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Page A10 Lake Oconee News Friday, December 14,2017 GREENE COUNTY Winter is coming Dave Brown/Staff Most people in Lake Country have basked during the unseasonably warm fall temperatures. However, winter weather is expected to arrive next week. In the meantime, enjoy the flowers being planted at a local bank with The Pyramid in Eatonton as a backdrop. Antonio Orozo of Landscape Unlimited got some end-of- season pansies in the ground last week. PUTNAM COUNTY In the dear Dave Brown/Staff Paris Crowder gets off an excavator after clearing some land on Scott Road in Eatonton, which will be the future home of Lakeview Senior Cardens. DOLLAR GENERA! City Continued from A1 a month or two. It’s about the same process as getting the site design approved and then going to the architectural review board.” Tru Hotel and Burger King In other city council busi ness addressing the eco nomic growth in Greensboro, Zeier reported that the Architecture Review Board approved both site plans for Burger King and Tru Hotel by Hilton with caveats. According to Zeier, the proposed Burger King for Highway 44 near 1-20 is in negotiation with its home office to comply with sig nage covenants that include a sign size limited to 7 x 10 feet and without internal illumination. “They want it to look like other signs at the lake,” said Zeier. Tru Hotel is also negotiat ing with Hilton to increase some of its room sizes, said Zeier. Zeier said he didn’t expect either the Burger King or Tru Hotel by Hilton projects to be held up. As for Dollar General, according to a recent story in the Wall Street Journal, it was pointed out that “Dollar General is expand ing because rural America is struggling. With its con venient locations for frugal shoppers, it has become one of the most profitable retail ers in the U.S. and a lifeline for lower-income customers bypassed by other major chains.” Dollar General’s target shoppers come from house holds earning $40,000 or less. Accordingto the WSJ,this lower-end market is better protected from Amazon and competitors that target wealthier shoppers, com pany executives and analysts said. Dollar General’s typical shopper “doesn’t look at her pantry or her refrigerator and say, You know, I’m going to be out of ketchup in the next few days. I’m going to order a few bottles,”’ Dollar General chief executive Todd Vasos, the company’s chief executive, told the WSJ. “The core customer uses the last bit of ketchup at the table the night prior, and either on her way to work or on her way home picks up one bottle.” For decades, Dollar General prices have been marked in 5-cent incre ments, making it easier for shoppers to estimate the total price oftheir purchases. “They don’t want to be embarrassed when they get up to the register,” said Vasos, who started workingin retail as an assistant manager at Eckerd Drug and rose to executive before joining Dollar General in 2008. The founders of Dollar General lived in small-town Kentucky and started the company there in 1955, making the store’s rural locations a natural fit. According to the WSJ, when Wal-Mart Stores Inc. grew past 3,000 stores in the early 2000s, a strategy surfaced: “We went where they ain’t,’’’said David Perdue, Dollar General’s chief execu tive from 2003 to 2007. That meant opening stores “where Wal-Mart’s 40 miles away and we can meet those people’s needs,” said Perdue, now Georgia’s junior senator. Dollar General doesn’t own most of its stores. It mostly leases steel sided stores built to its own bare-bones specifications, said Dan Nieser, senior vice president of real estate and store development. The average Dollar General costs $250,000 to open, compared with several million dollars for the aver age grocery or big-box store, company executives said. Madison Continued from A1 certificate of appropriate ness (COA),” Orr said. “Miss [Monica] Callahan said that on Nov. 13 when this first came up, and the reason for that stems for the Madison zoning ordinance and state law.” Members of the commis sion disagreed with Orr’s opinion. It was understood by the HPC that it had no statu tory authority concerning zoning issues, but the board had expressed an interest in offering an opinion on the development as Foster Park concepts made the trip Nathanael Greene Academy A Christian Non-Profit Organization Nathanael Greene Academy, located in Siloam, Georgia, is a Christian school providing a strong Christian-based education to students from Greene and surrounding counties. The school’s mission statement is as follows: Nathanael Greene Academy encourages students to be followers of Christ, equipping them with a biblical and academic foundation to prepare them for adult lives lived in excellence to the glory of God Almighty. On the most recent standardized tests, students at NGA tested two or more grade levels above their actual grades. The school’s small classes allow for much more individualized instruction. Each week the school has a schoolwide chapel program to teach the students more about Christ. The teachings of worshipping Christ and faith in God are also implemented throughout all of the academic, athletic, and fine arts programs. Nathanael Greene Academy was established in 1969 by a group of parents who declared that the school’s motto would be “for the love of our children.” This school has been a pillar in our community for 48 years. NGA has won academ ic, athletic, and fine arts championship titles. NGA has produced many students who have gone on to become doctors, lawyers, teachers, nurses, accountants, real estate agents, sales representatives, insurance agents, both state and federal public servants, and too many more to even name. The school has produced many small business owners and also many corporate leaders. NGA is a 501C3 Non-Profit organization. If you are looking for a place to make a tax-deductible donation before the end of 2017, please consider giving to Nathanael Greene Academy. If you are interested in making a donation, please call the school at (706) 467-2147. Remember that your donation is an investment in the future Christian leaders of our community, state, and nation. 1REA jZ/a/Aa/taa^/ZcaeZ&np through the city’s review process. Commissioner Brad Rice said the city council might have written the ordinance and used the term “letter of support” as a general term which gives the HPS an advisory role rather than statutory power. “The term letter of support does not exist as a legal term anywhere,” Rice said. “So you can either use your legal power or you can give us your opinion.” Orr countered that the HPC was delegating its own authority by issuing a letter of support and not a legally binding certificate of appropriateness. “I think, Mr. Chairman, that we have no choice but to do what our attorney [City attorney Joe Reitman] has told us,” Rice said. Orr continued to press for a COA. “It’s my understandingthat your attorney said you have an option,” Orr said. “What I’mtellingyouis, I don’tthink you do have an option. I think that’s incorrect based on a clear reading of the statute. But the safer thing to do would be to give something you know have the author ity to do and that’s a COA. Otherwise there’s risk that Mr. Good leaves here with something that’s invalid.” Commissioners Joe Smith, Eric Joyce and Chris McCauley recused them selves from the discussion and vote. Good’s new plans calls for 18 lots and will have homes on both sides of the street. Such a configuration is going to require 80 variances that involve lots sizes and setbacks. The HPC also approved alteration of front steps for Joey Lancaster. The property is located at 153 W. Washington Street. The HPC also approved construction of a deck and enclosure of a rear porch for 809 Old Post Road currently under renovation. The HPC denied Jeff Miller permission to demol ish an outbuilding on prop erty located at 354 Poplar Street, citing its historic nature. HPC asked Miller to consider refurbishing the building or moving it. The HPC approved construction of a deck and other upgrades to the property. The HPC deniesd per mission for Caroline H. Cavanaugh to paint unpainted brick on a home located at 1015 Eatonton Road, but did give her per mission to alter the roof to correct a chronic leakage problem, the addition of shutters andsome alterations to the driveway. WHO can help with your HOME financing needs? We Can MEDINA LINDA CROWE MOORE Vice President Branch Manager/Loan Officer NMLS #695862 NMLS#1478908 MCrowe@ibankfmb.com LMoore@ibankfmb.com LESLIE CLARK Loan Officer NMLS#820808 LCIark@ibankfmb.com 9 LAND LOANS • MORTGAGES 1 h CONSTRUCTION LOANS h Member FDIC 706.485.9941 • 100 S. Madison Avenue • Eatonton 706.485.9858 • 1011 Lake Oconee Parkway • Eatonton (at Harmony Crossing)
