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PAGE 12A - THE COMMERCE (GAt NEWS. WEDNESDAY. TUNE 3. 2009
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One More Check Makes $11,000
Richard Chambers, left, of the Commerce Kiwanis Club, presents a $1,000
check to Gordon Wilson of Habitat for Humanity during a Saturday workday
at the ongoing Habitat house in Commerce. The money represents proceeds
from the Lions’ pancake suppers and brings the club’s total contributions to
Habitat to $11,000.
2 New Restaurants Come Downtown,
Another Moves 4 Doors Down Street
By Mark Beardsley
One new restaurant has
opened in Commerce, an
existing restaurant is mov
ing and reinventing itself
and a third will open June
15 in the downtown.
Vaughn’s Wing Slingers
is in the process of relocat
ing from 1662 South Broad
Street (the Opera House)
to 1682 South Broad (for
merly Stonewalls BBQ).
It opened June 1 with a
revamped menu — and a
sports bar.
Harmony Grove Grille
is scheduled to open what
DDA executive director
Hasco Craver calls a “gas-
tro-pub” in the old Wing
Slingers location. The open
ing date is June 15.
Craver said Harmony
Grove Grille will feature
“straight from the farm to
the table" vegetable sides
from locally grown pro
duce.
“The menu will be con
stantly changing. It’s a really
neat idea," Craver said.
Meanwhile, Subway
is open at its North Elm
Street location (the Hood
Building), and the new digs
are creating a lot of interest.
It moved up from the old
Walmart shopping center
on South Elm Street.
“The renovation is gor
geous. I hear about it every
day," Craver told the DDA
board at its June 27 meet
ing.
Craver reported that a
Toccoa resident has pur
chased the J & V Locksmith
business on Central Avenue
and that a couple continues
to express interest in buying
the 25 State Street building
(formerly Logo Express) to
open a coffee shop and
live upstairs. However, the
couple is trying to sell their
current residence to make
the move possible.
“I’m still getting calls on
vacant property," Craver
told the authority. He
reported that The Norton
Agency is listing the build
ing at the corner of Central
and South Elm (next to
Sanders Furniture) owned
by the late Dr. J.A. Minish.
Some repairs of the build
ing are also under way.
On the downside, the
State Street Boutique
closed. According to
Craver, the “money behind"
the business had personal
issues.
“The level of interest in the
downtown remains high for
the economy," he said.
Council Won't Get New Sign
Ordinance Until At Least July 13
By Mark Beardsley
It will be at least July 13
before Commerce has a
new sign ordinance.
The Commerce Planning
Commission tabled action
on the ordinance — actually,
an amendment to its zoning
ordinance — at its May 12
meeting because the final
draft of the ordinance was
not ready.
The planners will revisit
the matter at their June 8
meeting. Whatever recom
mendation they make will
go to the Commerce City
Council for action at the
council’s July 13 meeting.
In other business May 12,
the planning commission
recommended approval
of the request of Alan and
Sandy Kelley to rezone 4.77
acres on Mt. Olive Road
behind the new United
Community Bank site from
A-R (agriculture-residential)
to C-2 (commercial).
They plan to build and
operate a day care center at
the site.
The board also voted to
recommend that the city
council accept an updated
version of the city zon
ing map prepared by Joel
Logan, Jackson County GIS
director.
“The intention was not to
change anybody’s zoning,
but to get the map right,"
Logan said.
He also included a break
down — in pie chart form
— of the acres of various
zoning districts.
“Hopefully, that will let
you see as a planning com
mission whether you have
too much of one type," he
said.
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