rezoning 14A
Erica Jones Dawson County News
The property that the developer asked to rezone is made up of
three tracts of land located at 2120 Perimeter Road.
Machete-wielding
man crashes after
motorcycle chase,
authorities say
By Nick Watson
DCN regional staff
A Dawsonville man was accused of steal
ing a motorcycle after hit
ting a helmeted man in the
head with a machete then
leading deputies on a chase
into Hall County, according
to authorities.
Zackery Ryen Miller, 22,
faces multiple charges from
an armed robbery and chase
that ended in a crash in Hall
County.
Dawson County deputies responded just
before 10 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12, to a report
of an armed robbery in the Waffle House
parking lot on N 400 Center Fane in
Dawsonville.
See Chase 13A
DCHS JROTC gets
large donation from
Elite Heating & Air
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
Dawson County High School’s JROTC
program this week received a large dona
tion from Elite Heating & Air, a donation
that JROTC leaders said will make a huge
difference for the students in the program.
The idea to donate to the JROTC pro
gram first came from Tristan Brooksher,
son of Elite owners Tim and Findsay
White, a tenth grader at Dawson County
High School and a member of the JROTC
program.
“I just wanted to help out; I was talking
to my parents about how we could help out
and thought about how maybe we could
donate and get a little sponsorship for the
See JROTC13A
‘Beyond grateful’
Photos by Erica Jones Dawson County News
UNG officially opened the Cottrell Center for Business,Technology & Innovation on Sept. 16 at the university's
Dahlonega campus.
UNG officially opens Cottrell Center in Dahlonega
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
The University of North
Georgia (UNG) held a rib
bon-cutting ceremony Sept.
16 to celebrate the official
opening of the Cottrell
Center for Business,
Technology & Innovation at
the school’s Dahlonega
campus.
According to a press
release by the university,
the Cottrell Center is a $35
million, state-of-the-art,
86,483 square foot building
and is the new home for the
Mike Cottrell College of
Business (MCCB). The
MCCB offers undergradu
ate programs in accounting,
finance, information sys
tems, marketing, manage
ment, cybersecurity and
technology management, as
well as graduate degrees in
accountancy and business
administration and several
graduate-level certificate
programs.
During the ribbon-cutting
ceremony, several individu
als made remarks, express
ing excitement for the cen
ter finally being open after
all the time and effort that
went into building it.
“If anyone doubts that a
building can be transforma
tive, I wish you could have
been with us over the past
month when we saw our
See Cottrell 14A
UNG President Bonita Jacobs presents Mike and Lynn
Cottrell with an image of the new business center dur
ing the ribbon cutting ceremony on Sept. 16.
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